Blue and green show up at Tent Village, rear view, April, 18, 2021. Paul Goldfinger photograph. ©

We took a stroll through the tent colony.  We saw green shoots popping out of the ground in front and in between the wooden framework which will soon be hung with canvas, and painting touch-ups and repairs will begin as well.

It’s a spring ritual in Ocean Grove.  The tenters traditionally check in on May 15 and then the community comes to life.

We’ll see kids on their bikes and we will hear Gordon Turk warming up the Hope-Jones organ.

We don’t know if tenters will wear masks outside, but they should, and we don’t know how lively the signs of life will be. But we suspect that this summer will be better than last.

Eileen and Paul Goldfinger,   Editors  Blogfinger.net

A tribute to all the musicians including Gordon Turk, Phil Smith, Ronald Naldi and all those others  who pour their hearts out sharing the magic of music in Ocean Grove:

“Tu Che a Dio spiegasti l’ali”    performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.