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From Nova Scotia Sus It's been great reading everyone's weekly report and keeping in touch. I'm doing a trip out west on the 1st of June. Warren is ready to go home after almost 2 months in Nova Scotia. I decided to travel with him to B.C. His daughter Becky and family will be visiting us too. I would love to visit Doug while I’m there. I will get in touch when we arrive. After one week in B.C. Warren and I will travel by car to visit my sister Michelle in Alberta. After losing my brother Dennis 2 years ago we feel the need to make more effort to see our family. Have a great summer everyone! Sus ****
From Wayne
Hi Squids. A proof of life picture again. First ever 92nd birthday for me (Wayne). Left to right; Sylvia, me, Sonja, Kenny and Gabi.
Coming up are the following: Another calf, a visit by two of Sonja's university people this month, then Carol & Al in the first half of June, my son David and his partner Michele and maybe some younger people in July, Sylvia's Flower Girls from 1973 and who know who else. Also we had another six baby pigs arrive a week or two ago, one as pictures below.
Here is Mr. Bean, nearly a month old but as frisky as anyone can imagine -- except that since this picture, he has become a steer and that took the steam out of his system.
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From Karl & Karin Hi everyone I hope you all have a great and safe Summer we really enjoy everyone’s story's this past year and I have been a little slack with contributing to the Squid here in Melbourne it has been SUMMER ALL year long right up till today it has been like spring my apple tree has grown new leafs and peas have sprung up and tomatoes to and this weekend is the first day of WINTER lol I do still get out to take photos in the City there is so much happening in Melbourne and I walk down to the Creek to capture the wildlife down there especially when we get the migrating birds coming from the Northern hemisphere I will post some photos from the past week from my archives again I want to wish everyone a happy Summer CHEERS from Karl and Karin..
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From Carol Al and I are very tired, thanks to an amorous wood pecker. While trying to attract a mate and declare his territory the male likes to peck out a loud drumming noise. The woodpecker has discovered that metal down spouts and metal shutters make a much larger sound than pecking on trees. For over a week now a bird has decided that the shutters and downspout beside our bedroom window creates the perfect loud sound. He starts before dawn and continues on and off through out the day. Sleeping becomes impossible. I really hope he finds a mate soon. We are going to miss your newsletter during the summer hiatus Doug. I know any of us can do a “reply all” to an old Squid if something exciting happens during the summer but I seem to have gotten too old for excitement. Wishing you a wonderful garage concert on the 7th, hope people tape some of it on their phones to share. Everyone else have a wonderful summer. Carol ****
From Doug I’ve been on a quest for several years to find the right strings for my guitars and finally have an answer. And that is, there is no ‘right’ string. There seems to be ‘preferred strings’ but not absolute right string. One of the problems is that my guitars can be moody, do have their own opinions and character, and, they react differently to different conditions. I’ve noticed that the Martin prefers medium gauge strings in the winter but would rather have light gauge strings in the summer. The Gibson isn’t as picky about string gauge and in fact would like to stick with mediums all year round. Both guitars prefer the phosphor / bronze type over the 80/20 strings. The Martin and Gibson both down right hate coated strings. Coated strings are supposed to last a lot longer than un-coated because they resist corrosion and oxidation, but, on my guitars they bring out all sorts of overtones and my ears hate overtones. Some people like them but not me. I tend to experiment with different brands and types in that never ending quest. And, because the nearest music store is well over an hour’s drive from here, when I purchase strings I do it on line, from Long & McQuade. When doing so I order half a dozen sets of a given string. Therefore I end up with lots of string sets to choose from when changing strings. I also end up with string sets that I don’t like, obviously. Once in a while I’ll put a set of strings on one of the guitars that I don’t or didn’t like just to see if that has changed because there’s nothing to lose in doing so. Thats what I did this past week, I put a set of extended life strings on the Gibson and played it for about 15 minutes before I couldn't stand it anymore and removed them. Then, I put on a set of strings that I knew that guitar likes, and she was happy. I don’t often change the strings on a guitar twice in one day but it does happen. How’s that for writing about nothing? This is the last week. Thanks you to all who contributed, and to all who participate. Barring some unforeseen situations we’ll start up again in about early September or some such time. If there is anything that needs to be shared in the mean time, I can always send out a ‘special’ addition. Same with you guys, you could do the same. Bye for now. Doug ****
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