Five on the 5th - August 2011

It is the 5th of the month, time for Stephen Chapman's 5 on the Fifth posts. This month, Stephen announced the theme is MESS. I decided to take on the challenge of the theme, in my own way. Luckily, over the Labor Day Weekend I went to the beach for a brief trip with my sister and her grandchildren. Kathy and I took Reed and Bryce on the rides in Playland Arcade in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. We went on some rides, played a little Skee Ball, before driving back home. Well walking into Playland is like walking into a lesson on a mess. All of my senses were inundated, as the bright colors of the rides were jammed into a small space. There was loud piped in carnival music coming from many of the rides, and people everywhere, chatting, yelling, screaming and laughing. There was food being made. Well, no healthy food, but fried dough, popcorn, sour gummy worms. And that blasted music...



So, this was my idea of a mess.


The Paratrooper ride had people living up.


The Free-Fall ride and the Helicopter were in the same tight frame.



People were flipping, spinning, swinging and climbing on all kinds of rides.


The Sea Dragon was a swinging pirate ship!



The Merry-Go-Round was quite ornate.

Don't forget to check in to Stephen's blog here, and see other sets of great pictures. And I look forward to the next installment of Five on the 5th next month!

Live Music - Tom Goss at Delaware Pride

I am going to see Tom Goss play at the Delaware Pride Festival tomorrow, and am pretty excited. Although I have seen Tom play several times, this is the first time it will be in my state! I have traveled to Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, DC, just to catch him play. He will be playing at 1:45PM at Cape Henlopen State Park (a.k.a. Gordons Pond/North Shores) in Rehoboth Beach. The Festival runs from noon until 6PM. I will most certainly be bringing my camera.



Tom [jokingly] offered to let me come up with his setlist, since I have been excited about this show for over a month and annoying him about it. I told him the organizers might have to clear the afternoon schedule if I were to get the chance to hear him play all my favorites. There is Rise, Morning Sun, Come Around, A Thousand Times Before, Legacy of You, O Love, Down The Mountainside, Back To Love, Till The End, and what started the joking on Twitter, a killer cover of the Gnarls Barkley song, Crazy. Well, you get the idea. I am a fan.



The above is a video I had made with some pictures I had taken at some previous shows, with another favorite song, King of Something Right, playing. You can find out more about Tom by clicking here, and more about Delaware Pride here. In fact, if you go to Tom's site, you can score some free downloads.