There I was taking low-light, blurry pictures of the Lazy Daze Caravan Club's Past Tents comrades enjoying themselves and a fabulous feast at the annual holiday Live Oak Caravan in Santa Barbara. As you can see: perfectly normal people delighting in good friends, good food and good wine in a lovely Central Coast woodsy setting....
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I must have blinked. SUDDENLY! There I was, surrounded by kinky coneheads, tunelessly blowing on kazoos! What tha???...
Did they stop with the kazoos? OH no! Dressed me in finery, they did -- flashy jewelry, a rainbow boa, and a sparkling, jewel-encrusted wand.
Then this tattling mistress of mayhem regaled the kazoo symphony band with some enhanced versions of my exploits on the road!!!
Do you think these two pixies might have been part of the Party Posse? No doubt about it!
These two movers and shakers rounded out the Magnificent Seven, all orchestrated by...
...the bearer of flowers. Quick! Bookmark this page -- you may NEVER again see Joan in a party hat!!!!!!!!
A serenade sung by Barbara the POET, Miss Past Tents herself, a hilarious original composition sung to Beverly Hillbillies theme music...
...champagne, more songs and presents too, that made for...
Eyeball incontinence and ...
... non stop guffaws!
...Joan obviously had as much fun in the planning as in the execution! YES, I WAS SURPRISED. VERY surprised!
"Let them cake," I said as I waved my glamorous wand. And they did. And we all lived VERY happily ever after!
Thank you dear Past Tents friends, for the most enchanting and memorable evening! You make me smile, and you made me feel incredibly beauteous! When the rest of you catch up with me, I sure hope you'll have a Party Posse to conjure up as much fun for you as I had on my 70th birthday!
P.S. Birthday Party pix by Larry Wade. Not bad for someone who claimed not to know how to work my camera! My guess? Larry was probably just as content behind the camera so's not to be remembered in perpetuity as the birthday photographer with a pointy head!
