Duck Pond - Sept. 2020

Song:  Tuesday Afternoon

Group:  The Moody Blues

My elder sister and I took my Mom to a nearby duck pond.

The air is still filled with smoke from all the fires in California.

But, it was good to get my mother outside for a while.

She enjoyed watching the ducks.

 My elder sister took Bandi on a short walk as I sat with my mother and fed the ducks.

We went back home shortly afterwards...

and my mother went back to watching Japanese TV.

Trying A New Restaurant

Song:  Breathe (Cover)

Original Artists:  Pink Floyd

Cover:  Jamie Dupuis

We just got back on this night.

We tried a new restaurant in Reno.

It was supposed to have good burgers...

they were nothing special.

 Masks?...Yes...and...an advertising opportunity!  :)

My mother has recently lost a lot of weight.

I try to take her out for some new food when I can.

These were third pound burgers.

My mother could only finish half of hers.

My elder sister liked her sandwich.

Although the fries were good...

the other items were not so good.

We left a little disappointed...

so, my search for the best burgers in Reno continues.

Photo Shoot For YouTube Video

Song:  Tatsuko's Song

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Waterfall

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Morning Calm

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Sunset

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Aishiteru (Aishiteiru)

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Zoey's Song

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Sofia's Song

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

Song:  Cory And Charlene's Song

Composer / Performer:  James Toller

I now have a YouTube Channel for all of my compositions

 that I write for the characters in my stories.

James Toller

I will be performing my compositions on this YouTube Channel.

I will be posting on YouTube...
the next eight songs from my trilogy...

and then my other compositions from other future stories I will write

sometime in the near future.

This is a link to my Amazon Author's Page:

James Toller Amazon Author's Page

The first song of my new YouTube Channel is the video above:

Tatsuko's Song.

This song is the simplest and shortest of my compositions.

The others I will post soon.

I will also post the sheet music to my compositions on two of my other blogs:


James Toller Blog


Bass Flute Compositions

The below photos are just some of the ones my elder sister and her husband, James...
took of me at Prosser Reservoir just a couple of days ago.

I used some of these on my video.

My Mother Enjoying Her Backyard

Song:  So Peaceful

Artist:  Helen Reddy

My elder sister now looks after my mother at my mother's home instead of taking her 

to her home.

My sister spends some time with my mother in her back yard every morning.

My mother likes to sit outside and drink coffee as she looks out over

her backyard.

I will be having contractors come in very soon

to remove a lot of the existing trees and bushes...

and replacing them with ones which will turn beautiful colors

in autumn.

Right now as my mother looks out over her yard...

she says it is...

so peaceful.

I want her to soon say...

as she looks out over her backyard...

that it is...

so beautiful.

My mother has not been exercising much...

so she has lost a quite a bit of weight.

My sister is trying to reinstitute her Farmer's Walk exercise program.

Once the trees and bushes are replaced...

I will show the difference in this blog.

Sushi For My Mother / Shooting For My Sister And Her Husband

Song:  I'm A Man

Cover of Chicago's Version:  Leonid And Friends

A few days ago...

I, my mother, and my elder sister ...

went to our favorite sushi place.

We ate our fill...

and my mother really enjoyed herself.

Just this past evening...

I drove my elder sister and her husband to my favorite spot to go shooting.

They had taken along a few of their guns to shoot.

We just set up a target...

and the shooting began.

My sister fired her Kimber 9mm semiauto. 

Her husband took along two handguns, and a carbine.

This was his revolver...

a Taurus Judge.

It chambers 410 shot shells...

or long 45s.

Her husband then brought out his 45 caliber carbine.

After a while...

it finally got too dark to see the target...

and we returned.

I left my guns at home...

as I shot mostly with my Canon...

camera  :)