I agree about percussion. My son enjoyed his drum set many years after HS, and I never minded listening to the practice as it really was "music to my ears." Band is a wonderful experience for these kids, I know you agree and I commend you for whatever your involvement is. My son's school traveled outside the country a couple times to be in competitions, once to the Calgary Stampede where it rained on them and their new uniforms. He sure had a lot of wonderful experiences and is still close friends with one of his fellow drummers.

A cousin recently bought this cast-iron coin bank for my wife.You put the coin in the horses mouth, press the lever and the horse springs over the jump. The coin flies out of its mouth, bounces off the fence, and falls into the hole. My wife saw it and said, The horse is hanging its legs. The rider is hanging on the horse's mouth and her leg is too far back, and after the horse "jumps" the jump the rider looks like she is about to fly right over the horses head and crash into the fence for a possibly fatal injury.

I remember the tubing in Jamaica. Maybe not at this location, but I do recall a beer stand being there where we got out of the water. Good day!

The 'cat' is in the bucket. A small bucket that I use for deadheading in the garden has been in the garage for 3 days. This is what I found when I went to get it last evening. Of course the garage doors have been wide open much of the time, but it still amazes me what these little worms do. It is attached in chrysalis mode.