Winter approaches, and other natter....
Oct. 27th, 2025 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkHard freeze last night -- there was a platter of ice in the birdbath this morning. Yesterday as we were driving to/from Farmington, the leaves were very nice. We took a different back route home because of some road issues, and the sun was at just the right level to backlight the maple trees along that route. Very nice!
The FCB Halloween concert went quite well. Lots of music, fun costumes ranging from simple to elaborate. The theme was "Villians Rule", and while some people leaned into that, most people didn't. Tonight we start working on music for the Christmas concert. Maestro has already said that it's going to be a short rehearsal. I'm torn on short rehearsals -- on one hand, it's nice getting out early, but on the other hand, I still have to drive to Farmington. Livingston started working on Christmas music last week, and it's the usual level of music. I am playing Tenor sax this session, so that's a bit different.
Last week I had to build a worker schedule for the election. Tomorrow is the Public Accuracy Test. Last week, J (who is now doing local IT support for the township) discovered that one of the election laptops is too old to run Windows 11, so that kickstarted a 'going through the pile of old laptops' project. There was a laptop in the heap that was just barely new enough to run W11, so that's the new (second) election laptop. I will be glad when the election is over, as I'm doing things I'm not entirely sure I signed up to do....
Friday night I went to Hill Auditorium to usher for the Philharmonia (from London). They did a new piece that I quite liked (Ortiz' If Oxygen were Green), a Beethoven Piano Concerto, and Shostakovich's 5th Symphony. It was a long night.....
The FCB Halloween concert went quite well. Lots of music, fun costumes ranging from simple to elaborate. The theme was "Villians Rule", and while some people leaned into that, most people didn't. Tonight we start working on music for the Christmas concert. Maestro has already said that it's going to be a short rehearsal. I'm torn on short rehearsals -- on one hand, it's nice getting out early, but on the other hand, I still have to drive to Farmington. Livingston started working on Christmas music last week, and it's the usual level of music. I am playing Tenor sax this session, so that's a bit different.
Last week I had to build a worker schedule for the election. Tomorrow is the Public Accuracy Test. Last week, J (who is now doing local IT support for the township) discovered that one of the election laptops is too old to run Windows 11, so that kickstarted a 'going through the pile of old laptops' project. There was a laptop in the heap that was just barely new enough to run W11, so that's the new (second) election laptop. I will be glad when the election is over, as I'm doing things I'm not entirely sure I signed up to do....
Friday night I went to Hill Auditorium to usher for the Philharmonia (from London). They did a new piece that I quite liked (Ortiz' If Oxygen were Green), a Beethoven Piano Concerto, and Shostakovich's 5th Symphony. It was a long night.....
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