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London, ON
August 2008
It's been a few months since a good friend's beloved family heirloom found its way into our living room. Our kids have since made it their own, often spontaneously sitting down and hammering out songs that they've learned by ear.
The piano has transformed our home in many respects, as it pulls everyone's attention away from things that plug in and isolate and toward something that involves us all. It's a nice change from the ordinary, and I'm so glad the kids have an opportunity to experience it firsthand.
As you can imagine, it results in moments like this that I revel in capturing.
Your turn: Please capture this sweetly-themed picture with a witty caption (see this week's Thematic Photographic for more sweet stuff.) Just click the comment link below and have fun. Enter as often as you wish: I'll post the winner next Sunday. For more info on how Caption This works, click here.
About last week's photo of the fast food garbage bin: Profligate waste is always a sad sight, and apparently one that prompts some serious reflection as evidenced by your captions. Honorable menschens go to the following good folks:
- Barb: "Wasted."
- Pamela: "I'm leavin' it."
- Bob-kat: "Junk food."
- BreadBox: "Junked food."
- Anne: "Remains of the day."
- Moi: "McWaist."
I am immediately in love with your blog. This piano looks exactly like the one I grew up with. It was a freebie that my father fixed up and my retreat throughout my childhood.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tough one to caption though. No facial expression to go on, but you can tell he's intent.
"finding his song"
Every Good Boy Does Fine.
ReplyDeleteOoop, dropped my gum.
ReplyDeleteHello Carmi!
ReplyDelete"Sweet child of mine."
"The great one." (it's #99)
"Bet you can't tune a fish!"
Terri
Hi Carmi,
ReplyDeleteI was standing at the podium when Noah started to play.
I yelled, "Play Mozart, play it loudly! Rock me and my dais!"
Arther Feidler
Thanks for the kind words, Carmi.
ReplyDeleteHeart and Soul
ReplyDeleteMusic Soothes the Savage Beast.
ReplyDeleteSing us a song, you're the Piano Man....
ReplyDeleteTickling the ivories
Heartmusic
playing with spirit
Carmi's baby grand, Noah.
An heirloom in motion
Life unplugged.
"Chopin and a tatoo. This one is going places."
ReplyDeletePlay time.
ReplyDeleteComposing himself.
Awaking the muse.
The keys to happiness.
Speaking in tunes.
Making God smile.
Hammer time.
Finger painting.
"If only I had 78 more fingers..."
Dancing on ivory.
There are no wrong notes, only notes not yet played.
Your heirloom piano looks a lot like my heirloom piano!
ReplyDeleteSuggested captions:
"I sure hope Mom can get the salt water taffy off these keys."
"Chopsticks, schmopsticks! It's Schoenberg's Piano Suite!"
Carmi's little eight note.
ReplyDeletePromise.
ReplyDeleteBeethovens first four fingered tune... dom dom dom dom... hard to sing via keyboard... I was about that age when my father sat me at a piano similar to that and I was locked in for many hours.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the honourable mention :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely little picture. He seems to be concentrating so much!
My go at a caption is:
'Rhapsody in Blue' as he's wearing a blue T-shirt and seems to be rapt :)
chopsticks seemed so easy to play when you're BIG
ReplyDeleteCan we have Chinese for dinner?
ReplyDeleteHey Carmi! Will there be a party next week for #100?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous composition
ReplyDelete(started to write this as a comment but it works as a caption!)
Sticking with the musical theme, but more descriptive of the subject:
Beautiful Boy.
(Still miss John Lennon...)
Thanks for sharing, Carmi. The vulnerability of a little boy's nape is just something I cannot pass up - whenever my kids present like this, I cannot help but stroke that little nape of the neck, just to show how much I love 'em.
Happy December!
I'll write the songs that make the whole world sing...
ReplyDeleteOh how wonderful for your family to have a piano! Music can transform the atmosphere in your home...
ReplyDeleteHmmm a caption... let's see.
doe-ray-me-fa-sew-la-tea-doe!
"Galdangit that label is itching me."
ReplyDeleteSongs in the key of life
ReplyDelete(know that reference?)
I'll be back with more. I'm suddenly missing Caption This terribly. Good suggestions so far, though--not sure I'll have much to add!
:)
Not good with captions but he looks like he could be the next Billy Joel! :o)
ReplyDeleteDuet for One. (Heart Seeks Soul)
ReplyDeleteOk too much pressure - can't think, can't think..how about I resort to my Italian heritage and go with
ReplyDeleteMusica
:)
"The only keys Carmi is letting his children borrow for the next few years..."
ReplyDeleteN.
Gret job on this blog, I really enjoyed reading it
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful photo. So simple and yet so sweet!
ReplyDeleteCaption: Music to my ears...
I have to put this because I still think it to this day when I walk by a piano... it's Mary Had a Little Lamb... the fingers you use to play it... with your right hand.
ReplyDelete"3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5. 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1."
It was the way I learned to play it... lol.
Boy wonder
ReplyDeleteTagged for fame
Joyful noise
The sound of music
"Thanks, dad! So, uhhhh...how do i turn it on?"
ReplyDeleteSince I know this little guy personally, here it is...
ReplyDelete"How long can I play this before I annoy my brother!"
:D