At last! Saturday is upon us!

Yay!

I got through yesterday without even looking at the clock — both shifts just flew by. 12 hours. Gone. Yay.

I did indeed go to Peony Bistro with my favorite nearly-95-year-old Japanese man, to celebrate his upcoming 95th BIRTHDAY!! And instead of sake with his sashimi, I had the waitress bring him his most favorite thing on Earth — a vodka martini, with olives, straight up!

A fine time was had by one and all!

And today, toward the end of my shift, his son and daughter-in-law who are in from Florida, will be stopping by again. This time to take him to dinner for his birthday. So it should be another really easy shift.

And then, at some point after I get back home, Wayne will be calling to regale me with all the details of his recent trip to Cambodia. I haven’t been able to chat with him since I saw him in NYC in July, so I’m looking forward to it!

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And my evening shift with my other favorite client — the retired Chaplain who is back from Florida — was another easy shift. Her family was indeed still there. Everyone had flown in for her big birthday party on Thursday.

I had a chance to chat with her briefly before everyone descended on the house for a family dinner (I was wrong, btw — the enormous farm house was built in the 1850s, not in 1869). And at the end of my shift, I overheard her talking on the phone to one of her girlfreinds, and she said, “And Marilyn’s here, from the agency, but I consider her a very close friend.”

That just made my whole night.

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Okay!

Here’s this!

More photos of two of my favorite heroes from my wee bonny teenaged girlhood!

Ronnie Wood

And Keith Richards!

And this, while we’re at it!!

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There were tons of great videos from the show in Macedonia last night. Apparently there was a football game going on directly next to where the concert was going on, so there was a lot of cheering and general noisemaking.

There weren’t many photos to choose from, though. But here’s this:

There’s another break until early September, when Nick Cave and Colin Greenwood play 2 sold out shows in Baden-Baden, Germany.

So, in the meantime, here’s this while we wait for Nick to get back:

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Tomorrow is sort of a big day.

Not only do I have most of the day off, and then a generally easy shift with the retired Minister and his lovely wife, but my lawncare guy is also making a special trip over here tomorrow with a mini hoe and a dumpster to clear out, once and for all, the dead tree and all the overgrown weeds at the back of my property — between my little 114-year-old horse & buggy barn, and my neighbor’s garage.

This summer, it is a complete and total, monstrous disaster back there — the weeds are easily 7 feet high in most places and everything is crawling with Virginia Creeper, a plant I’m seriously allergic to — because neither one of us has had time to take care of any of it.

This is how it has looked during better summers:

But there is actually asphalt back there, under all the weeds. And once all of that is cleared away for good, the next door kids will be able to play basketball again out there, if they want to!

So I’m really looking forward to getting that done, finally.

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Okay, I guess that’s it for now because I gotta scoot.

Have a great Saturday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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From yesterday’s driving-to-town music!!

Two giant Top 40 hits from my wee bonny girlhood!! Is it possible to choose which one is better?? You decide!! And enjoy, gang!!

O.C Smith’s “Little Green Apples” from 1968: