Good Saturday

The day started off with waking up after my darling wife knocked it out of the park again singing on the Jazz Stroll! While she and her guitar player accompanist had a different set of songs they were comfortable with they still meshed on a few songs and did a great job! My honey's sultry voice resonated through the Turpin reminding the audience of true cabaret entertainment with smoke filled rooms and jazz speakeasys! A true event! After that I trimmed up a brisket and got it injected and rubbed down. Then I wrapped it all up and put it in the fridge to marinate for about fifteen hours. I put it on at midnight last night and pulled it at six this morning and wrapped it up in foil and it's now resting for lunch. I took Thing 2 to work at eight and we picked her up at one. Then she took her money she was saving (and gifted) for a new violin and purchased a very old fiddle. There was an indoor garage sale with nothing but musical instruments. The owner fixes old violins, guitars, and other string instruments and sells them. He's a very nice man that loves to see young kids have any interest at all in playing! Thing 2 picked up the fiddle from the wall she really liked and he gave her a bow. The rich tones from the two hundred plus year old fiddle resonated throughout the house! It sounded amazingly beautiful! So after she decided on that fiddle the negotiation began on price! This is where her mom and I stood back and let her handle it. Thing 2 laid out her cards right up front and said she had a certain amount, the gentleman countered with twenty five less than she had (which was way less than asking price) and said he would throw in a bow and case for her! Her pick of what he had! He only wanted to be told when she played it so he could come and watch her. So Thing 2 went around and picked up the bow she liked and case and then put it all on the floor and put it together. Then the wonderful gentleman gave her twenty five back and said to buy herself lunch with it! After we got it and her home she played it all afternoon! The sound is incredible, it is rich, full, and vibrant. It's two hundred five years old and was repaired once by a master in nineteen twenty nine I believe. She's thrilled with it and so are we!