Stone Brewery

At dinner last night, I wanted to see if my beanie was on right so I took out my cell phone.  Oh what the hell.  Snap a photo.

 

Diana Krall

 

Happy Mother's Day

 

We took my wife and daughter-in-law out for brunch to celebrate mother's day.   Here's to all you do for your families!

From left - my wife, son David, d-i-l Lucy, grandson Troy, grandson Teo.

In Carslbad.

Hokto Kinoko

Ruby and I pass this on our walk every day.

It is the Hokto Kinoko mushroom growers building.  Hokto Kinoko is a Japanese company and I believe they package locally grown mushrooms in this building.

Avocado trees are visible towards the top of the hills and sunflowers are in the foreground.

 

ZZ Top

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, the fabulous.  Z.  Z.  Top.

We went to Harrah's to see the tres hombres from Texas recently. 

We had great seats and really enjoyed the show!

Two original members - Billy Gibbons on guitar, Frank Beard on drums - were there as well as bassist Elwood Francis who replaced Dusty Hill after his passing in 2021.

The band did a great job - all the hits, not too loud or too quiet, just a really good time.

I would have liked to hear more off of Fandango as it is my favorite ZZ Top album, but oh well.

They had the fuzzy guitars similar to their videos in the 1980s.

They had the cheap sunglasses from the era as well.

I wish they still had the giant stage in the shape of Texas that rotated with a longhorn steer on it like back in the day, but realize that is impractical for touring.

So we got to enjoy an oversized guitar and a double-neck guitar instead. 

My wife took this photo.  Almost looks like Billy Gibbons is looking right at her!

Adios amigos.  See you next time.

Springtime in the Park

 

Ruby and I walk almost daily in this park.  It has become a ritual and when the time approaches each day, she comes and sets her chin on my lap - telling me it is time to go.

I've been letting her choose the path through the park recently and she really likes that.  She gets to explore things she's always wanted to explore.  One of the first thing was this platform that allows riders to mount horses.  I had never noticed it, but she had!

The hills are green this time of year.  They will be brown by June.

Ruby enjoying a romp in a field at the park.

She particularly enjoys this type of plant.

She'll stop and sniff every single bloom her nose can reach.

No, she isn't sniffing male dog pee - she doesn't do this with other plants or posts, etc.  Only this type of plant.

And each bloom must smell different for her to take the time to smell every single one.

Black Rail

 Wonderful evening with my wife at the Black Rail in Carlsbad.