Wow, so that was July! Summer goes by too quickly, and sometimes the blog suffers for it. I sat down tonight and looked at the pictures from the last few weeks (my wife documents pretty much everything the family does) and was struck by how busy we've been this summer without really going very far from home. So that's where I've been. Mostly home, but often not at the computer.
But I got lonesome for the blog, so here we go.
Case in point for the kinds of things we've been doing close to home (with a picture!) would be when John Palmer (a.k.a. EclectEcon) traveled to Monmouth, Illinois--which is just 20 miles or so from here. He plays French horn for the Goderich Laketown Band, which played a few concerts in our area. The reason for their picking Monmouth had to do with one of the members of the Monmouth municipal band being from Goderich originally and his setting up of an exchange of bands. The Monmouth band will visit Goderich sometime in the future.
It was wonderful to meet up with John. I attended two of his concerts and to the final one I brought the whole family. My son enjoyed their last number especially. It was a medley from the movie "Cars". Here are a couple of pics from the event.
I say it was a meeting of bloggers because not only did I meet John, but also a friend of his that happens to live in Monmouth, Rebekah, who lives in Monmouth and has a lot more pictures.
The band is doing a good job as goodwill ambassadors. My wife is already talking about taking a trip there.
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