This morning Andrew and Jess both had a rather difficult time getting up. Jess is actually having a very hard time beginning this blog post because she is tired and wants to go to sleep instead.
Today the RCJ played at a "steak and strawberries" barbecue dance. It was pretty adorable; more old people dancing with each other, which does Jess's cynical old heart good to see.
Before that we had had strawberries at one of our host families houses, and the strawberries were from her garden behind the house. They were soooooooooo good. The traditional dish is a plain scone, smothered with butter, then cream, then strawberry jam, and finally topped with cut strawberries. It was a-maz-ing! Also, the cheerful lady, Ann, who hosted the afternoon hang said that, for guests of their house, tea was not optional...it was obligatory. Ann had a beautiful little brunette border collie named Sally that Jess is going to try to smuggle home on the plane. Both Ann and Andrew (and Ann's husband and grandchildren) will be unhappy if Jess succeeds with this plan.
Jess shot some video of the event and hopefully we will have that updated soon; until then, check out the new photos on facebook if you can.
Andrew had a much better drumset experience this evening; the hardware was actually from this decade! The band played a lot of older swing tunes at "medium-jump tempo"; Finally, all those 'dance band' gigs are paying off!
Now, Jess and Andrew are going to find Z, the last letter of the alphabet. Or in the words of our host for tonight, "I am feeling quite wilted". Goodnight.
ahahahah
ReplyDelete