what I've been up to

For the last two days, I was turning this corner of our lot:



into this:


It amazes me that a project that I predicted would take about 1/2 a day took 2 full days. We now have a great perennial garden though - updated photos to come next spring! Oh, and the answer to "how many conductors does it take to build a garden" is: TWO.

A few weeks before this I was working at a summer choir camp, conducting a youth choir of 40 singers. It was a fantastic experience - a good blogable story there, and I will share soon!

Hope you are enjoying the last few days of preparation before the fun of the school and rehearsal season begins!

Back to the grind

Sorry for the long pause in posts.

I was busy turning this:



into THIS:



Regular blogging both here and on Choralnet to continue today, as I continue to mark a few history exams for the Conservatory, finish preparing a course outline, and finalizing repertoire for November 1st.

Today's Schedule

Here's what happened today:

6:30 - Wake Up
7:30 - Tee time with my wife and a fellow choral conductor and his father-in-law.
7:30 - 11:30 Golf. Highlight's included:

• Watching my wife out drive all of us on three occasions.
• I shot an 84, one of the best rounds of the year for me

1:45 - took possession of the NEW HOUSE!

All in all, a fantastic day! Looking forward to tomorrow when we go back to the house (which is a one hour round trip), continue cleaning, thinking about where we are going to put our furniture, which cabinets will hold which dishes, and which walls will get repainted.

Official move-in day is July 11th. Lots of packing to do!

Happy July 4th to all my southern friends!

Moving on up ...

My I present:


Our new house!

We are excited beyond words.