it's a jungle out there

coming home to a back yard like this is a big fat drag !! rigging can't go up till we have a yard..Marshall bagged 20 bags of needles, there must have been 20 -10 foot palm frounds, Spanish moss everywhere.. the dogs are going wild !! Spartacus gets lost in the grass, hunting. I hope the mowers come tomorrow . We have to lop off a bunch of Brazilian pepper trees growing in our yard ! We have a plethora of botany here !! The house has some cute , tiny ants..I spent the day armed with paper towels, bleach, lemon oil, sponges and rags . We scrubbed, cut, bagged, did laundry ,..got a little loopy but the first day is always monumental...

on the way home the Scythian gets " a little work done "

The Scythian will be spending her winter break getting some structural body work done .

we love North Dallas rv

508 shows..

those 38 weeks flew by, ..closing day was cool weather . I felt amazing strong and thin . We had been packing and putting a lot of stuff in the pick up and cookhouse had been bumming me out . I was into making pancakes for Fresia, Marshall and anyone who deserved them . I guess I was on the pancake diet . Wow I am a blithering idiot.. Back to closing day , Marshall sounded so great . All the trumpet parts he wrote himself.. he was unamplified but played sweeet and loud ! how nice.. just like the good old days. I am doing trapeze and get to have a look behind me and see/hear him blowing his horn. Fresia was so jazzed about closing day. Mostly she was expecting to have some big emotion. We talked about " how she felt " , she said she didn't feel happy or sad., just strange that she couldn't do " it " tomorrow..I think she was proud , she only missed part of 1 show, when she got whacked in the eyes with a scarf . Marshall , Mike drummer, clown Ryan and Raul were the only people that did not miss a show .

Carolyn's pillow explodes at laundromat

I looked at this mess and said , " my day just got so much better than yours !" to which she replied ," you could always be a shit Sherpa ". " What is a shit Sherpa ?", I asked . She replied, " When you climb Mt. Everest in the Himalayas you need to bring a shit Sherpa with you to carry the shit back down the mountain ." It is like one of those things you have to do if you are going over there. I wonder who has the exclusive on the shit ?

adorable member of the Camelid family

herbivore, good dancer, can navigate on steep rocks , dedicated ...

what is wrong with this photo

the Raptor is always level , today the Raptor sunk in the mud , got stuck and could not get level..how different

24 shows left !

I am so loving every show . When it is not showtime you realize that performing is like watching sand sift between your fingers..all of a sudden there is no more