Sunday Stealing

 1. Tell us about any lawn or garden plans you have for this month,

I'm not much of a gardener.  I planted sunflower seeds at the beginning of the summer.  Turns out the birds loved sunflower seeds...

2. "Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there."~Thomas Fuller  What does this quote mean to you?

Literally or as a metaphor?  I'm not in the mood to wax philosophical today, so I will just say "weeds" and leave the deeper meaning out of it.

3. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about God?

And here we go, asking yet another philosophical question...

Next week is Rosh HaShanah, ask me next week...

4. If we were chatting in person, how would I know if you were nervous.

My voice breaks, I use a lot of "ums" and other fillers...

5. Do you like the color yellow? Would I find any in your home or wardrobe?

My childhood bedroom was mostly yellow -- yellow carpet, curtains and bedspread in a yellow, red and blue print.   

I have a couple of yellow t shirts now, including one from a Jimmy Buffett concert.

6. Daffodils, tulips, roses, sunflowers, day lily, black-eyed Susan...which yellow bloom on this list is your favorite?

Roses of any color are always my favorite.

7. Flip flops or bare feet? 

Barefoot in the house, flip flops outside.

8. Fish out of water, big fish in a small pond, living in a fishbowl, packed in like sardines, this is a fine kettle of fish, plenty of fish in the sea, fish or cut bait...which fishy phrase most recently applies to some area of your life?

Living in a fishbowl.  Right now I feel as if I have no privacy whatsoever.

9. Have you ever been fishing? Did you catch a fish? If so did you keep it or throw it back? If you haven't been fishing is that something you'd like to try?

Once, when I was a kid, we were visiting my cousin and her family.  They loved to go fishing at a trout farm, where the lake was stocked and you were practically guaranteed a good catch.  

They suggested we go fishing with them.

11 people went fishing, and not one of us caught a single fish.  

I've never gone fishing since.

10. What's something you're always fishing for in your purse, wallet, desk, or kitchen junk drawer?

My mask.  I finally bought a mask lanyard, now when I go out I wear the mask on the lanyard.  

11. Your favorite fish tale or movie?

12. Are you sunrise, daylight, twilight or night? Explain why you chose your answer.

I'm a morning person.  Even when I "sleep in" I am usually up before everyone else.

13. What's the oldest piece of clothing you own and still wear?

I have a "distressed denim" jacket that I love.  It wasn't "distressed" when I bought it.  I bought it in a store that was in the shopping center under the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.  

14. What's been the best and worst part of your summer so far?

This summer never really got started.  All the things I'd normally do in the summer weren't happening...no concerts, no baseball games, no barbecues, no Renaissance Faire.  But we did have a wonderful, socially distant trip to Mystic, Connecticut.

We went to the Seaport, the Aquarium, and we took a ride on an old-fashioned train in Essex.  

15. Are you a Jimmy Buffet fan? If so, what's your favorite JB tune

Yeah, I kind of sort of like JB.  Here I am, at the Marquis Theater, waiting to see a Broadway show, Escape to Margaritaville.

We saw it twice -- the second time was because we won tickets in a contest.    I loved how the lobby of the theater was redecorated for this show.

        

The second time around, during the curtain call,  JB showed up to sing with the cast.  And he brought his friend Pit Bull with him. The audience definitely appreciated the performance.

JB does a concert every summer at Jones Beach.  We used to go all the time.  Jones Beach is a great outdoor venue, the stage actually sits in  Zach's Bay.

And the tailgating!

There's no real backstage area, the performers have to walk past the audience to get to their trailers.  One time we sat in the orchestra, near the water, and the performers walked right past us as they exited the stage.

We stopped going when the tailgating got so out of hand that we couldn't park the car anywhere near the theater.  

If I ever go again, I'll leave the car at home and take an Uber.

But you asked about my favorite song.  It depends on my mood.

Today I'm in the mood for this one: