I'm playing one of my guitars. Working on writing a couple new songs. I've duplicated my studio from the city up here, albeit on a smaller scale.
Had a Baby Grand Piano growing up and folks decided I needed piano lessons even if I didn't want. Got pretty decent at it before I left. Father was really good on the piano.
When I get to moving my computer into the addition I won't have to put up with the afternoon sun in my eyes. At the moment I'm not going to complain about sunshine.
The day is done. Now to fight the traffic home. My wife texted me and said that the ants are back. Each spring we get ants. I bought some heavy duty spray for outside around the foundation that I'll mix up and spray tonight. Each spring it's like a week or so then the ants go away. I doubt we've killed them all.
My parents started me on piano lessons in first grade. I kept up with piano lessons until my late teens. In third grade I started guitar lessons and in fifth grade saxophone lessons. Studied sax at the Chicago Conservatory of Music for four years (jazz and classical). Also private lessons with the Chicago symphony principal clarinet player who also played saxophones. I still play all three instruments and some other ones.
Also play Native American Flutes. I had a few custom made in different tunings. This one is Western Red Cedar, tuned to concert F and has a bear totem.
My instruments were made by R. Carlos Nakai's (Navajo-Ute) flute maker. Nakai is a classically trained musician. He's released a lot of albums with many musicians, the majority are not classical releases, although he does have two classical releases.
R. Carlos Nakai with Peter Kater . . .
Ive always wished i could play piano. I played flute and piccolo in the band while in high school and college.
At least the ants tell you it's spring.
I have a 14 yr old ggd that plays the sax.
My old batteries were lasting all day but I’ve noticed they aren’t lasting that long anymore. So soon to be tossed.
We get tiny ants in the spring, then early summer they take off and the big ants move in. Except last year the big ones never showed up and the little ones were there all summer. The big ants are easy to deal with because they hit the ant poison traps, the little ones won't go for any poison. I kill them with cedar oil spray when they get too pesky. Rinsing the dirty dishes and cleaning the countertop frequently seems to help.
They seem to come in from behind the frame of the kitchen window. I did think about spraying outside the window but that's part of the fenced in area where the dogs hang out.
I bought this stuff last year that’s good for ants and termites. It’s pretty strong. You only use 1/2 an ounce to one gallon of water in a pump sprayer. I went out and sprayed the foundation and around the kitchen window.
Ours are the little ants.
I have no idea anymore.
I used to have just enough for mods in use and one or two sets to use while recharging.
Now I have a box full of extras.
I know some folks say there are no worries about li-ion cells being available in the future but with supply chain issues and some manufacturers not wanting to sell to the consumer market I figured better safe than sorry.
My work route this week takes me a couple minutes away from Liion Wholesale and was just thinking today maybe I should stop and grab a few more!
This whole vapocalypse thing has damaged me, methinks.
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