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(this is the post as it once appeared. . .sort of. . .which is why the event is referred to as having just happened)

This past weekend Pops, Fats, and I played the Grand Ole Opry. We played a song on the early show, and another on the late show. In between we did a set at the Opry Plaza (which is a stage that is set up in front of the Opry House). All in all it went pretty well. There was a good crowd at both of the Opry shows and the reception was quite enthusiastic. Since we only played one song on each show, it all seem like kind of a blur - in that it goes by really, really fast. The plaza show was good too, but it was ridiculously humid out. Here’s a shot of three people who you would think were caught off guard by the camera, but were actually aware that a photo was about to be taken:

(again, a repost of a lost entry so the post date does not reflect the date of the entry)
This weekend we returned to festival in Hotchkiss that we did last year.  It’s very small, but nice.  There seemed to be more people in attendance this year, particularly in the early part of the day.  As I recall, the early audience last year was a bit thin, whereas this year we still had a decent crowd.  We were told that we were among the most requested act to return to the festival from last year (whether that’s just PR speak, I don’t know - either way it’s nice to hear).  Hopefully we’ll make it back next year too.   As you probably know, this weekend was also father’s day (ed. note: remember, the date of this post is not the date of the event.  so don’t worry if you’re reading this and you realized that you forgot about father’s day this weekend - you actually missed it by about a month).  I snagged a photo of Pops in his new father’s day shirt from myself and the girls (I say “snagged,” but I think he said “hey, why don’t you get a shot of me in my new father’s day shirt”):

I came to give a brief update on what’s happening around here (which is not much, by the way), and I see that there hasn’t been a post since May 27th - but that’s not the weird part.  The weird part is that I have posted since then (not a lot, but definitely one about the opry).  I guess something happened during the “publish” phase of the blog that for some reason did not resolve properly.  It’s a bit odd, but the internet at my house does go on the fritz from time to time - and no, I’m not stealing my neighbor’s wifi (and if he knows what’s good for him, he’d better not be stealing mine).  Anyway, I’ll try to recreate the magic that was the lost entries as best as I can remember.