But fall isn't quite over. Bright leaves and flowers lasted into November, and before the pumpkins all turned to mush, they made cannon-ball bursts of color everywhere.
In Fremont, there was even a Great Pumpkin, on top of a studio building. Why the Norwegian flag was flying I don't know.
Today I heard from a reader (how nice to know there are three or four of you out there!) that it was time to "get back to the blog." No more excuses - election is over, the world continues to whirl, unsteadily, and readers feel neglected. Music to my ears, of course.
Wednesday night the orchestra presented the winter program as an open rehearsal/concert at a big retirement home. We first had to move tables and chairs, since the concert hall is really the home's dining room, but setup went quickly, and it was nice to have enough space for stands, instruments and cases. We played for a small but friendly audience, the kind that talks cheerfully through quiet passages and applauds between movements of a suite. Most residents were involved in the bingo tournament downstairs.
Afterwards we moved all the tables and chairs back where they belonged, closely supervised by a staff member with a numbered diagram of the dining room. Amateur musicianship is a workout for muscles of many kinds.
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