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baranduin asked us to post music vids we like, so I looked up my favorite local band from my Chapel Hill, NC days in the 80s and 90's who are still playing now--Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS). They put on one hell of a concert and I don't think the vids can capture the dancing energy. They do very fun, campy rockabilly, or swampabilly as they name it--hilarious, though sometimes the offensiveness outdoes the campiness, the playing is always top notch and food is a favorite subject for them.

Daddy Was a Preacher, Momma was a Go-Go Girl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewzfHLo71E

Put Your Teeth Up on the Window Sill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZSE_Wh8-sE

Come On and Get It:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9pNb0BUKo

Life has been solo busy--I will update soon.

A very happy birthday to the very sweet and fun frolijah_fan_54!!! I hope this year gives you more time to enjoy more leisurely mornings with hot chocolate and all the good things. This wish comes with hobbits and spring flowers.



The friend I stayed with in Chapel Hill has a lovely garden with many fun things among the flowers, as Bingo and Sam found when they took a stroll outside. Sam was very appreciative of the sensibilities of anyone who could put such a fine statue of mushrooms in their garden, for what could be finer than mushrooms? Bingo is about to tell him.

( And moooore camellia blooms in Duke Gardens in Durham, NC below )

I'm back a week from my trip down to Chapel Hill, so let me at least post pics one by one until I can write a full trip report.

The first couple of days I was down there it was rainy, but M. and I went out between rains one afternoon to Duke Gardens in Durham, one of the best places down there to see flowers. I brought along the hobbits, and here they are sitting on a bench with camellia blooms.

Bingo and Sam at Duke Gardens with Camellias, 3-31-11

I swearz we did not pick those blooms--the camellias are so loaded with blooms, they strew plenty still in their prime upon the blanket of petals lying beneath each bush. So we picked up a few of those for the hobbits' posing pleasure. I'll be posting more pics of the gorgeous camellia blooms in their lovely variety.