COSMIC--Chamber Orchestra of Southern Maryland

I thought I would make a post about playing in my orchestra, COSMIC, Chamber Orchestra of Southern Maryland. I have been in it when Lillie left for college because I had more time. I have liked it a lot. Sometimes I think I should not be playing first violin. This is a pic of the first violin section. But it is fun to practice and learn the music. It makes me miss Lillie. For years I sat outside waiting for her, listening to her practice with her orchestras. And I thought could I play in an orchestra like Lillie??? But it has been such a great experience for me. I learn a lot from all these musicians. It’s a community orchestra so none of us are professional, but these people are actually really good. This weekend was our concert weekend. We give four concerts a year. It’s a long weekend, but fun and I always miss playing with Lillie.

Winter is here

Last week we had a big winter storm. It brought a lot of snow and ice!!  The sleet and ice turned everything into a big block of concrete ice. Everything was pretty much shut down for a whole week. We were pretty much stuck because I just could not shovel our driveway. It was too much. We finally had to hire a company to come and shovel us out. But only after three companies told us our driveway was too steep to shovel. So we waited a while until someone could do it. But before that I had shoveled a path up to the top and decided to rent a car until we could get our own cars out. But our walking path got crusted over with sleet and ice and we had to use these slip on cleats to walk up without slipping. It was crazy but we are out and about again—after a week of vacation in the house.