Hooray, Thursday is flute class

Today Thursday we had a super flute class up at the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains National Monument, which has a lovely covered front patio with a drop dead gorgeous view over the Coachella Valley, and has beautiful desert plants all around it, filled with desert birds singing their hearts out.

Lary and I took our micro cube amps and pick up the world mikes, and we had such fun, playing duets with Chip and Annie, and working on enjoyable stuff in the lovely warm afternoon up there. It was a very warm afternoon, perhaps into the 80s, and the overhanging shelter from the sun was very welcome indeed.

Annie and I did a dueling girls thing, where we one upped each other, then gradually got to like each other with our flutes. The Bev. Hills bitc***!!! It was a hoot. We used matching flutes, same key, same maker.

One of the terrific things that Lary and Chip did was 'old man/young child' with 2 D flutes in the same key, but one high flute and the other deep.

Another thing Chip did was he was an old dog out for a walk on the desert while Lary was doing his desert morning welcome to the 4 winds and the sun. We all had such fun, and enjoyed trying out our John Stillwell flutes, too. They rock!!!! and are also very pretty. We are so very happy to have them now.

We bought a lovely photo of Bryce Canyon at a recent art market, and now we are having it framed, happily we found that Michael's is having a framing sale. Hooray. We got a good price.

Monday I had a haircut, it is extremely short now, Simon the hairdresser said "just wear long earrings!" and laughed. Neither of us envisioned it that short, lucky for me it's thick and grows fast like a weed, too.

Tuesday we took friends Judy and Nick out to Agua Caliente Casino for buffet lunch, it was very very quiet in the buffet that day, tasty food, good selection, and after that we gambled in the casino for an hour or so. Even made a few $$, though we didn't invest heavily to achieve that.

Then we carried on to Shield's Date Garden, they are putting in a new back area with a breakfast/lunch cafe, and a nice garden centre, making it much nicer than it was previously. Busy location, lots of folks shopping and mooching about at the long meal counter that feels as if it's right out of the 1950s.

Wednesday Lary went over to paint his wee pygmy owl at Catalina Spa, and I went into Palm Springs and met Jan from Nanaimo, we went to Fisherman's Market for lunch in P.S., yum yum, and we sat outside in the warm sunshine to eat. You order your food in a queue, and then go to your assigned table, and your food is delivered to you when ready. Interesting, fresh fish and seafood, reasonable prices, and a nice time to have a catch up.

After that we mooched about doing retail therapy in the warm sunshine, in and out of stores and districts, til I dropped Jan off in the late afternoon. They are renting a lovely condo owned by 2 guys, and it's located on S. Palm Canyon, right under the mountains, to the south of Palm Springs, across the road from the picturesque hills. What a gorgeous location.

Stunning older condo, 2 bedroom 2 bathroom, and beautifully decorated in browns and turquoises. Charming. Two or three floors, outside hallways, walk up outside stairs, and a pool in the centre of the complex, that is surrounded by the condos, it all looked so attractive.

Jan is staying with a friend, and her Mom and a friend are in the same condo bldg, in another suite owned by the same fellows. They share one rental car. It seems that they are having a most wonderful visit, and they have several trips by bus planned to take them into the busier areas like the Garment District of L.A., and over to Algodones, MX for a daytrip. Jan is here for a month from Nanaimo.

I picked Lary up from Wendy and Dave's, he had gone there after carving. We had a nice Happy Hour together sitting outside, in the warmth. Marvellous.
Fun to hear about their new home at Ivey Ranch.