Cousin Ry Schmelz came to town last night and today he and I went down to St Augustine. We took a tour of Flagler College and its ornate dining room. Later we climbed the St Augustine Lighthouse and took a pic.

Reed, Marah and the Crescendo Amelia Band played at the tree lighting in Daytona Beach on Saturday. Reed was having a lot of fun in this clip. Forgot the name of the other girl.

My new favorite video sent to me by cousin Ry.

So Reed and I went out to Thanksgiving dinner after the Vikings won yesterday and also sold his other car so it was a productive couple of days.

Everything has been pretty mundane lately. Reed has been working hard with school, his job and gigging once or twice a week. In fact, the combo gig at the Omni Resort went very well last night as the particular trio backing him Drums, Bass and Piano sounded excellent. However, his car was continuing to cause problems so...we got him a new one. No, not new new but a good used car from a dealer. After a week the brake light was already out. UPSDATE: Reed reminded me he went to Orlando last week to see the Celtics play the Magic. He gave me a couple pictures to post.

So Friday the Crescendo Amelia Combo had a gig on the street downtown Fernandina Beach. Both Reed and Marah were there to sing and it went well. Here's some video but I had lots of problems with the camera including not being able to charge the battery. Reed's mic wasn't loud enough for these songs but they turned it up right after. Sorry about all the jiggling but I had to adjust things.

So the last day of school has come and gone and, despite some last minute harassment from The Universe and with the help of my principal, I made it. It even looks like they paid me for all those days off. I may have to donate some of that back somehow. We'll see. The lady who subbed for me last week and helped during the book fair is going to take over. I gave her some of my teaching materials. Hopefully she'll enjoy it.