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Valentine's Day

2/14/2015

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The day for romance. 

Ha! 

"Singles Awareness Day".

Double HA!

Naw...we just plain out had us a fantastic ol' time...

The morning wasn't anything out of the ordinary really.

But then we took lunch out and feasted on shrimp and lettuce with Grandma and Grandpa. And chocolate. See?
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Grandpa didn't have his "teeth" in, so his smile was extra gappy. :)
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After eating, I took care of the dishes and the few other chores that needed doing--that included collecting the trash. Now I don't have to do it tomorrow evening. :)
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I always could mess up a photograph.
By the time I was done with that stuff, Grandpa looked like he was trying to get his afternoon's forty-winks in, so we left. I left before Savannah and thereby was locked out of the house, so I stood and watched the snow come barreling down. It was pretty...and cold...and fascinating...

When we came in, we...guess what? We played music all afternoon!! :)
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In reality, I think we may have really only played half a dozen songs...but we were practicing and enjoying it. We haven't played together in such a long time.

I didn't really play my guitar(s) at all. Only on "Salley Gardens". But that was okay, because I was taking a helpful hint from a brother and really putting my nose (figuratively speaking) to this instrument:
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So, I may hold the tipper "wrong" (don't know for sure), but I am excited to say that I really was starting to get the hang of how running said tipper works. I started out too straight wristed, but by the time we quit, I had the bend nearly right.

To start with, I had to get over the fear of making too much noise (and inharmonious noise to boot) and just PLAY the thing. Once I gritted my teeth and went with it, I started to "feel" it...
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And, ya know what? I even found out that I can sing while playing the thing at the same time!!

So yeah, breakthroughs!!

Savannah stood there and memorized "The Flowers of Edinborough" while I bashed around on the bodhran. 
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Proof of music practice. ;)
We had SOOO much fun...and of course, took a few goofy pictures to cinch the afternoon's fun (before I had to run off and feed chickens).
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The "Rooster" face...
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"Little House" and "Rooster"...
So...so much for "romance" on Valentine's Day. ;) 

      Racheal

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Carol Noren Johnson link
2/14/2015 10:26:20 pm

This was my first Valentines Day without my husband and I spent it with a widow who also lost her husband. She actually enjoyed my garage sale and then we went to dinner. We freely talked about our husbands. I put up a blog post also on Valentines reflections.

I think your grandparents are so sweet. Glad you could brighten their days.

Hugs,
Carol

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