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I’ve been in an upgrading frenzy this past couple of days. Ugh. I once got so behind in upgrading my operating system that when I finally got around to it, it was quite traumatic. The change was too great. I never want to repeat that. So I’ve been updating, updating, updating. Still at it really, but I need to take a break.

In the meantime, for Echo’s billing system I still use an ancient ibook and programs as old as the hills, all running on OS 9 because I don’t have the money or skills to move to a newer billing system. Whenever something goes wrong I’m terrified because there are fewer and fewer people who even remember how to do things this way to help me.

Here is the old organ at Grace Church. We got a lecture about the history of the organs at Grace Church, which was surprisingly fascinating. You can’t really tell in this picture, but that organ is up on this second tier, in the front of the church. If you scroll down one post you’ll see where it is positioned. We’re not allowed up there.

I’m sure I’ve said this before, but life would be so much easier if I was not an idiot. John Maclay has switched me from soprano 1 to soprano 2, and I didn’t realize that meant I was in choir 2, not choir 1, and so I rehearsed all the wrong parts for the past week. UGH UGH UGH.

Oh smart people of the world, you must have such easy lives. Although probably not. I guess you have your own problems. Still.

Here is a choir-eye view of one of the most beautiful churches in Manhattan.

This is what I saw when I peeked through the hole in the fence boarding up this vacant lot. It’s like a secret garden.

I was sitting in Union Square, finishing up this GREAT new book, which now joins my favorite books of all time list, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman, when this girl sat down, struggling and arranging a bunch of balloons.

I couldn’t really tell what she was doing with them, but when this man came by with his two daughters and the little one took an interest in the balloons she immediately gave her one. Then, when her big sister noticed the balloons she gave her one too.

THEN, some of the balloons got away from her and she didn’t see because her view was blocked by other balloons, and within seconds they’d already floated away too high for me, but the tall guy next to me immediately jumped up and got them for her. I didn’t get a picture because I was busy watching with relief and admiration.

I just spent a minute trying to explain to this little guy where the food is now. Sigh.

I do worry about my birds in the rain. It’s pouring here. I tried to figure out a way to make a tent over their feeder, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it.

I cleaned up their feeding area and refilled the feeder, but I’m sure it will be wet and messy within minutes and can they eat in this?

Poor guys.
And poor me.
I will have a lot to clean up when the rain stops.