Birthday Season 🎂

Yes, it’s that time of year again when three of the DR TOOT Team have their birthdays. It kicked off with mummy’s Birthday yesterday. It was almost as if she had two birthdays because the boys and daddy were singing Happy Birthday to mummy on Friday. This was because they wouldn’t be here on mummy’s true birthday and they all wanted cake and to wish mummy all the best.

Alfa and I were not aloud any cake but it sure looked great. I was a bit confused though as daddy said that it was a dark chocolate MUD Cake!!! I mean to say…..who wants to eat mud? Yuk daddy, not very thoughtful. Everyone seemed to enjoy and mummy looked very happy. Happy Birthday MUMMY 😻

Continuing with the Birthday theme, Alfa’s birthday is tomorrow. Maybe she will be old enough to go outside without a leash on..hahahahahaha….NOT! Some of us were meant to be complete cats and some, not. Anyways.. The trio of birthdays finishes with a climax and celebrates the birthdays of all birthdays. MINE!! I heard mummy and daddy talking about getting something special in the food line of things for our birthday. It never fails.😼

The workshop has had it’s usual hum of repairs this week. Over forty instruments have had their turn on the bench in the past couple of weeks. So much activity going on. Mio has been very busy on flutes while Jordan has been busy dismantling and cleaning all sort of brass and woodwind instruments. The Grand Taka has been working very hard on saxophones and pretty well anything he gets his hands on. Daddy been on clarinets and a large assortment of brass instruments.

The hardest worker this week was our Birthday Mum MUMMY. She seems to be locked up in her office and when daddy comes to visit, she tells him to go away. Mind you, there is nothing new about that. 😺You see, mummy is in the final stages in designing our new website that has a much better picture of me in the Team photo. Fingers crossed that this may go live tomorrow. Paws and fingers crossed 😸

This week some instruments arrived in from Japan for stock and one of them was a Hans Hoyer full double French Horn. It arrived and was serviced by Taka and daddy. Within 24 hours after it was serviced it was sold to a very nice young man who goes to a high school near us. He sounded great and was sooooooo HAPPY. A day later, a lovely Yamaha YCL450 clarinet also found a new home here in Auckland. Happy, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Joy.😸😸😸

Time for me to go. Daddy is playing in two concerts today with two different bands. The last one for him today is with the Howick Brass who celebrate 60 years since it started and will be a wonderful event…I believe as usual, I am not aloud to go. All the very Best Howick Brass !!!