ChiaChatter

I'm not a singer, and I don't play one on TV. But I love this song so much, every single word speaks directly to my spirit. You might want to turn the volume down, there is some distortion, I don't know how to adjust the gain in a video, I'm sorry... 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

On my Yamaha Tyros5 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

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 Show less

Just try to see things in the same way again!

A couple of hymns played on my Tyros5. 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

Our deer usually come at dawn and dusk, so when they showed up this afternoon I got a few photos through the window. There is one sassy little doe that reaches up to the valve underneath and pushes it so it will release some corn right into her mouth...I hope I caught that in this video, she's so cute!

A couple of minutes of what our mornings usually look like after Pete (N8HIS) has finished with his nets and I have done my morning routine, and we are just relaxing, enjoying the animals both outside and in, and peace and quiet.

As played on my Tyros5-76 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

We are still expecting more tonight but I got a head start on sharing our beautiful winter wonderland, here in our yard, with my service dog Maisie. (She wasn't on duty though, she loves the snow and wanted to play!)

The playing of a couple of Advent songs on my Yamaha Tyros 5-76. 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 hung a bird feeder right outside our living room window and, though the birds love it, the squirrels have mostly taken over! (We also have multiple bird feeders elsewhere in the yard, no worries!) We are just as entertained by the squirrels as we are by the birds, and in fact the squirrels are more interactive with us - lots of fun! The first squirrel has been a regular visitor with us for a long time. The little black girl, though, has probably had babies recently we noticed, and she's been a little more timid - though she's starting to come around too :). We have others of course, these are just the two that were here this morning. So fun!

Just another morning here in Myrtle...LOL! The black seeds are for the little chickadees and sparrows...but today someone else discovered them!

Just a few clips'n'pics for my hammy husband to share if he wants to. He really enjoyed himself!

(I love me some shoe bills!)

Sweet dog learns she is being adopted

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!

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

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

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

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.)

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