Funeral for a Snake

 So, yesterday, following the demise of the Zombie Queen's snake, four boys decided a funeral would be in order.

Solemnly, they took turns digging a hole in the garden.  With careful respect, the eldest gently took a stick and lay the snake to rest in a gentle coil, like he was sleeping.  Each boy took turns shoveling (with the back of the shovel, mind) dirt gently over the snake until the grave was filled.  Time for the homilies.

"Um, snake, we didn't know you, and now you're dead.  Um.  Goodbye."

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  Do we need to burn something for the ashes?"

"Dearly beloved, here lies the snake.  It's dead.  We buried it.  I hate snakes."

"I was really mad at that cat for killing you, snake.  It was really mean of it to kill you.  I wish I could've watched."

I get *soooo* many brownie points for not laughing out loud during the ceremony.

And with a rock engraved "RIP Bit" with an old nail, we had our grave.  (Was it because the snake "bit it?"  I don't know, and didn't ask.)

Squee!

So, as I have posted before, I finished a song at Pondfilk, "If the Cookie's In Two Pieces," a song started on the way to GaFilk with The Best Carpool Ever that marinated in my brain until the nurturing musical environment of Pondside brought it bursting out complete in a very short time.

I was full of amazement when

shaddyrpulled up her laptop and entered my song in a music program, allowing me to have *sheet music* of my song.  It became so much more - actual song - with the notes and lyrics in front of me, not just poetry with handwritten chords (oh, dear, do I remember the tune I made up?)  Don't have to remember, here it is to read and have forever!

I sent a copy to my father, who composes music that I have always loved.  I sing one of his lullabies to my children when I put them to bed, and braider, peteralway and catsittingstill and I sing one of his rounds on the way to cons together. 

My father took my song, and worked it up with a piano accompaniment, and harmony, and more complex guitar chords with the fingering printed on the sheet music!  He liked something of mine so much, that he worked with it to make it even *more* professional sounding and looking.  I am overwhelmed with how much this means to me.  (I have tears and am crying right now, I am so full of squee!)