transport

A big day, here.
K took the day off and supervised the moving of the piano -
it's going to live at my brother's house for a while.

It was an amazing sight to see, and the movers made quick time of it.
We've had the piano moved many times before, but it always impresses me.
And it goes much faster than you'd think.
They tie it up, wrap it in blankets, tip it up on it's side, remove the legs and pedals
and wrap the whole thing up tight.
Then it gets strapped to a long, wide board and put on a dolly...



I don't underestimate the work of it - but when well done, it is simple work.
As I am in the habit of asking tradesmen about their work, the movers told us their worst piano-moving stories...
the first involved a grand piano sliding down two flights of stairs, across a foyer and through a large heavy glass door and out onto the street (injuring no one), while the second concerned an upright and a baby grand being transported in a pickup truck and reduced to ashes when their moving blankets caught fire.

While I put the house back together (most of Oldest's things had to come out of the room where he and the piano were living so that the piano could be taken out, most of the rooms the piano had to pass through needed to have things moved so that it COULD pass) K went and took his permit test!
He is now legally able to drive a scooter - with supervision.

Then...WE WENT AND BOUGHT A SCOOTER!
I had thought K was buying a little scooter...
but being well over six feet tall, we were a bit concerned about the clown factor.



NOBODY wants to deal with the clown factor.
Ergo, he bought the big scooter.



I am SO loving the scooter.

We got helmets too.
And we wore them for the rest of the afternoon.



Because you can never be too safe.



And also?
We have to get used to having big helmet heads.

What adventures await us?



Today we will see cousins visiting from far away and we hope to attend an outdoor concert.

Tomorrow we drive all day to deliver Youngest to camp.