It’s Good Friday here today, so it will be a very quiet day, until this evening when there will be dynamite and bangers going off to ward away evil. For my part, I am planning a quiet day at home doing very little. We had a lovely day yesterday with a surprise visit from Aunty Tina, who I had been told was coming on Friday. In fact, I was told not to tell the boys (Harry & Sam) because it was a surprise for them. So what happens? I’m passing the time playing a game on my tablet at just after 2pm, waiting for H’s music lesson at three, when who should wander into the house but Aunty Tina (who’d arrived on Tuesday), followed by Harry who knew she was here before I did. All very complicated, but lovely. She stayed through the music lesson where we covered some grade three theory, and then set to work writing the chorus for a poem Harry is setting to music as this month is composition month. I’d chosen ‘The Splendour Falls’ by Tennyson because a) I’ve always liked it as a lyric, and it is classed as a song within a longer work, and b) it has a steady four-four beat and great imagery. The music for the song is coming along well, just an intro and bridging bars to create next week, and we can write it out and learn to play/sing it.
Anyway… After that, we set about the kitchen table, and I finished my book nook creation. (Below are a few photos to show off.) It’s fiddly but fun, and I was glad of the magnifying goggles, while across the table H is still putting together his car.
So, we’re now into the Easter Weekend, the island is busy with visitors both foreign and domestic, and there are serious services and celebrations yet to come. I’ll leave you with these shots and be back next Tuesday. Oh, and this morning, surprisingly, we had water, so we were able to top up the tank, so that’s a relief.
