It was a rainy and dreary weekend for sure. After a nice evening at home on Friday taking care of my sick wife, I managed to pry myself out of bed to go take some photos on Saturday morning before the rains returned. The spot where I saw the green heron is new to me. I never knew it existed until I followed a group of about 20 or 30 people, all carrying cameras, down this wooded path. The path is dark and surrounded by the typical brown foliage native to this area, but it's end opens to a beautiful green treasure with countless photo opportunities. I stayed long enough to take a few IR shots and capture some photos of that elusive green heron from a distance. I also found a new species of dragonfly (female Common Whitetail). Well, it's new to me as I've never seen them around my house before. I spend some time stalking before she allowed a couple of photos. The rest of the day was home with EL and it was all good. Sam and I went out to see Rick Lee on Saturday night at the Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club. He's Chinese, but can play the blues like nobody's business. His signature stage shtick is to play the guitar behind his head or with his tongue. He plays some really impressive guitar solos with articulated and fast licks while laying the guitar body in a woman's lap. He plays wireless so he can walk around the venue on top of tables and bars and amongst the crowd. During a particularly long solo, he walked outside the bar and out into the traffic on Kirby. So imagine a small Chinese man in a business suit, in Kirby traffic after midnight, playing the guitar behind his head... or with his tongue... all the while, the bass and drums are go at it inside the bar across the street. It was a lot of fun. After his first set... which lasted three and a half hours... Sam and I went to Downing Street to enjoy some tasty imported cigars... the same one's we brought in from Switzerland for my wedding. Sunday was a great day at home with my wonderful EL, but that was about it. We were both sick... she recovering and me getting... I'm not sure if it's exactly what she's been ill with, but I know that I feel miserable. Joe is out on vacation and I have so much to do at work that I simply couldn't call in sick. It sucks. Anyhoo, despite my feeling bad, I'm in a particularly good mood this morning for some reason. I hope I can stay that way... especially after I hear form my realtor in Virginia Beach to lay out the damages done to my home there by Isabelle. The phones have been down and I still have no word. This comes after I signed a contract to sell the house the day before Isabelle made landfall. We'll see what happens... and hope for the best.
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