Christmas CD: Recording Session 16

Saturday Terry and Krista had a recording session, however I am sworn to absolute secrecy as to what was recorded. And nothing will induce me to tell.

Good luck in guessing ;)....(but you'll never get it).......

Most clandestinely,
Kathrina

Happy Father's Day!

Hi! I hope all of you fathers out there had a lovely and blessed day yesterday!
Dad wanted to go on a hike to celebrate Father’s Day and so we found a little waterfall in one of our hiking books and set out.

Our destination was Cherry Grove. After an hour and a half of driving we came to a highway which was not on our map and had signs to any town except Cherry Grove! We were quite lost. Needless to say, the other cars seemed to have a very clear idea of where they were going and kept honking at us. Finally we pulled into a driveway. At first I though it was a junk yard, but then I noticed a little house and realized this was actually someone’s residence - someone, apparently, with a deep infatuation for broken down vehicles. A shabbily dressed old-timer came out of the house, looking exactly like Mr. Darling (from the Andy Griffith show).

Mr. Darling from the Andy Griffith Show

Dad asked for directions to Cherry Grove, and he said in a low, drawling voice, “Weeel, that ain’t exactly an easy place to get to from right here, but if you’ll step over to my truck I’ll try an shown you”, and he pulled a map from one of his few drivable-looking trucks.

We eventually found it, parked in the only spot not monopolized by “no parking” signs, and off we went. But that’s not the end of my story!

It was only 2.3 miles into the falls, but by the time we got there I had already used my first aid kit twice! Noah and Krista took a side-trail to view the Tualatin River and when they reappeared Noah’s knee was gashed in three places with blood dripping to his ankle. Out came my kit for antiseptic and bandages. Next Krista’s foot began to blister! “I’ve had a first aid kit in my pack for twenty-five years and never used it,” Mom said. “ And you’ve used yours twice in one hike!!” It is a tradition of Krista's to bring a recorder with her one hikes so that she can play at the destination!

Vetch flower

~Kathrina

Christmas CD: Recording Session 15

Just a quick update to let you know that yes, our CD is still progressing! Now that our recording engineer is back from the UK and we are better from sickness, we are back to practicing! A recording session yesterday (Friday) saw us playing and singing Christmas music once again! Besides a few previously recorded songs that need wrapping up, there are only four left to record! Yay!

Cheers ~ Kathrina

Chives!

I love sunny days and bright flowers!

~ Janna Rae

Kathrina Takes Lead

Kathrina's violin teacher, Laurie, has a wonderfully creative Suzuki Book 1 recital. Several years ago, a parent of one of her students wrote a story to go with the tunes, starting at the back of the book and moving forward. The students play the songs as a group, with more standing up as they move toward the front of the book. A few older students play harmony for interest. Usually Laurie leads the recital, but due to injuries she has not been playing her violin, so Kathrina volunteered to lead! It was so cute to see those students following her every move, as well as the ones who were blissfully inattentive!

See the cute boy in the suit? He was one of the blissfully inattentive.

She made a good leader!

They followed her every move.

The whole group!

~ Janna Rae

Oh to be Australian

As promised here is the second video from last summer - and this one is for our Australian friends! This is The Rite of Spring, our music coach's band, playing I am Australian. They say they rarely play patriotic music, but this one is so good they can't pass it up. The problem is...none of us are Australian! Oh well, I absolutely love it anyway! Someone needs to write one like it for us Americans!

Michael (our recording engineer) is on the left, Lynn (his wife) is in the middle, Stephanie (Terry's daughter) is playing the hurdy-gurdy and our music coach Terry is on the right. This video doesn't come anywhere near doing justice to their harmonies!

~ Janna Rae