Sunday 1 February 2015

Look Who's Come To Stay.....


This is my 'baby harp', which has been on permanent loan to a musician friend for the last five years.  I borrowed it back on Friday and have had a wonderful weekend getting all the 'harp playing ants' out of my fingers.
My big harp (which went to London for major surgery before Christmas) is unlikely to be home for a while.  Harps are grumpy things at the best of times - they hate changes of temperature or being moved - so the process of replacing the sound board and strings on my big harp was always going to be a slow.   I was getting bothered that my fingers were softening up too much.  I certainly didn't want blisters when my lovely harp does come home.... so this wee beastie is helping to keep my fingers in shape!
Actually it's been a lovely weekend all round.  Mark and I pottered over to Hereford yesterday and cruised the Charity Shop bookshelves.  I found five books and a ball of wool.  Mark found a couple of car books, a pair of jeans (final clearance in the 'White Stuff' sale) and a load of useful 'bloke' things from a quirky old hardware shop near the Town Hall.  Last night we went round to my parent's for a roast dinner.
Today I've just mooched between short bursts of harp playing, cooking, crafting and reading.  No blisters yet...!
Jx

12 comments:

  1. That sounds like MY kind of weekend too! Except swap the harp for a flute (not that I wouldn't want to get my hands on a harp!!!!) Well done on the charity shop books!!
    My flute badly needs an overhaul. It sounded decidedly ropey at church this morning and my orchestra starts back on Tuesday- rats!!x

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  2. Sounds blissful. I think you have to have a gift to speak a foreign language or play an instrument. Alas I can do neither. You are obviously talented.

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  3. Sounds like a lovely weekend :)

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  4. Sounds like my kind of weekend, Jan. My instrument of choice is a clarinet but I haven't played it for ages. Might have to get it out this month...x

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  5. I still can't see your photos on this silly laptop, so will have a look again when I do a post later on my PC. I'll have to get your email address so I can ask you something about my teeny weeny harp. I envy your musical skills, but have been tinkling on my piano more of late and am enjoying it so much. Keep up the inspiration for a few of us. Glad you had a great weekend and take care.

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  6. She's beautiful, now that I can see the picture on my "big" computer.

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  7. It sounds like you've had a lovely weekend. I'm no musician, it must be lovely to be able to sit down and play an instrument.

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  8. Your baby harp looks wonderful. Sounds like you had a lovely weekend with so many lovely things:)

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  9. sounds like a great weekend, I love your harp. x

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  10. Sounds like a lovely weekend to me. We are up to our grommets in snow--which to me is lovely too. I like your Baby Harp--she is quite cute.

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  11. Sounds a perfect weekend, all we need now is your harp music playing over the post while we read it xx

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  12. My kind of weekend re browsing charity shops in Hereford. Hope the week has been going well.

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