We are rapidly running out of 2026 and for November, the theme is {Music}. Some months back my daughter had to travel to Paris for work. When that happens there is a juggling of children. Her husband works until 5pm and so he can pick up the little one, but Luke gets out of school at 3:45. That means someone needs to pick him up. My daughter in law did that for the Paris trip, I had to do it for the recent Marid trip.

Picking up Luka is not always easy for Kathryn. She has medical issues which cause her to tire easily but she really wants to be supportive and do things with the kids. This particular week that she pick up Luka, she managed to spark and interest in playing the piano. Her mom had given her a grand piano and so she sat Luka down and started teaching him Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We were so impressed. Luka knows his alphabet well and so he is not reading the notes but rather the letters.

For his birthday in October Amy ordered him an electric piano. Slowly he is teaching himself how to play songs on the piano using the letters. Ideally if he were to continue playing she would need to look at a more formal teacher / student relationship but I think that is still a way away. He simply needs to do things at his pace

This weekend he was playing “Happy Birthday” well enough for me to recognize the song. I would love to say he got that talent from me, but alas my stint into the music era was not a long or happy one. Piano lessons, the teacher and I did not go well. In addition, I used to have to practice piano at the house across the road. God bless Joyce and Dennis, they had to listen to me play Three Blind Mice over and over again. I think I got to playing with two hands but I eventually quit. My brother on the other hand went on to play for years and he and the music teacher got along so well. He played the organ and he practiced continuously until he perfected his art. My art just went in a different direction. I will confess to a couple of years playing the guitar.

It’s a joy to watch him try and to find a little nitch that he can perfect.

Thank you for joining me on this photography journey. Blogging may change from month to month. Sometimes I will link up to a fellow blogger, sometimes I may not. This month I am linking up to the talented Lupji Photography. Follow the link to read what he has for us this month.

Until next time..

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