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Last night was one of those perfect summer nights.

Just warm enough.

Ever so slightly breezy.

And I found myself on Yawkee way, standing in front of the ticket office,

basking in the glow of one of my favorite Boston landmarks.

I was at Fenway!

The big news is, however, that I was NOT there for a Red Sox Game...

Nope.

I was there to see the Zac Brown Band!

This is a pretty big deal for me.

If you add up all the concerts I've seen in my life,

including last night's,

the total would be less than ten.

For real.

You see, 

I really really really really really really

don't like crowds.

In a "breathing-gets-shallow-nauseous-loose-my-knees" kinda way.

So I have to really really really really want to be somewhere for me to brave a crowd.

Like at a Sox game.

Or, as it turns out, at a Zac Brown concert!

Just my luck,

the place was at capacity.

Set a record, in fact!

Largest crowd in the history of Fenway!

Oh my!

It's a good thing the concert was amazing,

cause the 20  minutes it took to exit the park were not.

Good news is,

I lived to tell the story!

Incredible sky.

Spectacular light show!

A fiddler I could listen to forever.

Iconic park.

Thousands of little lights.

This guy.

Such a voice.

So much guitar!

And turns out, he's a mush! Full of feeling!

The silhouette.

With the hat.

I think this is my favorite shot - the crowd illuminated, the stage, the silhouette.

Gotta love iPhones.

No big girl cameras allowed!

And,

for the encore,

out he came in a Sox cap.

Stellar.

This was one AMAZING night!

Joining Tamar today

Good. Random. Fun. {Weeks 18 & 19}

The past two weeks have been full.

FULL of GOOD!

The New England weather has gone from frosty to rainy.

It's been a bit dreary, but extremely conducive to finishing up all the unpacking.

Cause that's an inside job.

And, drum roll please....it is finished!

For me, the 'bestest' of all the GOOD is that friends have journeyed north.

They have come.

Come to scrap. And to chat.

I'm elated.

And so very grateful to them and for this delicious new space we get to share!

Some came bearing gifts...

Gifts are always GOOD!

Especially when the giver knows exactly what you'd love

and delights me with our first bird feeder!

In the RANDOM department,

the road in front of our house was paved last week.

Signs went up days after we moved in,

and we feared the worst...

a long, drawn out street repair that drags on through the summer.

Bun no!

In less than two weeks the project was completed

and we now have a brand new road in front of our brand new house!

I'll bore you with a few more ball park pics.

Because going to a ball game is SO. MUCH. FUN!

Especially when the weather is perfect.

And they win.

AND you are being treated to the cushiest box seats

{suite and food included}

in all of the park!

The view of the field was outstanding and

the company was great.

Our son was able to join us for the game

and serenaded me during the traditional singing of  "Sweet Caroline."

It's a Boston thing.

The whole ball park ~ we all sing this silly song together before the bottom of the 8th.

It's a Boston thing.

To top it all off,

Mother's Day was wonderful.

We had our first family celebration in the new abode.

One daughter, one son-in-law, one pup, one son...

a chat with a grandma and an uncle...

and, as always, LOTS of laughter!

Joining Tamar for

The Good. The Random. The Fun.

Ball Park Reflections

Baseball.

Connects me to my childhood.

To my father.

There are sights, sounds, smells....

and that fresh air feeling of sitting in the ball park...

that transport me.

I remember sitting on the bench at my brother's little league games

and knowing all the abbreviations

so I could fill out the score card for my dad.

I remember the first time my son saw a baseball game

with my dad.

I loved watching him begin to pass down his love for the sport to his grandson.

The first time I was in Fenway was with my dad.

I was in college, and he was up for a visit.

It was his love for the old ballpark,

his appreciation for the uniqueness of the place,

that first opened my eyes to its rich history.

If you visit me here often,

you already know I love this game.

Especially when I can watch it from one of the old seats

in Fenway Park.

Joining James for

Weekend Reflections

Springtime at Fenway!!

It is always GOOD to be at Fenway!

And especially GOOD when the Sox win...and the temps are spring-time-perfect!

After work on Friday we enjoyed a nice (albeit slow) drive in town along the river.

The trees were in bloom and the sun was just setting when we got to the park.

I have loads of FUN with my camera when I'm at a game.

I enjoy capturing new details of the park each time.

Our seats were near this first base deck - an outside terrace, behind the seats...

with a view!

I love the cameraman on the ledge under the coca-cola sign....

and it always makes me smile when the door of the green monster wall opens.

{to me it's like when they pull the curtain back to reveal the "all powerful" Oz!}

Love the sky.

LOVE this lady and her ball park hat - complete with lego men ball players
and a mini Citgo sign!!!

This scene is so very typical, right?

Everyone taking pics with their phones!

And this is our FAVE - number 15 - hitting is GRAND SLAM!!

Catch that smile!!

In the RANDOM category....

I've been playing this game on my phone

{Thanks Tamar!}

and finaly "won"

{my husband said, "What do you get?" when I told him}

Got all the way to the 2048 tile!

Joining Tamar for

The Good. The Random. The Fun.

Signs!!

"Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind.

Do this, don't do that,

Can't you read the sign?"

Five Man Electrical Band

I remember when this song came out.

My brother (that's him below in the blue hood and dark glasses) and I used to

sing it out loud...and proud!

When this song was shared as the theme for this weeks Song-ography,

I thought of the photos I took at Fenway Park this February.

(I've shared some of them before...they just fit Kathy's theme so well this week)

We took a tour of Fenway with my brother and his wife. In the snow, remember?!

There are signs all over the place in the ballpark...

but somehow,

instead of blocking the scenery,

they are a part of the scenery in our historic ballpark!

The iconic Citgo sign - even with these bright smiles, and the snow, you can't miss it!

Even famous streets need signs!

When you post rules in the visitors' locker room, 

they have to be posted in many different languages....including Japanese!

The back halls aren't as "fancy" as the public walkways...but there are still signs!

Some signs are just decorative - like this one, made of legos!

My favorite signs in the park are those that are painted on the original brick.

 I love the old brick.

And I love these painted signs.

The neon signs,

the billboards, and the Green Monster signs 

seem as much a part of the architecture of this place as the seats and the field.

Now,

if we could just see some signs of spring...

we could dust this place off

and 

PLAY BALL!

Joining Kathy and friends for

Song-ography

My Heart is Full

My body is exhausted....but my heart is - indeed - full. I've had five days with my brother! My {Maui dwelling-newly married-soon to be a father} brother! And, for the first time, I can say...I've had five days with my beautiful sister-in-law! They were married in the fall, and this was their first visit with the family since the big day. The mainland treated them to winter weather the likes of which she's never ever seen in her life! And they managed their whole trip (Boulder, Philadelphia and Boston) without one flight delay or cancellation. 

The touristy highlight of our visit was a trip to Fenway Park. Fumie loves baseball, wanted a Uehara jersey to send to her brother in Japan and wanted a tour of Fenway. So we took the guided tour, and got to see Fenway under a blanket of snow! It really was a sight to see ~ I loved every minute of it.

My sun and surf loving brother was a very good sport...and more than earned his keep! He and Jeremy spent a few good hours outside shoveling our driveway after Thursday's blizzard. These two are so much alike...Uncle and nephew...family first, good friends for ever.

To keep us warm, there was a lot of laughter, good food and libations shared by all during their visit. And I brightened up the inside of the house with some beautiful tulips to cheer us all as we looked out at the falling snow! They cheered me from stem to petal!

Linking up with
The Good, The Random, The Fun
and
Macro Monday