April is International Guitar Month! To celebrate we made a cake. When I say "we", I really mean my DD18. She made the cake (using this amazing Super Decadent Chocolate Cake recipe), cut it out, and frosted it. I did purchase the candy. And we all ate it! Even DD5 ate the cake -- usually she takes one bite of cake and then just eats the frosting.
Why are we celebrating International Guitar Month at our house? DD18 and my dh are taking guitar lessons! I'd say it was a father-daughter bonding time, but she goes to her electric guitar lesson and he goes to his classical guitar lesson. And never the twain shall meet.
They both declined to play for the family today. But at least we could all agree on chocolate cake!
And maybe in honor of International Guitar Month we will all learn the parts of a guitar -- instead of continuing to say things like "What is the top part of the guitar called? The part with those sticking out bits?"
Do you have a favorite guitarist? We're always looking for new talent to enjoy!
Bright Sky Six
Where through a sapphire sea the sun Sails like a golden galleon... ~Longfellow
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Finished my Bird Printable Set!
I finished the bird printable set for PocketMousePublishing.com! I'm so proud. And happy, because it is done and I can move on to something new. Check it out on my post over there if you're interested in birds, free worksheets, nature in general, or what I've been up to!
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Review of Outlaws & Bystanders in honor of the Ides of March
Today is the Ides of March -- meaning the middle of the Roman month of March, based on the full moon. It remains in our vocabulary today, March 15, 2015, because it is the anniversary of Julius Caesar's untimely death in 44 BC.
And as a memorial, I give you a music review of Ken Theriot's Outlaws & Bystanders. Why this album on this day? Because it contains the song "Dogs of War" which is based on Mark Anthony's speech in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. And it contains 11 other marvelous songs with historical significance. Well, 10 actually. One is just for fun, especially if you are an archer in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Currently my spare time is spent out in nature or writing about it at Pocket Mouse Publishing. However, I have big plans to line up historical songs (both Ken's and several others in the same musical genre) with the Story of the World series. Our family is currently in book 2, so Outlaws & Bystanders has been a great go along!
I originally wrote this review a few months ago for an SCA baronial newsletter -- I hope you enjoy Ken's music as much as our family does!
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Outlaws and Bystanders, by Ken
Theriot
Produced by Raven Boy Music
Is Ken Theriot’s recently released
album, Outlaws and Bystanders, our
family’s new SCA music favorite?
It might (it might), it might (it
might),
It might, you never know;
It might, it may, it may, it
might,
It could, it might be so.
This chorus from “Men of the Isles”
– a humorous Scottish ballad -- is just one of the great variety of musical
styles on the album. Songs such as
“Morte d’ Arthur” and “Utopia” have a serious air while “Little Egypt” is a rollicking
gypsy dance tune. “Dogs of War” is taken from the speech of Mark Antony in
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Some of the songs are easy to
locate historically, for example the opening song “Soldier of God” mentions Don
Jeronimo in the first verse, and the final song “The Ride of El Cid” says the
name of Rodrigo Diaz in the first line.
Both of these songs take place in Spain in 1099. Other songs like “Queen of Lilies” and “The
Dragon” required our family to consult the lyrics and liner notes, available for
free pdf download.
Only one song is not historical in
nature. “Lament of the Combat Archer” is set at any major SCA event and like
“The Feast Song” from Ken’s previous
Human History album should bring a good laugh by knights and archers
alike. Speaking of archery, “Robin Hood and
the Beggar Knight” and “William Tell” will lift the heart and have you reaching
for your bow while you
Keep your eye
clear and keen, Like a falcon
on the wing
Keep your heart
strong and steady, Like your hand upon the string
And is Outlaws & Bystanders our family's new SCA music favorite? Yes! However, it will never replace Human History in our hearts!
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Free Birds Printable
Download the Birds of Hunting Red coloring page!
I created a single coloring page of the 9 birds found in Hunting Red* into a single coloring page as I continue to create
each bird his own page (I've drawn the male of each species). While the birds are shown smaller than life-size, they are sized relative to each other. *Affiliate Link: Pocket Mouse Publishing is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
Friday, March 6, 2015
Full Moons 2015
I finished drawing the 9 birds of Hunting Red*, now I just have to compile them into printables!
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Red-Tailed Hawk Printable Worksheet
Hawk from Hunting Red |
New printable worksheet for Hunting Red from Pocket Mouse Publishing! This one is a Hawk: click here or on the picture to download it.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
American Robin Printable Worksheet
I'm working on some printables for Pocket Mouse Publishing to go with the children's nature story Hunting Red. I need a place to test the up/down loading!
Click here or on the picture to get the printable!
Click here or on the picture to get the printable!
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