The Clarinetist

Oh dear! I'm getting behind in my posting. I know I've not perfected every day posting, but was trying for every other day. Now, I'm having so much fun going through old photos that I'm neglecting most other things! To make it worse, I'm trying to Organize them. That will take awhile, I'm afraid....And Christmas is coming..Christmas is coming....


I been meaning to post this. Here's Mom with her clarinet. She had trouble with breathing with the flute, too much air escaping somehow, so she and her teacher decided she would do better with the clarinet. She played it in high school so she was familiar with it and all breathing out air goes into the playing. She has been practicing diligently and having a lesson a week.


Here she and the girls practice together for their Thanksgiving performance. As you can see, Piglet and Roo are enthusiastic warblers, but Mu eventually opted out. She has many other talents, but since we quit singing B I N G O while traveling in the car, hasn't shown much interest in singing.

As I sort the pictures that represent milestones in my life and in the lives of my family members, many of whom are no longer living, I tell myself to appreciate now. While these are the pictures my children and grandchildren will be sorting in the days to come.. for me they represent the moments of my life, the time I spend with the people who mean the most to me..

You know, my computer has been acting up lately. I think I'll back up my pictures on disc before I do anything else!