Thursday, April 14, 2011

WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK?

UH! OH!
Can't believe it! 
Time to get packed for Washington DC!! Tomorrow evening we'll stay with ACE as we're leaving from SFO on Saturday am... Saturday evening, SLE & MB will meet us at Dulles Airport!

My LEAST favorite task before traveling = PACKING! what's the weather? what to wear? what shoes? (well - that's fairly easy - for this trip! anyway) what coat?

did we print our boarding pass? are we checking bags? It's like playing "50 Questions"...

TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD - I'm sharing this "UH! OH" face... which is actually an adorable, handmade clay Peruvian OCARINA. My seven-hole WHISTLE is painted with colorful geometric designs on the top.
PERUVIAN OCARINA ~ gift from SLE
SO - are you asking?? "What's the difference between a WHISTLE and an OCARINA?"

WELL -  ALL ocarinas are whistles; but not all whistles are ocarinas!

A WHISTLE plays one note (or 2 or 3 notes, depending on the number of holes); they are usually made to get a clear tone & generally are not tuned.

An OCARINA is a whistle (with 4-12 fingering holes, with a range of an octave to an octave and a half); they are usually tuned & songs can be played on them. 

WELL - my OCARINA has four holes on top... & three holes on the bottom... plus the hole you blow into... BUT, I can't play a song... perhaps I need some lessons?

ABOUT PACKING ~  casual dress (jeans, tshirts, sweater, raincoat - basically layers)... one pair of dressy pants (after all, it is Washington DC = nice restaurants)... shoes (jogging shoes - got the DR okay to begin transitioning to shoes) + air-cast (yep! still wearing that gray monster)... taking crutches! SLE ordered a wheelchair for transporting me from Metro Station to the door of the Smithsonian Museums... just-in-case!

CHECK back for "Wanderings from Washington"...

FOR NOW - I'll whistle while I WORK (ie, finish packing)!!!

5 comments:

  1. Have a great trip! I am looking forward to your posts, so that I can "travel" along with you!

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  2. Oh... how lovely!! Have a wonderful time!!

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  3. Learned something new friom this post. Have a great trip.

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  4. Happy packing and have a great trip! (I think the blue flowers are called, Squill. I didn't plant them.)

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  5. You guys are going to have a great time!! Thanks always for your fun posts and I'm a huge fan of Ocarinas-they're just a beautiful traditional instrument. Hugs and safe travels and all good wishes for you trip. I can't wait to see all your beautiful pictures from the east coast!

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