Yesterday the electric went off for a couple of hours. Suddenly children that we didn't even know lived here appeared out of doors.
My DH popped out of doors and scolded me for hoeing when he thought I ought to be resting. Since Ash was off swimming with his grandma, DH made a quick trip back inside and came out with a few instruments and DD3 who had a couple of more. We flopped down onto the ground and commenced to play.
We got to the end of Cold Haily Windy Night (fiddle, guitar and voice) and discovered we had an audience of dancing toddlers on the lawn next door. So we launched into The Yellow Submarine (guitar, voice, and Ocarina). Some of the dancers picked up the chorus pretty quick, so we had an impromptu choir. We carried on with songs that were easy for kids, and the next thing you know some micro person comes running up with a tiny violin and a wee sibling clutching one of those plastic toy guitars. So we sort of improvised a Twinkle Twinkle Fugue for two violins, recorder, ocarina, and plastic guitar as percussion. The guy next door came out onto the porch with a doumbek and we had a fine loud group, if a bit wobbly on the pitch and timings.
The sun was well on it's way down when lady next door came out and called her fella and kids in for supper. They were surprised to discover that the electric had been back on for an hour.
NightMist