Creedence Clearwater Revisited

Saturday, August 29th, 2009.

Our last concert of the summer season was at Albany's Northwest Art and Air Fair, starring Creedance Clearwater Revisited. Present were Kris J, Candi and Joe, Tom and Wendy, Derek and Annie and Chris. The art part of the festival was much bigger this year, the wine/beer garden part was much smaller (what were we too roudy last year?). The best part about concerts at this location is the grass hill seating with blankets and lawn chairs. It's like a big picnic with good music, food and friends. After the concert there was a fireworks show. A lovely way to spend a summer evening.

Here are some of the people I was sitting by:

And, just to prove that the Sawyer Brown video sounded bad because we were too close, here's CCR:

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Tended Soil....

A run to the nursery

twice

too much money spent

shovel in hand

dirt under the nails

a handful of compost

plenty of rain

a bit of sun

more plants as gifts from friends

more rain

squirts of Roundup

dashes of heat

and a stiff back

the plot is planted

and tended

daily progress checks

A sprinkle of fertilizer

what's taking so long?

weeds growing fine!

Now the results

too many cucumbers

too many zucchini

big handfuls of basil

bunches of lavendar

baskets of flowers

lots of tomatoes

TOO many patty pan squash

some slugs

carpets of petunias

paths overflowing

bushes of sage

handful of corn

a few peppers

bush of rosemary

bounty of potatoes

hidden chives

Yum

fresh garden eats

Need any zucchini

cucumbers or

squash?

Sawyer Brown Rocks Oregon Garden Resort

And we were there, in the grass ampitheater at the Oregon Garden. Despite the rain, the concert was great. We, (Randy, myself, Candi and Joe) had a nice "picnic" dinner from our nearly front row beach chairs and rocked out to the old and new sounds of Sawyer Brown. Joe actually met the lead singer and has his autograph to prove it. I'll post a video, sorry the sound is bad, it's just a digital camera. I think if we weren't so close the speaker, it might have turned out ok. The lead singer does a lot of funky dancing in is worth keeping an eye on. These guys are worth supporting. New album out this fall.