Oooh, Pretty

Peter has a bit of a camera fetish -- he can't seem to leave them alone. He was with me at my handbell rehearsal last night, and for about 67 minutes (of a 75 minute rehearsal) he was reading. But, alas, then he got bored, and started playing with my phone, more specifically with the camera on my phone, and took this picture of my bells:

BIG bass bells!!!

I think it's pretty good, and not just because they're my bells. Or my son!

For the record, he got the C3 (two octaves below middle C), E-flat 3, and E3 (hiding behind the C. E3 is camera shy). The C is the lowest bell in our choir, though not the lowest possible (I covet a B2), and they weigh, respectively, 8 lbs 4 oz, 7 lbs 6 oz, and 6 lbs 8 oz. For perspective, Peter weighed 8 lbs 3 oz when he was born, so ringing my C is about like picking up newborn Peter by his knees and slinging him around! Not that I ever did that.....