make me feel there are songs to be sung

[pensnest]

Well, phew! It occurred to me that I had rather foolishly signed up for a challenge of some kind and ought to be doing some writing, but I had forgotten the name of the challenge. But I have found it! fandomgiftbox

It's time to discover whether I am still a writer, or not.

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I am, at any rate, still a singer. My chorus couldn't muster a reasonable stack this weekend, possibly all the Leads have gone on holiday, so we had a section rehearsal under the apple trees in our Bari leader's gorgeous garden. As we sang River of Dreams quite a lot of times I was feeling the strain, as I sing Tenor 2 on that arrangement. It ain't high, but barbershop-singing women get to have a much lower range than normal choirs. At least I was audible! But it was cool singing with Baris1 and 2, and at the end of the session, with the basses, who wandered in from next-door! It is a pain and a half doing a home COVID test before going off to sing, and an extra pain that the entire south-eastern quarter of Norwich is CLOSED, there being roadworks on the bypass *and* the road that links us to the city centre. Timing, amazing timing, from the council(s) there. I remembered this as I backed out of the garage, and had to go round to the north and loop back, and was not at all convinced I had gone the right way, but in fact I had, and was a whole minute early.

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Just call me the courgette killer. I cannot keep a courgette plant alive this year! WTF?

Comments

[frausorge]

Rehearsing under apple trees sounds quite idyllic. Multiple roadworks, less so...

[twistedchick]

As far as I know, courgettes require three things: sun, water and another courgette plant to talk with and exchange pollen with.

[pensnest]

The rehearsal was really lovely, and very useful as we actually worked on the songs, rather than simply singing together. The roadworks are such a pain!

[pensnest]

Mine just hate me! Or something. 'Cause they had all that stuff. I think something nommed the stalks of the yellow ones, but I've no idea what went wrong with the green ones. Grump.

[turlough]

Good luck with the writing!

Rehearsing under apple trees in a beautiful garden sounds almost absurdly idyllic :-)

Oh dear - maybe it's your secret superpower?

[pensnest]

It was a lovely way to rehearse. Most amazingly, there is a tiny beech tree growing in the fork of the branches of the apple tree which I have never seen before.

Four days ago, I had three healthy butternut squash plants. The day before yesterday, I had one - I have built an edifice of bricks around it in the hope of keeping off whatever has been munching its way through the others, but WTF?? Argh.

The apple trees, OTOH, are so far *laden* with fruit. Even the dodgy one that needs to be cut down about three feet off the ground!

[watervole]

Some of our squashes have been dying of causes unknown.

Last year, we had a glut....

[pensnest]

It is so frustrating, after all the prep and the plants looking good. I think something has chomped its way through the stem. I suppose there's always something, in a garden.

[turps]

I wish we could magically send courgette plants as mine are flourishing. I have the things stuffed into any pot going.

I must get signed for fandomgiftbox. I have it tabbed but keep forgetting to actually fill in the form. And yikes, I see deadline is today. I'm so glad I saw your post.