A Spring Day & The Death Of A Monkee.

"Hi-De-Hi Peep's"... How are you all doing this fine evening ?!

It's been a real Spring day here in England.... the Sun has been out & the birds have been singing their heads
off !!  B & J have been in the garden - cutting up an old 'tree' that fell in the winter..... it wasn't a big thing, so to call it a tree was a little over the top, but you get the meaning !!

B actually said she wished she had a chain-saw... for how often we would use it - well, it ain't going to be
 happening soon !!  Oh well.... maybe I'll get her one..... my wife & a chain-saw !!  That could be a dangerous marriage... best not to think about it !!

Believe it or not - B has had a full training with a power saw.... so maybe it would be an idea to get her one, maybe for Christmas or something... hee-hee !!  Onwards.....

I'm here alone (again) tonight.  B has just gone out to a Wednesday night gym class, J is up in his Hobbit hole & ME is working on Uni work, in her room.  So, I'm here typing these words... listening to Laurie Anderson !
It's the live album she recorded a few days after 9/11.  That must of - I've said this before - been a hard concert, as it was recorded in New York...... it's a great album to sit quietly with.  Better than earlier.......

....... as the guys were in the garden, I played a 3 Cd set from Zeppelin.... very loudly !!  It was the set I mentioned last night, from Baton Rouge.  It was here, so I gave it a good blast thru' !!  There is nothing like a quiet afternoon listening to Led Zeppelin... and today was nothing like a quiet afternoon !!  Oh well......

As I type, the TV is on, quiet, in the corning & they have just said that Davy Jones of the Monkees has died, age 66 !!  I know one American lady who will be very upset by that bit of news !!  They haven't said if it was anything nasty... but, it's a shame all the same !!  My first album was by the Monkees - it all went uphill from there really !!  Oh well.....

Just on Zeppelin... I thought I would struggle to find a concert from February 29th - but, there is one in the collection !!  From the 1972 Australian tour, in Brisbane.... a 2 Cd set:
CD 1
1) Immigrant Song
2) Heartbreaker
3) Black Dog
4) Since I've Been Loving You
5) Celebration Day
6) Stairway To Heaven
7) Going To California
CD 2
1) Dazed & Confused
2) What Is & What Should Never Be
3) Moby Dick
4) Whole Lotta Love

I think I have all but one of the Australian shows... they didn't do that many, to be honest... but !!  As  always - don't buy bootlegs - you can find footage of some the (Australian) tour on the official DVD.  More another time.....

The news has just said Davy Jones died of a heart attack......... they're giving it a great deal of coverage !!  It's the main headline on the 7pm news..... it's a shame he'll probably be better known than Marie Colvin, Athony Shadid or Remi Ochlik... but, that's the way our World works I'm sorry to say !!

As mentioned above - today is a 'Leap Day'..... and there was an 8 year old on the TV earlier who, in theory, was celebrating her 2nd birthday, having been born on February 29th, bless her !!  They "snuck" into her class room & gave her a big cake & stuff !!  You could tell she was well happy !!

So, as today is the last day of the month - tomorrow will be the 1st of March & that means a trip back to the hospital !!  "Yippppeeeee" - not !!  I have to be there at 11.30 am, so it will mean an early (for me) start to the day.  I really hope I'll get some answers to what the plans are... if they're going to sort the implant out (best case) or leave it as it is (worst case)... B has a load of questions for the Consultant !!  Mainly to do with her caring for me & how she is  to do things !!  Also - if I have to have another surgery, when it's likely to happen !!  That's a big one for me as well, I guess.... I really want to get it sorted as best we can !!  I know it won't happen overnight, but.... it would be good to have a time frame, if you know what I mean !!

I don't want to be hanging around for months on end, waiting.... but, I understand, it's not a massive 'life or death' surgery... but, it would make our lives easier & that's for sure !!  I will know more tomorrow, so I will let you know !!

Talking of letting people know - my thanks to all of you who have logged in today !!  From Russia, thru' to America... I thank you for your time !!  It's nearly 2 years since I started this blog of mine & - as I've said before - I'm amazed by how many of you log in to my words !!   I thank you again......

Ok - the plan for tonight is to get ready for bed (when B gets home to help me) & try & get a good nights sleep... that would be a first for a long while..... then, tomorrow - as mentioned - it's a trip to Taunton & the hospital.  Nothing very exciting really - but, it's all I've got !!  For now, I will away.... until next time !!