To start with, some good creative time in Olympia, WA. Dinah's Mom, Becky, a gigantic lover of music (always the best kind of people…) was a very hospitable host and wasn't at all alarmed to discover her house was occupied without her knowing upon her arrival home Wednesday night. After some effort to get a hold of her during the early evening, Dinah had insisted we just go inside and make ourselves at home. I'm glad we did. Finding a grand piano, ping-pong table, the stereo tuned to some great jazz, and a Klutz juggling set (a parting gift she demanded we take with us) on our initial entrance made settling in quite easy.
Thursday was a slower day as it was very grey and rainy, but Kyle and I did manage to get a bit of exercise in along one of the awesome trails nearby. The day prior we had also spent some time in the park so we could get some good air, some reading, and some time to re-string and re-visit my guitar. Thankfully, all of our stay in Olympia was not grey, as our arrival on Wednesday was in time for a beautiful sunset sky.
Thursday was also a good day for me to really get down to a bit of recording as we were now sitting in a house full of instruments. My method of blindly gathering samples of various instruments with my field recorder and attempting to tweak them all together later proved somewhat successful, so I've now got a new song to be working on when I get the chance to here and there...
That night, both of Dinah's parents treated us to a fish and chips dinner at Fish Tale brewery, apparently a regular spot for my bro when he visits Olympia with Dinah. Afterwards, Kyle and I figured we should see a bit of downtown so we went out for a couple beers and games of pool before returning late for our final night at Becky's. Becky and Charlie were great to meet and, per Becky's request, "Juggling Updates" are now in order for the blog...
Now for some long exposures... Updates from Seattle coming soon...
Becky will enjoy the juggling....metaphor for life
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