Cute kids

Here's Nova and Maya making friends with some goats this weekend at TwispWorks.  They both love animals, but are already opinionated about where they want to live when they grow up.  Nova says she's a country girl, but Maya likes city excitement and says she wants to live in Seattle. 

So this week has that getting back to normal feel.  I enjoyed talking to my sister Marji yesterday and hearing about the birthday cruise she took with her daughters. They sailed from Long Beach to Vancouver, Canada on an enormous ship. Except for the part about being 40 miles out on the Pacific Ocean in a sea-sicky gale, it sounded relaxing, and they really did the town in Victoria.

The Ukes are playing today at a luncheon at the Senior Center.  No one is very happy with the playlist that Charlie (our de facto leader) put together. It's filled with songs we can't play well, and never will, even if we practice to the end of time.  I hope they winnow out the selections that sound just awful on the ukulele, like Patsy Cline's "Crazy." We play it so slow it sounds like someone just died, kind of depressing at a Senior Center.

The Ukes gained new members in the last year, which is good, although some of the strong personalities have sure changed the vibe of the old, laid back group.

I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes.  Our payment for the gig, as usual, is a free lunch.