T Stands for a Fun Night Out

    Hi everyone. Happy new week to you.  And to everyone who visits over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog   for T Day, happy T day to you.

    Last week we had more spring-like weather in my area. I was even inspired to go get some bags of planting soil, and I'm thinking this or maybe next week I might go buy some seeds and see what I can get to grow.  I won't be planting  outside yet because the nights are still around or below freezing. Things can't be put outside in my area until May for fear of frost. But these warm days have inspired me to start some seeds inside. 🌱 

    I was also able to sit out on my deck in the sun and read a couple of afternoons last week with a fleece on. ❤ They predict another fairly mild week ahead, and maybe by the end of this week all the snow in my yard will actually be gone. Then everything just needs to dry out. Of course,living where I do we could still (and I think probably will) l get a little more snow, but hopefully just a dusting IF it even happens.

    Besides going for a few walks  last week, I also had a fun night out with a couple of friends. We went into downtown Portsmouth (New Hampshire), had dinner, took a walk around, and then went to an evening concert. 

     Here's a few photos from my walk around downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This first one is looking up the street at Market Square at the steeple of the North Church of Portsmouth. This building was originally built in 1657 and then rebuilt  in 1854 from brick. There had been 3 devastating fires in the city  in the early to mid-1800's, so all the new construction was from brick, including the rebuild of North Church.  This building is a local landmark.

    1657 is old for here in the US, but I know not even close to many cathedrals and other buildings elsewhere in the world.  

      Here's a few other photos. I didn't take all that many but these are the better or more interesting ones.

    For dinner we went to a burger bar. I hadn't eaten at this restaurant before, but  I liked how you could build your own burger. You could choose between various meat and veggie burgers, various buns and various toppings. All their burgers came with French fries, but you could upgrade to many other choices. I chose a very traditional beef burger with cheddar cheese on a brioche bun as well as upgrading to sweet potato fries. 

And I had water to drink.

    We ended the evening going to see a great concert at the local historic theater. This theater was built in 1878, and like the church, was built when the old theater burnt to the ground the year before. It is the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and from what I read, the 14th oldest in the US.

     A. J. Croce is the son of early 1970's musical star Jim Croce. You might remember some of Jim Croce's songs like Bad Bad Leroy Brown and Time in a Bottle. (He had many others too.)  Jim Croce died in a 1973 plane crash when AJ was just a very young child.

     A.J. is fabulous musician in his own right. He's played with some big named bands such as Willie Nelson, Bela Fleck, and the Neville Brothers. He's also a songwriter, and his style is more a combination of blues, rock and rock-a billy. And boy can he play the piano. I later found out he is blind in one eye which makes his playing even more amazing.

    He treated us to a few of his father's songs as well as many of his own. It's was an great show and an enjoyable evening out.  

    And if you're interested in hearing him,here's one of the songs he played at the concert that I found on YouTube. It's a classic written by Billy Preston: A.J. Croce-YouTube,

   I hope everyone has a happy T day and week ahead.