Well, the Olympics are over for another four years, we can look forward to 2008 in Beijing. And from all reports in the media it looks like it's hats off to the Greeks who were able to pull it off despite some negative prognostications from the world stage, probably much to their own surprise. We caught a little bit of the closing ceremonies last night and apart from an endless stream of singers and dancers with unpronounceable names, it looks like it was quite the show especially the fireworks which seemed to erupt at regular intervals.
With all the sporadic rain we have been getting lately I haven't been too diligent in my lawn care duties, but yesterday I was able to get out and cut and trim the lawns before another shower came our way. The weather has been markedly cooler lately and we have to keep reminding ourselves that it is only the end of August and we should hopefully have a couple more months of mild weather to enjoy.
Lately I have been spending much of my spare time practicing my sax for the Cuba trip and so far the progress has been good. Fortunately for me most of the pieces are ones we have played before so there is some degree of familiarity to them although a wrench was thrown in the works when I was sent the charts for the 2nd tenor sax instead of the 1st which is what I usually play. There is just enough of a difference in them to trip me up on the more intricate licks.

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