Kiz_Paws Bag Of Trix

It's been a while.

Anyhow, what's up in my world is that I have devoted a LOT more time to my piano practicing, and it is paying off. The pieces that I used to play with ease have slowly come back to me. There's an old saying -- if ya don't use it, ya lose it. And I had got to thinking about how much I enjoyed playing piano, and the challenge of learning a new piece, so yeah ... I have caught up with my Chopin, Bach, etc., and learned the Second Movement of Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata (No.8 in C minor, Op.13). As of late, I have begun tackling a difficult piece (in my eyes, anyway). It is Chopin's Berceuse Op.57. What a beautiful piece indeed, but will probably take me a year to get through. You can hear it on YouTube, Berceuse Op.57

Nice, eh?

Since late February, I have decided to read the seven books in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I had read a number of his books in the past, and though he is not my favorite writer, there is something to be said about the way he works his characters in a novel. In any case, my group of friends have pretty much read the series, and will mention a quip or a scenario from that series of books. And I had never bothered with any of it, because I thought it was Stephen King goes Western (the first book of the series is called The Gunslinger), and that is not a genre I really get into (sorry if I offend anyone). Well, having said all this -- the seven books were worth the read. Some of the books were better written than others, and there were some parts that should have stayed in the slag pile at the publishers, but overall, I did enjoy them and recommend anyone else curious to give it a go.

My mother-in-law is still in the hospital, having had her knee replaced. She is having a bad time of it all, and has not really gotten a whole lot better. The knee is healed, but she is quite frail. She lost her husband a couple of years ago, and I don't think she has ever gotten over it. Her health overall has slipped little by little since, and this knee surgery was probably too much for her. It appears that she won't ever have the strength and capabilities to go back home, so the family has made a decision on her behalf -- a nursing home. She isn't fighting it, she knows that she just cannot look after herself at this point. Sad situation, really. I sense a woman that has kind of given up, but she is pleasant to be around -- doesn't do the 'poor me' stuff that often happens to make the move to the nursing home difficult and wrenching. What a mess, though. We are told that there is a twenty-four month wait for most of the places that we've made inquiries to, so I don't really know what is going to happen within that timeframe.... But anyhow, that is what is going on there.

I just wanted to end with a few photos I took of my number one 'model', you might call me the Pepperazzi. Tee hee, she's a good sport:


Pepper of Sunnybrook Farm?



Frilly Days for Good Natured Dawgs



Pepper Eating Her (My?) Apple



The Only "Hot Dog" In My World


Well, over and out. Take care everyone.

~K♥zzo