Is the whistle HUGE or is the human tiny?

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:48 pm

Sorry to those who don't like family pics. When they are whistle-related, I feel compelled to post them.

<img src=http://www.madefromcoins.com/joey/recen ... histle.jpg>

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:55 pm

'is the nightmare black
or are the windows painted'

Sorry, many things are song cues for me.

Very cute pic. I vote both.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:35 pm

She can only play one note, but she plays it well.
(There's a Sweetheart pun here, but I just can't bring myself to get it out...)

So, does little Joey just grab up a whistle and start tootin, or do you set up these pictures?
A cutie-pie, either way...

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:43 pm

If my own experience is any indication, kids just pick up whistles..
Though the other day I was playing, and my son suddenly went running out of the room as fast as he could. I thought I'd run him off, when just as suddenly he came running back into the room with a bodhran in his hands that he threw down on the chair next to me and started hammering away on.

Oh, how I wish that were a joke

(I think he was inspired by the Rogues at Scaroborough Faire here, since he kept wanting to go up on stage and play)

Very cute pic Jessie!

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:53 pm

The whistle is Huge and the Human is ... Sticky!

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:09 pm

She picks up all sorts of instruments and starts playing them: whistles, recorders, ocarinas, flutes, harmonicas, pianos (well, she doesn't pick them up). She cires when I close the instrument trunk.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:17 pm

JessieK wrote:She cries when I close the instrument trunk.

No toy chest at Jessie's house. Only instrument trunks

An instrument trunk is a good idea... Something the size of a deadman's chest.
You could have felt-lined shelves for woodwinds, and large spaces for drums and strings.
Hmmm....

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:50 pm

You know my parents finally had it with the fact that I had usurped the coffee table in the living room as a instument/sheet music/musical accesries table so I told them to get me a trunk needless to say they didn't so now every thing is in my closet *luckily* I have a big closet.

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:01 pm

VERY cute pic.

My wife, 4-year-old, and I stopped at Ralph Sweet's place on the way up to New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago. As I was primarily interested in the shop, Danielle and Alyssa were just meandering around -- his place is in a very cool location, in an old mill by a stream. He saw they were getting bored after awhile, and took them 'round back to a black raspberry patch to let them pick and eat. This was wonderful, especially since we were missing our raspberries back here. Ralph is way cool, as is Walt!

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:35 am

Everyone who has met them in person says they're really nice. I have talked to them only on the phone. I think they've heard something bad about me (or maybe they didn't like that I said their high whistles were loud and their flute embouchures varied), because I've never had anything other than strained, awkward conversations on the phone with them. Oh well.

StewySmoot · Post by **StewySmoot** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:36 am

chattiekathy · Post by **chattiekathy** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:37 pm

Hi Jessie, Thanks for sharing that great picture with us. Joey Rose is getting even more cute! Such pretty eyes!

I have been wondering how your autoharp playing is going? I have been thinking about getting one myself.

Cheers,
Kathy

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:46 pm

Hi, Kathy.

I have not been playing the autoharp enough (not every day), but I did a concert on it about a month ago. It's a wonderful instrument. In fact, now I've gotten my sister-in-law into it (I gave her a lesson and she totally took to it) and I just got her one for her birthday (it hasn't arrived yet). Strings don't come naturally to me...I wonder if my strumming will ever sound like anything other than a beginner.

KDMARTINKY · Post by **KDMARTINKY** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:47 pm

Jesse:
First and foremost, beautiful child.

I have worked with children all my life.. Children have the urgency to always pick up object and put them in their mouths. A study performed about 10 years ago here in the U.S. and I believe in the north east region showed data that little girls have more of a oral fixation than boys at the same age and I beleive the age group studied was between 1 and 3 years of age. Little girls desired a pacifier more than little boys.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:30 pm

Wow, she's growin' and still so-cute. Time passes so fast. Thanks for pic!