Life has been fairly quite (while still busy) with me and Mrs T. Very little is happening on the music front with a bit of a lull now as most bands and orchestras are having a bit of a break until rehearsals start again in September. Croydon Brass Band keeps going through the summer, although at the moment we have nothing in the diary until November. I am hoping to get a concert organised for October but haven't got any dates through yet.
Work is busy, but unexciting, we harvested masses of plums and gooseberries from one garden I look after, the house is unoccupied and there is more fruit than my family can use so this morning we are going to take some up to Church and offer them to anyone who would like some.
BUT the main event of the week has been my daughters birthday, 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we took her and a friend out to dinner at Pizza Express on the day, and yesterday I went with her to buy THE present. For months she has been agitating for a new semi acoustic guitar so with the money from Granny etc. we bought one for her birthday. This now makes four instruments in her bedroom, and almost untouched keyboard, a much played and loved electric guitar, and my old bass. This bass resurfaced at a friends house a few months back after not having been used at all for around 20 years, and more like 30 years since I took it anywhere near seriously. My friend refurbished as a bit of a project and returned it to me, however I just can't get back into it, I couldn't even remember which notes the open strings play, so have gracefully accepted defeat and passed it on to the next generation.
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