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I'M BEGINNING TO LIKE THIS BLOG ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** YOU CAN TOO  MUSE APPROVED ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** 30 Day Blogging Challenge PROMPT for January 18, 2020 It’s Show and Tell Day here at the 30DBC! Think of an item that is special to you (it may help if you are able to see your chosen item while you write your entry). Describe it in as much detail as possible. Then, tell us its story. How did it come to be in your life and what makes it important to you? MY ITEM ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Proudly pictured for all to see, My item. I know what you're thinking. That's not an item that's a whole bunch of crap. An item is one thing, not a big pile of stuff. Can't you ever do anything right? Well, to me, this is my item. I know there are several items, but they all combine to be a single item. I could actually add a few items and it would still be one item, but it wouldn't be my item if I took anything away. Know what I mean Vern? These are the things that lend to making me the person I am. This is what brings me joy. This is how I express myself. There are only a few material items in this world I care about and these are them. The harmonicas are probably my favorite. After a blues concert in the mid-1980s, I mentioned to my, then, wife how I wished I could play the harmonica. That Christmas she gave me a harmonica as a stocking stuffer. She gave me other gifts too, probably spent a lot of money, I couldn't even tell you what they were and I probably left them behind when we split up, but I never put that harmonica down. I bought books and lessons on cassette tape. I practiced every chance I got. I would play while driving. I would jam with a few guitar playing friends. I was horrible at it. Credit to my friends... they never discouraged me. It took about five years until one time we were playing at a campfire party a friend said to me, "Hey, you're pretty good on that thing." Seems like that was a turning point, and I don't mean to brag, but I get compliments now rather than complaints. Nobody asks me to play 'Far Far Away" anymore. Hohner Special 20s are my favorite harmonica. They're made in Germany. When I began playing you could buy one for $20.00. Now they sell them for $80.00. They come in several keys, so I have several harmonicas. I played on one of the biggest stages in Winnipeg, *The Burton Cummings Theater. The theater was empty at the time, but I played my harmonica on the stage. (this is a good story but for another time) The guitar is made in Canada in a small town on the east coast, the population is less than one thousand people and 400 hundred of them work building guitars at **Seagull. I won't say it's an expensive guitar, but I paid a lot more than Leslie thinks I did for it. I've always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. I made a few failed attempts in my youth and early adulthood. One afternoon almost five years ago now I saw a video ad on Facebook by Andy Guitar. Andy promised he could teach anyone how to play ten songs on the guitar in one ten minute lesson. I wanted to call bullshit on Andy. Leslie had an old classical guitar in the closet that hadn't seen the light of day since highschool. I tuned it up and took Andy's (Totally Free) Lesson, and after 10 minutes I was playing along to Buffalo Springfield's 'For What it's Worth' I haven't quite mastered the guitar yet, and I probably never will, but I only wanted to be able to play for my own enjoyment, and I certainly do that. Once I gained confidence with the guitar I started practicing playing both harmonica and guitar together. I think I'm ready to perhaps go and entertain seniors or try busking outside the liquor store. We'll see how it goes. The laptop is my tool for writing and web design. I don't actually do web design, but I have taken courses in web design and e-commerce. I create ads and posters for our Lions club, and I've been known to photoshop the odd meme or two. I've made a few videos and a couple of video blog entries. I enjoy the freedom for self-expression the computer age has provided. This laptop has been crashing lately, so it may be time for a replacement. I've always enjoyed photography. Together with a classmate in grade six, we entered the city science fair with a project titled, "What is a Camera" We made a pinhole camera out of a cardboard box, and it actually worked. We won third place in the city science fair and got an honorable mention in the provincial science fair. I enjoy taking, editing, and sharing pictures. My current camera is a Nikon Coolpix P610 It's full HD and has a 60X zoom lens, which is huge in camera talk. I can take a photo of the full moon where you see fairly sharp definition of the creators. If you noticed the little knitted monkey sitting on the guitar, that's part of my item too. If you don't know about my monkeys, then you haven't known me very long. I'll leave you with some photos and videos, to enjoy, should you choose. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Andy Guitar [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] |
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