Oh, by the way, the weather outside is frightful

 

If rock stars played trombones, this is what they’d look like on album covers.

The cold and snow have arrived. After we got about 4 (10.16cm) inches of heavy and wet snow, the temperature dropped to the low single digits.  Anything below 20 degrees F is too cold for any activity  except freezing meats.

Today was our every other year Elva Kaffe Scandinavian festival at church.  The bones and I played some Christmas tunes while sporting our trombone ties.

 

Jim is the hardest working man in show business going from singing with the “Singing Butchers” men’s choir to playing third bone in the quartet to playing the squeeze box.

St. Nick’s day, December 6th, is a day when all good boys and girls of German descent receive presents stuffed in their sock or ornamental stocking. In addition to this Vikings hat, some delicious gum, and mints, Christoph received a set of electrical adapters that will allow him to power up his new American laptop computer in almost any country in the world including The United Arab Emirates.

This is the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, also in the United Arab Emirates. It’s the tallest tower in the world and is featured in Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol. Tom Cruise scales the outside of the building 100 floors up without a safety net.

Here is Ravel’s number 2 toy, aka “pink fluffy ball”. It used to be attached to the flagpole of their scratching barn.

Sue rang with the bells at Elva Kaffe (Elva Kaffe means Eleven O’clock Coffee).

Again, if Justin Bieber ever played the trombone and could grow a beard, this is what he might look like.

Christoph and I were so close to Maestro Janet we almost got in her way.

Across the street is a decorative Santa Claus in a hot air balloon with a nativity scene nearby.

Here’s a better view of it!