Stuff and such
Jun. 19th, 2006 06:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoFirst of all, birthday hugs to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
corelog and hgryphon. I wish you both something really nice.
Sooo, after playing with several wooden wind instruments lent me by friend Rob in Chicago, I decided to go ahead and spring for a proper Irish flute. No, not the $2K model, but one that I believe will work well enough for me. Thanks to a massive book by Grey Larsen (a really talented musician, for those of you who don't know Celtic folk music) I have a new understanding of the traditional ornamentation in Irish wind playing, and am now working on smooth execution of taps, strikes, rolls, and slides. I need to get a refresher lesson on the bodhran from Rob's wife Dawn, though. ;D Then I'll be a threat!
Made probably the last rhubarb pie of the spring in honor of my mate Gary's birthday, which was Friday. The heat is making the rhubarb go dormant, as it often does by July anyway. This one combines rhubarb and peaches, which is not something I've heard of or tried before, but we agree it's a nummy match and I'll be doing it again.
Still no rain. Three or four years ago we accepted some tiny catalpa seedlings from a friend in Elgin. Gary planted them among our giant oaks out front, and this year two of them are blooming for the first time. Just a few flowers, but they are so lush and fragrant that it is delightful knowing there will be more next year.
corelog and hgryphon. I wish you both something really nice.Sooo, after playing with several wooden wind instruments lent me by friend Rob in Chicago, I decided to go ahead and spring for a proper Irish flute. No, not the $2K model, but one that I believe will work well enough for me. Thanks to a massive book by Grey Larsen (a really talented musician, for those of you who don't know Celtic folk music) I have a new understanding of the traditional ornamentation in Irish wind playing, and am now working on smooth execution of taps, strikes, rolls, and slides. I need to get a refresher lesson on the bodhran from Rob's wife Dawn, though. ;D Then I'll be a threat!
Made probably the last rhubarb pie of the spring in honor of my mate Gary's birthday, which was Friday. The heat is making the rhubarb go dormant, as it often does by July anyway. This one combines rhubarb and peaches, which is not something I've heard of or tried before, but we agree it's a nummy match and I'll be doing it again.
Still no rain. Three or four years ago we accepted some tiny catalpa seedlings from a friend in Elgin. Gary planted them among our giant oaks out front, and this year two of them are blooming for the first time. Just a few flowers, but they are so lush and fragrant that it is delightful knowing there will be more next year.
