Little Geese

The name ocarina, meaning "little goose" in Italian, comes from Giuseppe Donati from Budrio, a small town in Italy. He was a young brickmaker, and in 1853 he invented a 10-hole transverse ocarina, the modern day version of vessel flutes that date back to ancient China. John Taylor, an English mathematician, later invented the pendent style ocarina in the 1960s that can produce an entire octave using just four finger holes. Some are made with one or two additional thumb holes.

There's a tiny bit of history for ya. :) I am really passionate about ocarinas, not only do they sounds wonderful and I love playing with/listening to them, it's also keeping me occupied while Mike is away. When I'm not busy with life, the kids and normal adult stuff I'm hanging out with my ocarina, watching videos, learning new music and all that jazz.

I should be getting not one but TWO ocarinas in the mail this next week. One is my birthday present from Mike. The other is a silly little gift to myself. I'm very exctied. :D

And there's still many more that I wish to have. Yeah seriously. Ha! If only I had the money. It'll happen gradually. Once I get my sweet potato in the mail, I'll be set for a little while anyway. :D The next ones I buy will be for the kids.

I played at my MOMS Club banquet a couple weeks ago. Don't mind the headgear. The night had a ya-ya sisterhood theme (Ma-Ma Sisterhood! HA!) I loved that it matched my ocarina. :D 

If you are one of my facebook friends you can look under the video tab on my profile to see some videos of me playing my little goose (and even one of me playing my flute). If not, I uploaded a couple songs onto my youtube channel with plans of putting more. Check it out!