November 9th, 10th and 11th we made a trip to Springfield Illinois to the Bluegrass Festival. We stayed in the Royal Crown Plaza Hotel where all the performances and jams were held. Didn't even need to go outside although we did journey out each day for dinner. We were there last year also. Several folks we know go each year so we pal around with them. Last year Bob got up on the stage for the Saturday talent show but this year he didn't show off his talent. He and the others in our group did some jamming until all hours of the morning. We didn't take our cameras with us so I don't have any pictures from the festival but I did want to show you Bob's latest purchase. I took this picture when we got back home. It seems that while Bob was jamming he needed a capo so he went to the instrument vending area and not only did he buy a capo but a new Taylor Guitar. Now, I did remember him saying that he needed another guitar because of a certain playing style he was trying to accomplish. But I have to admit I was a bit surprised when he came back to the room with a guitar case in hand. This makes number nine (9). It does have beautiful tone, Merry Christmas Bob.
One of the very delightful things that I have been doing is getting a massage. I was having trouble with my back and we have friends, Claudia and Tom, who's daughter Raimy is an excellent massage therapest. Claudia bought a table so Raimy comes to their house. An added perk is that Tom has been cooking us great dinner's.
November 16th was the annual Red Cross Dessert Auction, The Radio Club sponsors a dessert. This year I made the dessert for the club. I made oatmeal, lemon butterscotch chip cookies and brownies (two trays). What you see here is the table of desserts waiting to be auctioned. What happens is the WDNL Radio station has someone on the air to describe each dessert. The listeners call in with their bid and all proceeds go to the local Red Cross. I was on the air trying to get folks to call and bid. The radio club got together and pooled money so we would have the money to bid. What we decided to do was see if folks would bid and if so we would donate what we had collected. We managed to get a bid of $25.00 and then we donated the $100.00 we had collected.
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