Ukulele Mood

Ellen's friend (and my friend) Cam Clarke had his annual Halloween party again last Saturday, and this year the theme was "Residents of Emerald City."  I went as that guy who first answers the door at Emerald City -- photo to the left.  As you can see, Ellen did yeo-woman's work sewing fake fur on the lapel and hatband.  Still, unfortunately, I ended up looking more like Bill the Butcher from "Gangs of New York" which was not what I was hoping.

Ellen went as a lovely lady dressed in green.  Some others came as witches, there were several other top-hatted doormen, and at least one guy took the green theme less literally and came as The Hulk.

That's not Ellen next to me, that's Susannah, Cam's cousin.  Every year people read scary stories, and some years there are songs, mostly scary ones.  But since this year had a "Wizard of Oz" vibe, I suggested to Cam that he team me up with a singer and we perform that ukulele Iz version of "Over the Rainbow."

Which we did, and it sounded lovely, by all accounts.