I've had a wonderful vacation, the first real one since Richard was 4 (he's 9 now). With all this free time, I've had time to take some wonderful hikes on the 7 Sisters (Hadley), Mt Toby in Sunderland, Gap Mountain, Mt Monadnock and Pinkham Notch in NH, and a short camping trip to the Green Mountains in Vermont.
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| Seven Sisters - Hadley, MA |
For projects, I built a trellis system and planted 13 apple trees, expanded my garden, moved my chicken coop and built a chicken range to keep out predators (long story - but so far, 15 chickens have been consumed by local animals just in the 1st year of living in Granby!)
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| Shed (left), Apple Trellis (back right), garden (front right) |
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Original garden space (left front), expanded space behind,
new location of chicken coop under tree |
But what I'm most proud of is the work I've been doing on my
YouTube Channel. I've been working on building playlists, which will make it easier for students to find specific tunes I've recorded or listen to a range of styles.
Here's the complete list of playlists. I also created a Facebook Group specifically for
Celtic Mandolin, where I've been posting some of the videos I like.
I'm looking forward to the
Sweet Mandolin Ensemble concert at Porter Phelps in Hadley on 7/28/19 at 2:30pm (please come, it's free), and the Celtic Calamity concert there on 8/24/19 "A Perfect Spot of Tea". Visit my
Facebook Page for events and other information.
I reopened my studio on July 9th, and am happy to be back! As a reminder, morning hours are still closed, but will reopen in September. I still have slots available on Fridays at 5 and at 7 (6pm is taken). Please let me know what works for you.
Please note the
policy updates here.
