My granddaughter celebrated her sixth birthday with- 
until she wore herself out (and our ears)
That is so awesome. The world needs more drummers. 
The world needs more landscapes like SW Virginia. Sigh.
Oh, the kid’s cute too, no doubt. 
Sweet!!
Anyone who allows a snare drum and cymbal on their porch deserves what they get. 
Nice place there ye got Betsy.
Does the little one still have a funny accent or has she grown out of it yet
Slan,
D. 
Most excellent!! Does she absolutely love it?
Well, as to the place…that’s the porch of what was formerly our winery, where she and her mom live(dead bear dancin’ up the leg daughter, black shirt in second pic)
Her accent is the slightest of the bunch-watches too much tv-but I’m workin’ on her. I gotta teach that youngun’ how to talk right so she doesn’t sound like some outlander or somethin’. 
I’ll admit to dropping the snares after about 10 minutes…
She sure does. I really did try to steer her toward something more civilized like a violin or piano lessons from me, but her picks were between a harp and a drum. She decided the drum is her favorite instrument. With three drummers already in the family what could I say?
Hi cowtime
Have to get her playing a bodhran (and djembe and udu and darbuka and talking drum etc). How about uilleann pipes as well (looking at harp in corner of room) - harp is nice too.
David (aka instrument magpie )
An entire drum set. That’s the ticket. With more than one crash cymbal.
Snared by percussion, and so young, a pity really. Cymbalic of the decline of civilization.
Ouch…
The jokes just seem to roll off the keyboard, eh?
Just be thankful I didn’t chime in and suggest that Cowtime castanet and snared her granddaughter for percussion.
I can feel the tension in here. The key to releasing that tension is to kick the habit of these jokes. I can always beat it and leave you guys alone, if you prefer. I wouldn’t want to be battered for making bad puns.
They getting your goat caedmon?, you have to be thick skinned, no use getting up tight, no bones about it.
David
These puns do appear to be stretched pretty thin at times.
She’s been beating on my bodhran for years already-with my tenor sticks. No uillean pipes, although I’ve got a set of GHBs and shuttlepipes she can fool with in a few years if she wants. She’s been known to squawk on the practice chanter-fingers can’t reach the holes yet though. Her piano books should arrive next week. I told her when she was six I’d start teaching her. I confess to being an instrument magpie too. 
Percussion rules! Stick it to 'em fellers. 