There is nothing that compares to a summer evening walk to lift the spirits and assuage a lonely heartsick soul. sob..sob...(Violins Please!)
After a family gathering in the UK and living in cramped quarters, (I even had bruises) I relished in the thought of finally being on my own! But
now after a few weeks, I find I’m missing my family so much that it has taken me for a loop, fancy
that!...Especially missing, my Best Friend with Benefits ......(my husband).
A few of my New friends had invited
me out to the Stratford Blues Festival, and yet I had declined, I was behind
with a few Website projects, and decided to stay home and work. However, after dinner with my senior doggie
companion, Jango (whose always asleep when not eating,) and after I’d knocked back
a couple of wines, I instantly regretted it.
Silly me. So off I went in the
hollow hope of finding my friends. My
stroll began, through town towards the Avon
River in my new hometown of Stratford
Hosts of happy teens swarmed
the streets, oblivious to anyone’s world but their own, freedom from the
confines of classrooms and paranoid parents, who always think you'll gouge your eye out, not matter what you do?
(I remember this)
The evening light so beautiful and
the sky streaked with pinks, orangey blues, and an ornamental crescent moon
hung on an invisible hook. Down by the
riverbank, new little cygnets were being tucked up in bed by their protective
parents. It was lovely!
But like a pleasant hazy dream….friends
materialized…. ahh inhale...my new friends, Marie, Deb, Fred,… remember him? (Who the F
is Fred?) http://www.suzannefitz.blogspot.ca/2012/03/who-f-is-infamous-fred-or-reunion-at.html
Anyways, they had spotted me and I was quickly whisked
off into the Allman Arena to the Stratford Blues Festival. Fred insisted he could get me in for Free, so
I’m not sure what happened but the next thing I knew I was inside dancing along
side my cousin, Rhona, Fred and the lovely Maggie, completely absorbed in the fantastic
Blues and Rock music.
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| Cousin with The Infamous Fred |
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| Maggie |
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| Dylan Wickens & The Grand Naturals |
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| Fantastic Band - Plum Loco - John Till, BW Pawley, Wayne Brown |
My only
wish is that I had arrived earlier to see the many others who played before these two Sharp Rockin Bands. And I hoped to captured a good shot of the Roller Skating Gals that were
gliding about, but since I was well-refreshed with wine, these photos are only
a colourful blur, except for this one.
I’m also well pleased that the Roller gals
didn’t have an extra pair of skates as my thoughts were truly turning dorky
with the idea that I too, could be just as Twirly and Wonderfully graceful on Wheels
as these ladies were, and for sure I would have ended up embarrassing myself. (I sometimes forget that I’m not twenty
anymore.) There is hope however, (in the
skating department, I mean) the black stockinged, (new word) skater, Lemon Zinger handed
me a flyer www.stratfordrollergirls.com
explaining that Even I could be taught all about roller skating, and get an equally Awesome Name, such as Hers, mmm....what could it be? Cruizin Suze, comes to mind or Little Miss Muffet!
Long long time ago, my sisters and I took great pleasure as young girls, skating in an underground parking lot to Bag Pipes! But Ahh, that is another story.
Long long time ago, my sisters and I took great pleasure as young girls, skating in an underground parking lot to Bag Pipes! But Ahh, that is another story.
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| Yeager, just out of hospital |
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| Marvelous Marie |
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| Rosalie & Maggie |
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| Peter Shane & Roller Gal |
