Our Neighbor, Ms Armadillo

Report from Orient, Texas: It's a very curious human thing how you can turn a place into home and get settled in so quickly, even if you move your campsite three times. We had such a beautiful time rehearsing under the trees, working on the bootleg CDs, sewing, cooking, and getting used to our neighbor - a very busy armadillo who peeked into our sleeping tent just to make sure we were all tucked in, I suppose. She was very calm and practically walked over my foot once in order to root around in some particularly promising grass. 

But just like that, our little camp is packed up into Mr Tomato and we are off to Fort Stockton, Texas, to play a concert at the library tonight. Ms Armadillo was napping in her burrow this morning and the birds sang her a lullaby. Goodbye til next year!

Hobitat hilarity

Report from Camp JillyBenny, Naples, Florida: It's a miracle that we remembered how to attach the vestibule to the Hobitat after seven years of tent camping hiatus. Thanks to Ken Anderson for capturing our hilarity!

Rainbows in the rain

Report from Camp JillyBenny, Naples, Florida: Business first, due to the very inconsiderate rain that persists on falling in sheets & drizzles the concert has been moved to the screened room just at the front entrance of the campground. Still at 2pm and they will have tacos.

The camp is holding fast. Despite torrential rain last night, we stayed completely dry in our tiny sleeping tent and our living room tent is water tight as well. Woohooo! On the other hand everything is damp and our hair just gets curlier and curlier.

If the rain stops in the next hour we will be able to do our load-in without getting completely soaked. Otherwise, I may look like a Pomeranian for the entire concert.

Spirits are high, though, in some part because everything in our tent happens to be rainbow colored so it's like we're in a cartoon of our own.

Happy adventures wherever you may be today! And stay dry!

Tent tuned

Short report from Camp JillyBenny, Florida: Tunes in the tent. Getting ready for our 2 o'clock show at the Naples Regional Library downtown on Central. Working on a new song. Rain stopped, sun is shining, time to unzip the windows :)

Jeni & Billy's own festival village!

Report from Collier Seminole State Park, Florida: Look out Kennedys, it's the JillyBenny compound complete with hovercraft bedroom, green apple living room, and screened dining room! Pitter patter goes the rain, but no matter, we can rehearse in our tent domain! Mr Tomato says, "Where's the garage?"