Blood Drive

There's a blood drive at our library today. While Poe couldn't donate (the Red Cross didn't need stuffing donations today) he helped me through my first blood donation.

The only Poe-sized sticker was the calendar reminder sticker for the next
time I'll be able to donate! But it works... "Give Blood Today!"

You can see my red bandage on my arm, which matches nicely with my
Scarlet Witch (Age of Ultron) costume - we were encouraged to dress as
heroes to honor the blood drive - and my bigger-than-Poe-sized stickers!
(Actually you can also see the little hoop I got from Mountains & Clouds
in the last LV swap on my office wall, too!)

To Broadway and Back

No, we didn't go to NYC... we went to Broadway, VA, which is a little town near Harrisonburg. We helped our friends put up a fence in their backyard. I wouldn't let Poe help, because there was so much danger for an LV: red clay everywhere, sweat and sunscreen, wet concrete, power tools, plus so many bugs. But he enjoyed the car ride!

A scenic view of the Blue Ridge Mountains
(we've never stopped at this in all the times we've gone this way!)

Another shot of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Poe's seat in the car

From the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
(usually I'm driving, so I can't get a good LV picture here!)

Heading into the tunnel

Hold your breath!
(The tunnel goes under the water, so that was the game
we played as kids... try to hold your breath through the tunnel.
It's 3.5 miles... we never succeeded.)

Here we go!

Fence building is very hard work, so we're taking it easy for a couple days, but this is actually a pretty busy week! Let's hope we remember to take pictures of all the fun things coming up...

Spoiler-Free: Game of Thrones Season Finale

We've been hanging on to a bottle of Three-Eyed Raven (Ommegang's season 5 beer) so we cracked it open for the finale last night.

Cheers!

The NorVa

We have a small music venue in Norfolk called the NorVa (Norfolk VA). My brother-in-law's band played there last night in something called the 757-804 Mashup (some bands from the 757 - Hampton Roads - and some from 804 - Richmond).

I drove, so I let Poe have my "over 21" wristband.

It's difficult to get a good shot of Poe in a dark venue!
The drummer is my brother-in-law.

Outside the NorVa. The top line of the marquis says "Tonight: 757-804 Mashup."
And you can see the mermaid on top (Norfolk has locally-decorated mermaids everywhere.)

It was a fun time! I haven't been to the NorVa in a while (and the last couple times I've been, I saw Opeth, so it was extremely loud... this was a little more chill, rock-meets-country).