Geranium

Geranium
Pelargonium x hortorum cv.
(pe-lar-GO-nee-um) (hor-TOR-um)

This Geranium was spotted at the Magic Kingdom last winter. It really had a nice color, which is really only partially represented here. The flowers at Disney were all amazing and it is always nice to see large scale bedding plant displays. I don’t know what grows down in Florida during the summer but the Geraniums, Pansies and Snapdragons are sure nice to see during the winter. I remember passing a huge display of Pansies at Epcot that had a beautiful fresh smell and they were looking great.

Tuesday night Karen and I attended the Allman Brothers Band concert at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Part of their annual and fabled 10 night run the band was hot. It is always nice to see and hear guitar playing like that. Derek Trucks (left) is an amazing player and I had forgotten how good Mr. Warren Hayes plays as well. Greg Allman is somehow still alive and doing well singing and playing one of my favorite instruments, the Hammond B-3 organ.

Thinking back the last time I saw the ABB was at the old New Haven Coliseum on New Years Eve 1982. That venue has since been imploded but over the years it really had been the site of some great concerts. The Beacon is an amazing place that, I think, is one of the few grand movie houses from the 1920’s that is still standing in NYC. The next day at work we were dragging a little bit it was well worth it. I do think that Derek is one of the greatest American guitar players ever. He is 32 years old now and has 20 years of professional experience. The band was joined by his lovely wife Susan Tedeschi for a few songs. It was nice to see her playing a Fender branded guitar instead of all the other Gibsons everyone was playing. This picture was one of the only ones I managed from our 2nd row seats.

Fall Leaf on Granite

Fall Leaf

I took this picture at work the other day. It is a native Acer rubrum (Swamp or Scarlet Maple) leaf on an Old Spruce Mountain Granite step. The granite is native to Connecticut. Those darker areas are actually pieces of Garnet.

I went to a XXth (not allowed to say the number, if you know what I mean) in Manhattan last night. We had a good time. The entertainment was a private concert by the Derek Trucks Band of whom Eric Clapton said in his new book, “Derek’s playing is stunning, unlike anything I’d ever heard before”. Eric asked him to join his last world tour and Derek played on Eric’s last record. Derek’s wife Susan Tedeschi joined in for several songs and she is an attractive, talented woman with a lot of energy. It was some of the best close up guitar playing I have ever heard. Actually it was some of the best guitar playing I have ever heard, period.
Here are a few links to DTB sites:
Derek Trucks.com

Derek Trucks/Wikipedia

I got a new lens, the Nikon 50mm/1.8 and decided to use it at the party. Here is a picture of Derek that I took.


I posted eight other pictures here:
New Pictures Album on Digital Flower Pictures.com

The lens did pretty amazing considering the $119 (US) price and the really dim light at the venue. I am happy to have a new prime and hope to use it on some botanical and night shots.