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May. 29th, 2019 11:03 amMemorial Day I wandered off to the Franklin cemetery for the annual rendition of Memorial Day in small-town-America. I wound up sight-reading/transposing on the fly the Tuba part, as there was no tube player. I *think* there is a bari-sax folder in the bin, but I saw the tuba folder first. I probably should have grabbed the B-sax folder too, if only to lessen the amount of flailing I did. OTOH, it went fine. I only got irretrievably lost once, and there is some suspicion that the bass line has a different arrangement than the other winds for that piece, so it may not have been entirely my fault.
Tuesday, I went off to Livingston County Community Band rehearsal. Their summer folder is packed -- there are 56 pieces in it, and concert programs are pulled from those pieces. Most of the pieces are bog-standard HS band things, but that doesn't mean they're easy. Many of them I have played with the FCB, but some I have not. There is also some chatter that I may swap up to tenor, as there may be more baris than anything else, if everyone shows up. That will be fun (fsvo), as I haven't played tenor in a concert band in over a decade.
Garden wise, it keeps raining! I pull a cartful of weeds every day, and am still falling behind. I have been able to get into a few of garden beds, but the east flower beds are getting out of control. The smaller ones I can work most of without stepping into them, but the east beds are too big for that. The strawberries got weeded last week, just in time for them to blossom. The irises started blooming yesterday, and the peonies are not far behind. The alliums in the side garden have bloomed, as has the one up in the NW bed (that I didn't plant. I suspect a bird.) There is a columbine up against the house that wasn't there last year -- I planted a similar one in the middle of that bed a couple of years ago, and it wasn't doing well. I have no idea how it moved five feet over the course of a winter.) The bleeding hearts popped late last week -- they really seem to like all the damp we've had this year.
The orioles have been hanging about, although since the couple of days last week when BirdBrain was pecking at the windows I haven't seen them. The neighbor across the street has more trees closer to her feeder, and says that she has orioles most of the summer.
I have heard frogs croaking, as well as two different species of toads trilling, so that's good.
Tuesday, I went off to Livingston County Community Band rehearsal. Their summer folder is packed -- there are 56 pieces in it, and concert programs are pulled from those pieces. Most of the pieces are bog-standard HS band things, but that doesn't mean they're easy. Many of them I have played with the FCB, but some I have not. There is also some chatter that I may swap up to tenor, as there may be more baris than anything else, if everyone shows up. That will be fun (fsvo), as I haven't played tenor in a concert band in over a decade.
Garden wise, it keeps raining! I pull a cartful of weeds every day, and am still falling behind. I have been able to get into a few of garden beds, but the east flower beds are getting out of control. The smaller ones I can work most of without stepping into them, but the east beds are too big for that. The strawberries got weeded last week, just in time for them to blossom. The irises started blooming yesterday, and the peonies are not far behind. The alliums in the side garden have bloomed, as has the one up in the NW bed (that I didn't plant. I suspect a bird.) There is a columbine up against the house that wasn't there last year -- I planted a similar one in the middle of that bed a couple of years ago, and it wasn't doing well. I have no idea how it moved five feet over the course of a winter.) The bleeding hearts popped late last week -- they really seem to like all the damp we've had this year.
The orioles have been hanging about, although since the couple of days last week when BirdBrain was pecking at the windows I haven't seen them. The neighbor across the street has more trees closer to her feeder, and says that she has orioles most of the summer.
I have heard frogs croaking, as well as two different species of toads trilling, so that's good.
