Sitting In the Morning Sun...

 

If you said, "From the song Dock Of The Bay, performed by Otis Redding, written by Redding and Steve Cropper, 1967," you get 20 bonus points.  If you said, "Redding actually recorded that song twice in 1967, including the second time just 3 days before his death," you get 25 more bonus points.  Partial credit will be given if you didn't have the co-writer and year.  If you said, "Steve Cropper has played for/with many of the greats, written some well-known songs, and was involved in virtually every recording from Stax Records from 1961 to 1970.  And, is the guitarist for the Blues Brothers," you get another 30 bonus points.

A good bit of music trivia this morning. 

I was up at 6:30, got Murphy fed, took him outside, then went next door to feed, med, and visit with our Grand-kitties.  Came back home and dealt with some HOA board e-mails, enlisted Joan to be a voice of reason in my responses, then sat down to chill.

The hot tub was 103º when I checked it this morning.  I left the cover open to let some of the heat dissipate.  Joan took this shot with her iPad while she was out with Murphy...

 The furry boy is checking out the hot tub.  No, he has never shown any desire to get in it; but, he does hop up on it from time to time when the cover is closed.

Joan suggested that I might want a morning soak.  I had been too busy already to even consider that, but what a great idea!  The water temperature had cooled a bit, even though the outside air temperature was working its way up... a good time to enjoy a soak, and Joan joined me.

I like when we do that together - it gives us time to talk, without any distractions or devices.  A great way to start the day, even though we had both been going for a while already.

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A lot of good "Facebook Memories" for me today... memories of posts featuring Rufus and Izzy, time with friends Herb and Wilma when we were in North Carolina a year ago, several memories from different years of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and one that stuck with me: getting my first carbon fiber guitar...

That was a pivotal point in my life-long (well, since I was 11 years old) guitar passion. 

And one of Joan's favorite images, featuring Rufus...

 We were playing Monopoly Cards while sitting at the dinette in the motorhome.  Ruf gave Joan his best "poker face" and she managed to catch that.  So much personality in that big furry boy.