"Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates." - - Mark Twain
My avatar shows a former kitty who I enjoy seeing when I go to Mandolin cafe.
Nowadays, I have two cats. One, the big boy, is so big I had to buy a Collings mandola. Ha, ha.
The other is my best friend who helped me recover from a dislocated and broken shoulder. (2018) She would sleep on my chest on sleepless nights in the living room.
Now that I can play again, she finds the violin case a good place to listen.
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Last edited by DougC; Jan-08-2020 at 10:50am.
Decipit exemplar vitiis imitabile
Smudge.... named after the children's book of the same name?
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
2019 Tyler White custom F5 #17
2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
2019 Gann resonator guitar
https://www.youtube.com/user/kinmanknives
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer
1925 Lyon & Healy Model A, #1674
2015 Collings A (MT2-V)
2018 Carlo Mazzaccara Lucia
2020 Burgin Shanghai Octave Mandolin
My avatar is my sweet boy Gabe, he’s older now and likes to sit with us when we would gather to jam. Here is a pic of our newer guy we call Little Grey Cat, we got him when my beloved grey cat Pinot Noir passed a few years ago and we finally settled on Rocket for his name because he likes to race around the house at top speed.
Northfield F5M #268, AT02 #7
Max, one of our 3 cats pictured above in my Recurve case, has liked music from the time we got him as a kitten. He would sit on my left leg under my arm while playing mando or banjo. As he has grown older, he now sits in my case or on a nearby chair while I play. What a buddy...if only I can get him to take up double bass!
Weber Madison F5
Northfield F5S
Girouard Octave Mandolin
Sawchyn Beavertail
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