Chiachatter Vlogs

Spent most of the day outside, it was such gorgeous weather! Got a lot done too!

A clip of a toad that was keeping me company as I did laundry outside the other day...VERY COOL that I accidentally caught this while recording!

I've been planning to make some changes in how I do some things around here with my tech - and adding some equipment to use with my music-making too. Over the last few days it's come in, and this video is the unboxing of my new equipment!

A slideshow, narrated by me, about how my first garden looks in late summer

I decided to set up my phone and record part of what happens here when the poi boiz and I have our mornings together.

This is how *I* hear the song in my head...the way that I feel the joy as I play it; not intended to be a copy of the original in any way. As always, this is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius

Pete and I were out and about today, I shared about that and a few other things.

The highlights of how we chose to spend our day!

2nd set of bilateral cervical branch blocks C3-C4-C5 today, just decided to record some video before and after and later in the day, to show that, once again, I survived!

Starts with parrot time, ends with thrift store haul, and stuff in-between!

Maisie and I spent some time by the river today and I shot a few minutes of video.

This year we are celebrating our anniversary by taking some day trips and doing some fun things until the actual date (the 31st). This was the first one, a day trip into the thumb area of Michigan.

...this is a slideshow of the day we are celebrating.

My BABIES! Meyer's parrot Elliot...red-bellied parrot Maxwell, my service dog Maisie, and little Chuy!

Pete and I decided that this year we will have many small celebrations and good times together throughout the month of August as we build up to our actual anniversary on the 31st. This is one of those quiet, special days.

We are supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, and the first one came through just as I had my phone in my hand. So I went out and did some recording of the things around me. Maisie and Pete both make cameo appearances!

FUN STUFF! I used to play my ukuleles a lot more than I have since we moved, mainly because previously I had a spot to keep one or two next to me, so it was convenient. And now I have a spot, so have started to pick 'em up again. While it definitely shows that I hadn't played since last fall, this was SO MUCH FUN! I always loved creating arrangements on my keyboard and recording them as backing tracks for my ukuleles. I grabbed a previously recorded track today just for fun, and decided that, no matter how unpolished it is, I'd record it anyway. So here it is! As always, this is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius Yamaha Tyrs5-76 and Sound Smith Resonator Ukulele

There were the neighbors' chickens, hanging out under the tree as they do every day...picking up whatever the birds dropped from the suet blocks above...when along come the turkeys that spend their days in our yard. They've been here since we moved here in 2020, we call them Tom, his brother Tom, and his other brother Tom. They follow Pete around like puppies. The chickens live nearby but enjoy coming for a snack every morning and evening, and we love having them as well...not so much, however, Tom, Tom, and Tom!

4YO granddaughter Luna at Dee's Pizza in Skidway Lake, MI. We had already eaten, my husband and grandson were eating with their club after a meeting, while the girls were amusing themselves. (We were the only ones in the restaurant, they weren't bothering anyone.)

This video shows the basics of setting up a song from the first sight-read, to a simple arrangement, saved as a registration...at least, how *I* do it. There is more that can be done, and certainly other ways to accomplish sounds and effects; when I want to set up a registration for a song fairly quickly, however, this is what I do. This is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! “If you seek perfection, look elsewhere.” ~ Chiafucius

I took dozens of photos in the garden today, and this seemed to be the most effective way to share them.

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

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

Maisie and Chuy meet their new niece, 10-week-old Shylo; Bill & Casey & the kids bring FOOD! And we have a fire!

Small grocery haul from Witbeck's in Clare, MI