B is for Blizzard...

[msfledermaus]

I made it in today...but it's a mess out there. Snow up to the knees in some places. If I made a snow-angel I'd probably never be able to get back up:)
It was a weird storm--at one point I saw a big flash in the sky and then the BOOOM! of a loud thundercrack. I think I jumped about a foot.

Mostly I was curled up under a blanket, but for a little while I dragged my bodhran out to play a little bit. (I think the cello reminded me that I do actually play a musical instrument sometimes.) A bodhran's an Irish flat drum, about 18 inches across with a crosspiece on the back to hold onto and a two-headed drumstick for the beats, which you play one-handed. (You can go amazingly fast once you get the hang of it, especially when you learn to tilt your wrist enough to use both stickheads.) I had to muffle it since a bodhran's a deep-voiced instrument, but it wa nice to remember how to play again...

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[spooble.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'd love to hear you play sometime.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I'll have to tape it once I get back into practice again...I'm still pretty choppy right now. *rueful grin*

[joei.livejournal.com]

Do you have anything painted on the head?

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Nope, since I keep meaning to replace the drum head anyway. (that was 5 years ago now...:)

Maybe I should, though the paint would get roughed up a mite from playing...

[joei.livejournal.com]

I have a friend in Chicago who sells painted bodhrans. I've always wanted to buy one. Here is his website with pics of some of the bodhran art.

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[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Wow.....she is goooooood.

Maybe someday I'll have to get one when I'm richer. wow....*boggles*

[joei.livejournal.com]

It's a couple that paint those. I'm friends with James Wappel. I've only met Carol once last year. I had no idea Jim had a whirlwind romance. *smile* The drums are SO beautiful. You should see them in real life. Pictures only do so much you know.