Reba and Rod Kennedy have a photo op.  Can you believe Rod will be 70 this winter?   We've always been impressed by his judicious decisions, whether it was to move the benches down front, displacing the chairs of many fatcats, or to keep ballot tree open to all by drawing names from a hat.  He may be an autocrat, but he is a good one.

Alan Wayne Dameron was the first person to tell us about Kerrville and urge us to attend back in 1988.  He and Steve Gillette introduced us to a host of their friends and to the Kerrville way of doing things.  We have been coming ever since.  Alan was a sick pup last Fall.  It was good seeing him hardy again.

Photographers have been an active part of Kerrville life since the beginning.   When we first went there was a booth that sold photos of the performers -- and very good ones at that. Whether the economics didn't work or otherwise, the booth hasn't come back in many years although photographers abound.  Robert Corwin is among the best of the professionals.  Check out his booth whenever he deigns to have one (usually at Falcon Ridge).  Amateurs also are getting better, especially with digital cameras.   Here is folk-dad Alan Rowoth.  My own digital is a Nikon 950, a marvel of a piece of hardware.  I can shoot 131 photos on one memory chip and can get about 30 photos on a battery charge.  With an extra set of batteries, I'm good for a day's shooting.

We didn't spend much time in the campgrounds this year.  Main stage quits too late and the rough terrain is hard on Reba's knees.  But we did manage dinner at the Steak House with Kim House, Tanya Savory (on either end) and Maureen Harrigan from our home area.  Great Margaritas, good wine, good steaks, fun conversation -- worth taking some time away from the music. 

We also went to the Texas Arts and Crafts Fair on Monday.  With temperatures already in the upper 80's, it was hard to believe that men would walk around in a clown's outfit.