Chiachatter Vlogs

A few clips and pics from the latest visit from 4YO Luna, 9YO Lyra, and 14YO Leelan!

Just a little clip I took today...my purse is at least 5 pounds (as high as my kitchen scale could go) but my service dog Maisie handles it like it's 5 ounces.

Played on my Yamaha Tyros5-76 This is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius

Today we were out and about, and stopped at a gas station. This shows the mayflies there. This only happens once every so-many (I have no idea HOW many) years but it's pretty stunning when it does!

These are a couple of clips from the day of the girls' birthday party for their family and friends at their home.

Our granddaughter Luna turned 4 on the 5th of June, and she wanted noodles, so they chose the Olive Garden for her birthday dinner! This isn't as long, but it was just as fun!

When we were outside on Saturday I let Lyra take my little CoolPix camera down to our lower yard, by the river, with her little sister to see what kinds of photos she'd bring back. (I was watching from inside the tent that you will see in one of these pics, at the top of the hill.) This is what she took, I just made them into a slideshow and put them to music.

“If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius This is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy it anyway!

Just some sweet times with my "PoiBoiz", Maxwell (red-bellied parrot) and Elliot (Meyer's parrot) this morning. I've had them for well over 20 years and they are my sweetest, bestest, smartest, funniest boiz!

This was a great day! I spent most of the day out in the Tent Shed doing laundry in my little portable washer (that makes laundry fun!). Our helpers, meanwhile, were here working and our landlord (we lease this huge lot) came to pick up the yard waste that our helpers had cleaned up last week. So they loaded his truck, and while they were working - they took out 3 truckloads! - FedEx showed up with our new "outdoor living space"!!! So, in-between all of the other things that our fantastic helpers were doing, they also set THAT up! Meanwhile I was able to get a couple of short walks in around the yard with my service dog...there was a lot going on, a TON of stuff got accomplished, the tent is AMAZING and WAY better than we expected, before they left our helpers did the last of the yard cleanup, the bits and bobs that were laying around here and there, and it looks FANTASTIC out there!! It was a fun day with wonderful people, so much improvement outside as we began setting up for another season of outdoor living and fun...(see also the video, vlog #2149, of the day!)

Our grandson was with us from birth through preschool and we did a lot of Bible reading/memorization, and a LOT of music! This was his favorite song during his early years, and I can't hear it or play it without thinking of him and remembering those years, with his sweet little voice singing along! By the time he and his mom moved to another town (when he was 4) he had memorized 24 Bible passages and numerous songs...those were very special days in our lives, and hoping in his as well! This is played on my Yamaha Tyros5-76. “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius

A description of how I made this AMAZING crust! I'm a pizza crust snob and haven't loved any of the low carb crusts I've tried over the last 19 years...but THIS, excellent! Especially reheated the next day in the convection oven, it got SUPER crispy!

As you've already seen we had our living room rearranged a couple of days ago. Here are my "poi boiz" - meyer's parrot Elliot and red-bellied parrot Maxwell (both poicephalus parrots) looking around when I let them out the next morning.

These are some well-known hymns that I have played together, the common theme is God's grace. And remember, “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius

"If you seek perfection, look elsewhere." ~ Chiafucius This was written by Rich Mullins and the popular version with which I am acquainted was sung by Pam Mark Hall. as played on my Yamaha Tyros-5/76 (Note that some of the sounds started cutting out toward the end...I am not sure why.)

The wind was pretty violent earlier in the day and I recorded it blowing the tops of our tall pines outside of my window. From where I sit in my recliner I am looking up at them, and they looked almost angry as the wind blew. (NOTE that you may want to lower your volume, especially if you are wearing headphones!)

Had a blast playing this one today, just kept piling up the sounds to see how far I could take it, now that I have the proper speakers set up. And wow, there was a big pile, and no distortion or static! I normally don't have so many things going on at once, but it's kind of cool that I could if I wanted to!

Maisie loves when I've eaten the last of the yogurt!

It is down in the single digits this morning (-1°F wind chill) and the little critters are gathering around the corn (and black oilers) pile! We also have a bird feeding station in another part of the yard, but hubby Pete puts this little pile out so that I can see them from the window next to my recliner while I have my morning coffee.

Come, Holy Spirit, Dove Divine is a song I've been working on because I love it. I've tried to get a near-perfect play-through all day, and deleted several GBs of recordings. Finally I just decided that next one is what I'm posting - good or bad! BUT as I always say, I'm not a performer, I just like to share things from my life (good or bad) and playing my keyboard is a big part. So here it is for what it's worth...

My service dog Maisie loves chains. Today I bought her a new one; this is when I gave it to her.

My poicephalus parrots, red-bellied Maxwell and meyer's Elliot, LOVE our new home and have so much more fun here than they have in our last couple of places! This video shows their morning routine today.

I share how I solved my issue with my chair at my keyboard vs. Pete's recliner attempting to share the same space.

I actually have loads of video and photos, but these are the highlights from Casey's VERY special day!

Just a little clip of the funny turkeys on our lot, I get such a kick out of them!