BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD...

It's March.  What can I say?  Grass one day....shoveling the next.

 So much for yesterday's sign of spring.

 It started snowing last night...wet and heavy.

 Phoebe and Gucci went out to the barn with me for awhile, but I ended up putting them in the house long before chores were finished.

 It was snowing and the wind was kicking up, so Mustafa went in the run-in and the rest of the crew had their hay in nets under the shed roof.

 Barb was helping as usual...every Saturday and Sunday morning.

 Sidney was the only kitty to join me.

 When I got back in the house, it was siesta time.

 The weather conditions were not great...the road was covered with snow.  I had to get gas for my car, dog food and cat food.  The pups and I carefully drove in to Brockport.  Within a mile there were two accidents.  By the time we got back home I decided to cancel drumming for today.

 Did not get the fire going until this afternoon.  We did a lot of shoveling first.

 A good time to hang out and read the Sunday paper.

I finally went out to do evening chores.  Look at what the ponies did!  They were wet from the snow and then rolled in the indoor.  Goody!  A nice coating of sand.

 Barb is going to be thrilled when she sees Mustafa's blanket.

 By the time I finished up with chores, the sun was setting and it was the most beautiful part of the day.

 Dinner?  Macaroni Salad.

 Corn salad.  Normally I would not make these two together, but I wanted to use some leftover corn.
Did you ever make corn salad?  I learned about it from a friend who lived in Paris.  Corn, onion, tomato, peppers (I did not have any), Swiss cheese and just a little Russian dressing.  Try it.  Crunchy! Delicious!  And different.

 and hot dogs with no junk in them!

The weekend has caught up with me and I am ready for a hot shower and crawling into bed.

Night all.

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THE DRUMMING MARATHON CONTINUES....

I woke up at 6:20 and fell back to sleep until 7:45.  Fortunately, Barb was out there ahead of me getting the horses set up for the morning.

 It started to rain and a lot of the snow was gone.

 Sheets were put on the horses, as the temperature was supposed to go up to 50.

 I put most of the hay under cover.

 This is one ugly time of the year...

 L'orange....

 Seymour and Sid took it easy in the house.

 Well, it's Saturday....and a regular drumming day.  It has turned into a nonstop weekend.

 One of the drummers encouraged me to try one of the bass drums...a very simple part.  I gave it a shot and want to learn more.

Steady work today....

I left at 4pm and made a stop at Wegmans.  Meanwhile back at the farm, Finn and Cop arrived for the evening.

 Their toys were everywhere.

A salad and Ralph and Rosie's Pizza for dinner.

 Then, for a change, it was time to get out the drums and bells so the boys could get into it.

Finn is a natural

Cooper got in the act too.

I'm saturated (and tired).

Night all.

THE RHYTHM RENEWAL DRUM CIRCLE WITH JIM DONOVAN

 Yesterday, I drove to Jamestown with Jeff and Joan to participate in a Rhythm Renewal Drum Circle.

After talking through our exit and getting into town the long way, we parked the car and went to The Pub for a quick dinner.  That's where we saw these beautiful fish.

From there, we went back to the car and picked up our drums.

It was a short walk to the Reg Lenna Civic Center.

 

When I was a kid (and lived on Chautauqua Lake) this was Dipson's Palace...a movie theatre.

It has obviously been restored and is positively gorgeous.

When we arrived, there were about 30 people already into a rhythm on the stage...a great sound with the superb acoustics.

We set ourselves up and joined in.... I'd say there were nearly 70 drummers.  The stage was packed with people from Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo and many other places.

 

This is Jim Donovan.  He was a founding member of Rusted Root and is now a full time instructor at St. Francis University in Pennsylvania.  He offers workshops all over the United States and Europe and really knows how to work any size group.  Very motivational and articulate.  "Rhythmic Motivation" is his thing.  It can be very powerful.

Here's are some short samples of what we were doing.  Don't forget to turn off my radio.

We did not get home until 1:30am!  Pretty late, but worth it.