"Streets Of Boston" ?! Ho-hum...

Greetings World's....

I really hope your Universe is treating you well, this fine day ?! It's kind of warm here - just overcast & damp....... a bit of a bummer. I must admit, I kind of have a thing, about my ol' bones & wet weather - it seems they always ache more !! Nevermind.....

"The Family"

As I type, B is behind me, making the first batch of today's mince pies !! The smell, which is coming thru' the rest of the house, is really, really special !! I'm not sure how many she is cooking today - but, I know a few will be going to other people. It's something she does, at this time of year - giving away pies, especially to people, here in the close, where we live.

I know P - Murphy The Bear's owner will get some..... plus a lovely girl, who is coming around later, to cut our hair - well, the list goes on !! Remember tho' - Mince pies are for life - not just for Christmas !! We have them, all thru' the year - we really do !!

I think our Daughter - ME - is coming over, this evening - so.... I guess she will take some home with her, sooooo, no matter how many My Wife & Dearest Friend makes... they will all get eaten !! Life is good !!

Our Son - J - is over in Wales, doing his Uni course.... which is a big shame - mainly as he would help me eat the pies !! Oh well - if you read this J - they smell really good !! Take care.....

Ok....

"The Music"

Well - for my sins... I am listening to Glen Campbell, doing a Beach Boys medley !! Honestly !! It's no biggy... I put it on the deck, mainly to give B a bit of a laugh....... she is smiling a lot, so I guess it's working !! It's all a bit of fun....

If you get, check out Mr Campbell's  last studio album..... from about 2012/2013. It's called Ghost In The Canvas' or something - it's really, really good !! I'm not a great fan - but, as always, I'm ready to give anybody's music a chance !!

Which leads onto this morning's post bag & the arrival of Led Zeppelin's 'Texas Hurricane' bootleg, which a kind person - who I honestly don't know - has sent me !!

It was recorded in  the Tarrant Convention Center, Fort Worth. Texas on May 22nd 1977. As yet - well..... I'll give it a listen, just as soon as Mr C's Cd finishes !! It's a small price to pay - letting B have a bit of fun, before the heavy stuff starts !!

As always - don't buy bootlegs..... if someone is out there, with a boot.... get them to give you a copy !! By the official stuff !! I'm pretty sure what this boot has on it.... but, I'll give it a listen first, before putting in a track listing !!

I just took a break.... time to top up on the morphine !! I keep telling B, "I need a new back" - to which the reply, always, comes back "You've had one" !! It might be new - but it still bloody hurts !! Not to worry.....

....... in 2 months, I will be in the hospital, having let the plastic surgeon do his best to cure the problems !! I knew the risk, when I went into the operating theatre, back in 2013.... it's just taking a bit longer to fix, that's all !! Hopefully, February's surgery will be the last - "oh look, a flying pig !!"

I might have mentioned this before - but M...... my Son-In-Law (Ok - I know they're not actually married) sorted out a new keyboard for me... it's really fantastic !! Giving my old age & lack of keyboard skills, this new one is brilliant !! It lights up & everything !! Brilliant - many thanks M !!

I must admit, compared to my old keyboard - well, anything would of been an improvement.... but, this one - well, it's truly brilliant !! Hopefully I won't break it - that would be a bummer !!

I've been messing around, with computers, for a goodly number of years - but, I'm still finding new things !! I don't have a clue, I really don't, as to what all of these "F" buttons do - but..... it's still a great keyboard, thanks M !! Sounds like someone of a James Bond movie !! Oh well.....

Just listening, to this Zeppelin bootleg.... unusually, the guys had to re-start 'In My Time Of Dying' !! That's a bit weird..... there aren't too many shows, where they've messed up !! I must make room, for it, on the Mini Egg....... my iPod thingy. I'll take some older stuff off & give some other albums a chance !!

At the moment, there are 30,210 tracks, on the Egg.... some of which are up to an hour in length, sooooo - I'll find some to remove & then I can play some "new" stuff, when I'm stuck in hospital again !! Great stuff !! Of course - it'll take me a while, deciding which albums to
remove !! I'll sort it out - one day !!

Just sticking with music... yesterday, bless her little cotton socks - B put a deposit down, on the complete Allman Brothers' '2014 Box' !! I really am one of the luckiest husbands on this 3rd rock from the Sun !!

I don't think it will be available, until January or February....... but, it's one heck of a gift !! I can't really take it in - with the guys calling a halt, after 45 years, to the band.... but, I can understand why. Like the rest of us - we've seen too many Moons & things aren't what they used to be.... still a great band tho' !!

Gregg Allman is booked, to do a one off show - towards the end of July 2015, down near Maidstone. Alas - I won't be making it..... seeing the guy, in 2011, was great.... but, it would be good to see him again - not this time around tho'........

I was just thinking.... dangerous, I know....... but, it's going to be a "New Year" soon - time to try & make amends, for all of the stuff, that I didn't do this year !!

I guess - the big one - would be, to try, to get things together, with our Son J !! That would be great.... but, you can lead a horse to water etc etc.

I also have a Son, from my first marriage...... he'll be 30 next year !! The last time, that we wrote to him, the letter came back "no longer at this address" - that was a bummer !!

But.... I've been back in contact, with my own Brother this year & my little Sister....... after quite a spell of not knowing how they were getting on, sooooo - maybe I can find out where my Son is !! I know it's over in Canada, somewhere.... but.... !!

Of course - I always decide, for New Year, to try & sort out all of the Cd's !! I make a start & usually get quite a ways into them...... but, never seem to finish the job !! Every year, there are more & more albums....... maybe 2015 will be the year, that things come together & they all get put in some kind of order !! Time will tell, on that one.... ho-hum !!

Right - I better think about doing something else !! With our hair cuts, this evening & ME coming around.... well, it's going to be a fun evening !! Sooooo - I must make a plan, on what I'm going to do, before it gets too late & I fall asleep again !!

Thank you all, for logging in & reading my words.... until next time...

Bye Bye