ok, here's something

Hey, I went to a couple of Giants games this month. The first one was July 3, fireworks night, as you can see above. The game was fun; went with a group from my church. The fireworks would have been spectacular, but, well, there was a light shining just above our heads causing some glare, and the light stands and scoreboard obscured some of the view, as you can see.

The next game was with Aaron, and that's always fun. He was a little late getting there, so I had time to take a few pictures while I waited.

I love this group. You've got some real loyal fans here. You've your old school (Clark jersey - from '89 or so). You've got your oldsters, waving their orange pom-pons. And they're all bundled up against our San Francisco summer weather. Humm baby!

This is why I hate peanuts in the shell at the ball park. People eat the nuts, throw the shells and skins on the ground, and the wind picks them up and blows all that gunk in my face. I really hate that; it's one of the few things that sullies a good game for me. (The other two things would be loud fans spouting off disinformation at the top of their voices to anyone who will - or won't - listen, and the stranger who once fell asleep on my shoulder when I was in the box seats by the home bull pen a few years ago.)

Ah, just in time to pull me out of my rant: my date arrives. He's not going to miss a play, even while walking to his seat, loyal fan that he is.

It was a cheap-seat night, and lots of folks came out to enjoy the good deal. Such a colorful crowd. But hey, take a look at those clouds over the bay. You don't see formations like that every day 'round these parts.

That's because it doesn't rain too often round these parts. Yep, it RAINED on us. Just enough to dampen the pavement, not our spirits, no sir.
Oh, yeah, that's rain out there over the bay. But then a really cool thing happened:
A rainbow came out. Usually, you know, rainbows come out for a minute or two and then they fade, right? Well, this one had been out for ten minutes before I finally decided to take a picture of it. It was HUGE.
And it stayed. Here it is, about 15 minutes later. It's getting brighter with the setting sun, and you can see a faint double 'bow off to the left.

Now it's half an hour since it first appeared ~ half an hour!


It didn't disappear until the sun was all the way down; just got brighter and more golden and beautiful.

Oh, and the Giants? They won. Of course!

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(A little bit of my garden)

Maybe it's inertia. Maybe I'm in a rut. Maybe it's that my camera has mostly been sitting by itself, inactive. Whatever the reason, there hasn't been much blog here lately.
Or, maybe I'm intimidated by all the blog-reading I've been doing in the past couple of months since updating to DSL. (It's so much easier to load up those photo-rich blogs!) I've followed some links from old favorite sites and been delighted in the great finds. I'm not selfish: here's a list of a few lovely, creative sites which I've been enjoying of late:

• Anna Maria (this one makes me especially happy)
  
• Angry Chicken
  
• Heather
  
• Posie Gets Cozy (a long-time favorite)
• Pioneer Woman (another long-time favorite)
• Soule Mama
  
• Turkey Feathers
  

Not only are these photo and color-rich, creative sites - listing them here, I note that they are also (mostly) mommy blogs. (I don't know how that happened; maybe my affinity for babies...?) I have no idea how these women raise small children, produce such lovely things from their hands, kitchens and sewing machines AND write about it; but I love reading about it! Enjoy...

Bar of Soap

The Q Fambly Campout 2009 is but a memory now, and I'll be giving that a bit of a jog by posting a page dedicated to the weekend on my other site - 'twill be up in the next coupla days. (It's about time I get some new content there!) Meantime, I've been ruminatin' as to how we didn't really do much singing around the campfire this year. I suppose we were feeling rather - ah, how shall we say - mortal this year. Deep loving thoughts prevailed.

All the same, those campfire songs... This one is just about my favorite, and tonight the only verses I could remember were "tweety bird" and "fishy". After googling the song, I managed to research and develop (some of the lyrics I saw were rhythmically problematic) a full eight verses! The last three verses are new to me. It also seems to me that there might be a verse about a duck (ducky)? If someone knows it, please share!

(Sung to the same tune as "If You're Happy and You Know It") Here ya go:

O I wish I were a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
I wish I were a little bar of soap (bar of soap)
I’d slippy and I’d slid-y over everybody’s hidey
O I wish I were a little bar of soap

O I wish I were a little tweety bird (tweety bird)
I wish I were a little tweety bird (tweety bird)
I’d sit up on the steeple and I’d spit on all the people
O I wish I were a little tweety bird

O I wish I were a fishy in a brook (in a brook)
I wish I were a fishy in a brook (in a brook)
I’d swim around so cutie and without my bathing suity
O I wish I were a fishy in a brook

O I wish I were a little mosquito (mosquito)
I wish I were a little mosquito (mosquito)
I’d buzzy and I’d bitey under everybody’s nightie
O I wish I were a little mosquito

O I wish I were a little can of beer (can of beer)
I wish I were a little can of beer (can of beer)
I’d go down with a slurp and I’d come up with a burp
O I wish I were a little can of beer

O I wish I were the root of a tree (of a tree)
I wish I were the root of a tree (of a tree)
I’d stick up on the trail and then flip you on your tail
O I wish I were the root of a tree

O I wish I were a hungry little goat (little goat)
I wish I were a hungry little goat (little goat)
I’d crunchy and I’d munchy right through ev’rybody’s lunchie
O I wish I were a hungry little goat

O I wish I were a little spotted cow (spotted cow)
I wish I were a little spotted cow (spotted cow)
I’d give milk out of my udder and then churn it into butter
O I wish I were a little spotted cow

And for your viewing pleasure, here's a (small) perversion of the song - enjoy!