the Rood Rolls out...

true to tradition, we hit up palauner's for a raucous night of sausage-and-beer-induced fun before rood departed for the states. not much appears to have changed... the philipino band has still got it goin' on, complete with sketchy/overly friendly asian people cozying up to a choice american or two for some action on the dance floor (i'll post a video of mer's unfortunate run-in with one of them if i can master such technologically advanced blogging skills!). no scarves involved this time, though. the highlight was playing our request for rihanna's umbrella right before we had to leave! katie and justin, next time you see kev ask him to unleash his 'umbrella.' anyway, here are some random pics from that night! miss you guys!

and finally....submit-your-own-caption for this shot!

example:

puck: i sure am some shuai guy...

lisa: did puck just let one...?

Rivers run through them

I can't even begin to describe how great the weather has been for the past two weeks. Everyday is perfectly 68-72 degrees; bright blue skys, white puffy clouds that perfectly frame the various shades of green. The nights are a little chilly, perfect for smoking my new pipe. There's no rain in the day... like Camelot, it has faithfully rained almost every night.

I'm enjoying Roanoke, but I really miss the city. One thing these places have in common... both cities are known by rivers that run through them.

Oh me oh my

The Sparrow Quartet has a new album coming out TOMORROW. May 20th !

You can hear it on her myspace sight http://www.myspace.com/abigailwashburn

It's a little bit more folky than bluegrass but I dig it.

I also found out that she's gonna be in at Wolftrap on June 25 and in Charlottesville on June 27th. You can bet your bottom dollar that I'm going to at one of those shows (if not both).

Chuck

This is just too cool for me to pass up. This photo is not altered in anyway. It's a honest-to-gosh photo of my friend Mitzi (middle) with... that's right..... Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Norris.

How great is that !

Country Cookout

So here are some photos from my time in the US. Saturday my cousin hosted a country cookout on his farm. The kids entertained themselves while the rest us went sittin' and visitin'.

This is the pecan tree that I used to throw a stick up into to make the pecans fall.
My cousins' kids. (I'm not sure they were supposed to dig this hole)

Mom, Kay, Rebecca and John Wyatt

Rebecca and John Wyatt.