December 10: a wreath ... and a little music

[asakiyume]

Today's Advent calendar picture is a wreath:



And the state of the overall calendar is...



Now for something completely different and unexpected.

The wonderful poet Virginia Molhere tweeted a video of a musician playing a bagpipe he'd made with a rubber glove (viewable here.) I said it would be fun to try to make one, and she found this Youtube video (by someone else, for a much more basic rubber-glove bagpipe) that gives a method.

I tried it (tweet w/19-second video here), and while it's not what you'd call a runaway success, it does make some noise! And the process of making it was a lot of fun. I'll try some refinements--mmmmaybe ;-)

Comments

[missroserose]

I saw the rubber glove bagpipe video! It did make me laugh, although, as my husband commented, "This is sort of a whistling dog phenomenon, isn't it?" Regardless, I admire your ambition and stamina. :)

Still loving the advent calendar!

[asakiyume]

Hahaha! I'm going to try again at some point with a stronger glove--and more pipes!