songbird's crazy world

 Why yes, I do own the street in front of my house! Not really, of course.  But … Most of the houses on this street have driveways that can accommodate more than one car.  Our driveway can fit four.  And people who have more cars than their driveway can accommodate tend to park in front of their own house. It’s different on weekends, when many people have visitors, but generally speaking no one ever parks in front of our house. (My next-door neighbor parks in the space where his property meets ours, but that’s different…) This morning, when I came downstairs and looked out my kitchen window, I saw it.  A white car, parked directly in front of my house.  It wasn’t there when I went upstairs last night.  And of course I checked Ring, but my cameras are pointed at our driveway, not the street, and didn’t pick up the “invader” parking in front of our house.  I could  go outside and move one of the cameras … Today’s dose of cuteness (the the offen...

  Yes, all that in the front  yard. I love old houses.  This one was built in 1913. Yeah, I found a friend …

Not liking the weather lately — overcast, cloudy, hot and humid.  We’re expecting rain later. The balloon from my birthday last winter is finally dying.  So Friday night we saw the latest Jurassic World movie.  The plot is formulaic, but the special effects are terrific, and it’s a lot of fun trying to figure out who is going to be eaten by a dinosaur.🦕  We plan to see the new Superman movie soon.  It’s supposed to be the best since the Christopher Reeve movies.  It’s also a bit controversial, it’s considered “woke”.  Clearly not a problem for me. We went to the Pinafore cast party Sunday.  They had a membership meeting before the party.  Drew was elected to the governing board, and I’m going to be on the finance committee.   Still no word on which show they’re doing next season.   It’s the All-Star break, so no Mets games this week. We’re catching up on stuff we DVR’d.   We’ve been binge-watching The Pitt .  I’m a huge f...

 The theme? The bikini debuted in 1948 this month. Let’s celebrate the occasion with song picks about swimwear and/or water fun. Let’s start with the obvious  This song mentions bikinis (yes, I used the clean version …) This one from Dire Straits is cute Cute novelty song We have to include some surfing music Something from Zac Brown … Which, of course, leads us to Jimmy Buffett. A Jimmy Buffett concert in the open-air amphitheater at Jones Beach.  That was the epitome of summer fun … we went several times … I miss him.

  Since U Been Gone Welcome to  Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme! Saturday 9: Since U Been Gone  (2005) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here .     1) In this song, Kelly Clarkson is dissatisfied with her relationship and she's moving on. What's something you've moved on from lately? It could be anything from a romance to the laundry detergent you've been using for years. I had a rather nasty encounter with another member of a Discord group and decided to leave the group.  I haven’t missed that group.   2) She sings that she can now breath...

 So last night Drew and I had to give someone a ride down to Cedar Beach.  This is a beach on Jones Island, located several miles east of Jones Beach State Park. There’s a bar at Cedar Beach that gives off a Jimmy Buffett/Key West vibe. We may have to check it out sometime. But our plans last night did not include hanging at the Salt Shack.  Instead we drive over to the state park for a walk on the Boardwalk.