Chelsea likes to sew & draw ( Read more... )

Day Thirteen of practice Challenge. Can play nearly all of Book 1 but my music reading skills are abysmal (I'm going to keep blaming bass clef and the fact that i really haven't invested any quality time in the 'notes' - just peek for fingering assistance occasionally. Started trying out a little position changing last night (wow, THAT sounds wrong ( Read more... )

You may find yourself easily taken from your path of thinking today and find you are completely off track before you even realise it. So if you want to make the day positive and successful be aware of this and do whatever you can to stay focussed. The evening however is a different story and an impulsive if not, reckless energy takes hold. Great if ( Read more... )

Day three and I can play Perpetual Motion without thinking about EVERY note and kind of get through Rigadoon (well, I've only heard it about five times, so that's ok). I'm sure it will be better tomorrow ( Read more... )

Right. Practice CHallenge. Two days and counting. And i can play Allegro and Perpetual Motion. And Long, long Ago.

I have a cello!
And I can play Twinkles
Lightly Row (better when you know ALL fingers are spaced a semitone apart)
Song of the Wind
French Folk Song
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
(nearly) Long long ago.

With GREAT concentration.
And no finger tapes! Hooray for good ears.

This is a time for the gaining of wisdom and knowledge, for contemplating what has gone and where you have achieved your objectives and where you did not. It is a time for quiet reflection in order to come to those understandings. There may be a rush of intuitive and creative energy in the afternoon that is expansive and highly creative and will ( Read more... )

Overall it is a positive morning where the settlement of opposing factions should be easily accomplished. Some physical energy needs to be expended midday; work should be attended to before lunchtime. Much should be done to harmonise life today, as leisure, recreational pursuits and simply enjoying a long lunch are all favoured. But if you don't ( Read more... )

Yes, dipping strawberries into chocolate and then putting them in my mouth is a deliriously happy way to pass an afternoon...even better when surrounded by good friends. AND I've just purchased myself a cello, which should drop into my possession tomorrow or Tuesday, and have decided I want to become at LEAST good enough to play Le Cygne on it. And ( Read more... )

I'm just struggling to understand people and I think the effort has broken my brain. Example: email from parent and reply ( Read more... )