Icarus @ 59 # 148

Living in a city you have to make the most of the tight garden space - as well as making space for guitars - so this combination of some new decking adorned with a resonator guitar works well. As you might surmise, I am still in summer anticipation mode, even though I have a lot of work to do. That's because this corner is the last place in the garden to get the sun. Ah, now you can see, smart thinking, end of the day, writing done and time for a quick strum and a glass of lemonade (well maybe something cold) before the sun finally drops out of the sky - oh aye, nae flies on me. And I have also found this amazing new mandolin tutor on Youtube which I can strum along to as well and its a real bonus. I have never had a music lesson in my life and this is the next best thing. I am looking forward to playing some jigs and stuff. I have already learned how to play this - the little riff after each verse is amazingly effective and yet so simple: