Stream Of Consciousness

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Re-discovered this awesome coffee cup that I had forgotten about! Now I'm trying to remember if I bought it for myself or if someone - like my son and fellow trombonist @warmrome - gave it to me as a gift. I have an embarrassingly poor memory when it comes to stuff like that! #coffee #coffeecup #trombone #trombonecoffeecup #mug #coffeemug

All the brass (currently - anticipating a Shires tenor trombone bell in the future) in the house: Shires axial flow valve section, Shires gold brass tuning slide, genuine Boy Scout bugle, King trumpet, Jinbao alto trombone (w/Brass Ark leadpipe), Jinbao trombone with axial flow valve, corporation Bach 42B, Jinbao double Thayer valve bass trombone. #brass #brassinstruments #bugle #trumpet #trombone #altotrombone #tenortrombone #basstrombone

Where the trombone playing magic (almost) begins: Schilke 51 mouthpiece. #trombone #trombonemouthpiece #schilke #schilkemouthpiece #schilke51 #Schilketrombonemouthpiece #music #orchestra #musicalinstrument #brassinstruments #tenortrombone

I'm fascinated with the persistent and heavy rain we've had around here lately - and especially with seeing it in slow motion. Either that or I'm going stir crazy. Here's a little sample from today. #video #slomo #slowmotion #nature #rain #water #drop #droplets #dropletsonleaves #leaves #plant #Virginia #southwestVirginia

Slo mo rain. And sun peeking through clouds. #weather #rain #storm #sunshine #sun #thunder #lightning #virginia #southwestVirginia #Galax #GalaxVirginia

Surreal weather. Sunshine, thunder, steady rain - all at the same time. #weather #surreal #surrealism #surrealistic #rain #storm #sunshine #sun #thunder #lightning #virginia #southwestVirginia #Galax #GalaxVirginia

A wide angle view from a great scenic overlook a few miles south of Chilhowie, Virginia on Whitetop Road. #virginia #virginiaisforlovers #virginiaisbeautiful #virginiaskies #virginiamountains #mountains #blueridgemountains #appalachianmountains #chilhowie #scenic #scenicoverlook #travel #southwestVirginia #landscape #landscapephotography #nofilter #sky

Now THIS is a scenic overlook! A few miles south of Chilhowie, Virginia on Whitetop Road. #virginia #virginiaisforlovers #virginiaisbeautiful #virginiaskies #virginiamountains #mountains #blueridgemountains #appalachianmountains #chilhowie #scenic #scenicoverlook #travel #southwestVirginia #landscape #landscapephotography #nofilter #sky

Lost lens cap found! A little like looking for a needle in a haystack! Lost it when taking the other photo in this grouping during a winter snowfall when I was fiddling around with frozen fingers and my gloves. Just happened on it today when taking a break from mowing. #lenscap #Sony #camera #needleinahaystack #lost #lostitem #happy

My wife asked me to post (on Facebook) some pictures of the flowers that are on our property. There were some roses on a bush next to our front porch that bloomed a month or two ago but I missed my opportunity to photograph them at that time. However there are many other wild naturally growing bushes throughout the property that are still blooming. I should know the name these plants but I don't. I do know that we have many rhododendron plants all over but these are something different. Perhaps some of my botanist Instagram friends would help me identify these flowers and plants. #plants #flowers #beautiful #nature #growing #blooms #bush #shrubs #nofilter #Virginia #virginiaisforlovers #southwestVirginia #blueridgemountains #appalachianmountains #appalachians #GalaxVirginia #Galax

Successful modifications to a Denis Wick practice mute. Although I have moved on to a much better practice mute I still had this mute laying about unused so I thought I would try to improve it to make it useable. Very happy with the results. More natural sound, more even response, more even resistance - all by drilling a new hole (3/8" diameter) in the center of the bowl, taping a 2 3/8" long soda straw (big kind for shakes and malts) inside that new hole, and putting tape over the other two existing holes. Still photo in previous post shows more detail of the modification. #trombone #tenortrombone #practicemute #trombonepractice #trombonepracticemute #trombonemute #mod #mods #modification #music #orchestra #demo #howto

Successful modifications to a Denis Wick practice mute. Although I have moved on to a much better practice mute I still had this mute laying about unused so I thought I would try to improve it to make it useable. Very happy with the results. More natural sound, more even response, more even resistance - all by drilling a new hole (3/8" diameter) in the center of the bowl, taping a 2 3/8" long soda straw (big kind for shakes and malts) inside that new hole, and putting tape over the other two existing holes. Video of results (chromatic scale from low F to high Bb) in the next post. #trombone #tenortrombone #practicemute #trombonepractice #trombonepracticemute #trombonemute #mod #mods #modification #music #orchestra #demo #howto

I've really got to start getting up early in the morning. #sunrise #fog #mist #misty #landscape #landscapephotography #road #Galax #GalaxVirginia #Virginia #virginiaisforlovers #virginiaisbeautiful #virginia #sky #clouds #sun #morning #nofilter

Origin of spring water on our property which feeds into a small creek which feeds into a larger creek which flows into the New River. #nofilter #virginia #virginiaisbeautiful #virginiacities #virginiaisforlovers #virginiacity #virginiawater #virginiaskies #southwestVirginia #blueridgemountains #appalachianmountains #sky #water #creek #spring #springwater #well #springwell #travel #travelphotography #tour #tourist #iphone #iphone6plus #cellphonephoto #newriver #stream #mobilephotography #iphonography