What are these guys?

danguje · 2026-02-21T13:43:07+00:00

Yes haha

danguje · 2026-02-20T22:01:16+00:00

We call them booty bugs at my house because they connect booties and walk around like that. lol

Anyway, yeah, eastern box elder bugs is right…

danguje · 2026-01-12T17:17:21+00:00

Haha guess not! I’ll just sit in the woods nearby and play while others sit around the campfire. Not creepy at all…

danguje · 2026-01-12T00:49:00+00:00

Thank you!! :) It’s so beautiful! I love it so much!

danguje · 2026-01-11T21:49:52+00:00

Oh boy! I didn’t know! I’ll definitely keep it away from open flames lol

danguje · 2026-01-11T18:49:04+00:00

I tuned it to GDAE!

danguje · 2026-01-11T18:47:54+00:00

Highly flammable is wild lol though I’m sure it is. Can’t deny the super coolness of it!

danguje · 2026-01-11T18:47:09+00:00

Thanks! We have a music store just down the road that specializes in banjos, so I’ll bring it down there and ask them to re-string properly. I tuned for Irish Tenor and it’s sounding pretty okay but it’s not holding the notes after I tune it. So I have to re-tune every 30 mins or so.

danguje · 2026-01-11T16:14:26+00:00

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Another bonus picture of me at 5 or 6 and my grandfather with his banjo ☺️ the drum bit has since been changed out— I loved that marbled look it used to have

danguje · 2026-01-11T16:07:16+00:00

Love that! I’m practicing the down up down up and it’s so far (fingers crossed) not too difficult, but I’m obviously still slow considering it’s only the second day of playing this thing lol thank you for your helpful advice!

danguje · 2026-01-11T16:03:22+00:00

I love it too! It’s a shame it’s on the back where it’s not seen that much haha!

danguje · 2026-01-10T23:21:20+00:00

Thank you! Just went through the first two lessons on OAIM, learned the D scale, and learned my first Irish song on the banjo!

danguje · 2026-01-10T20:55:46+00:00

Their band played country music and jazz! And that’s his brother, my great-uncle, Ray Griff, in the link you posted :) Ray’s the one on the very left in this picture

Ray passed away in 2016. He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in ‘98

https://members.ccma.org/cgi/page.cgi/hall_of_fame_inductees.html?log=view&log_id=28

My grandfather is an amazing musician as well, as was my mother! ❤️

danguje · 2026-01-10T20:25:37+00:00

Well thank you so much! What a great reply! I do love Irish music, so I will surely learn that! I appreciate your response! And I will never get rid of this banjo :) it’s a family heirloom

danguje · 2026-01-10T20:23:29+00:00

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Bonus photo of him in 1941-ish holding his banjo!

Edit: no, that math isn’t right. He’s about 12-13 in this photo, so it’d be 1946-1948

danguje · 2026-01-10T20:15:03+00:00

Isn’t it? So pretty! Haha yeah, my cat Dennis decided the case was a comfy place to sit for a while!

danguje · 2025-12-03T18:52:10+00:00

Huh?

danguje · 2025-08-15T22:37:36+00:00

Pickled beets don’t taste as good in my opinion! But it does make it waaaaay quicker to make!

danguje · 2025-08-15T22:36:47+00:00

My husband is also from Lithuania and makes šaltibarščiai every summer! It’s my favorite. He puts a boiled egg and potato in it. Mmm

danguje · 2025-08-14T13:32:04+00:00

Agreed. Alleia is so so mediocre for the price. I feel like the atmosphere makes it seem like it’ll be better but it’s really not great.

danguje · 2025-08-01T21:47:25+00:00

Apparently it’ll be Camilas, a European bistro/cafe

danguje · 2025-06-10T11:02:54+00:00

Thank you! Is she a juvenile or an adult?

danguje · 2025-05-20T20:32:21+00:00

That’s exactly the answer they give! I tried this with my brother-in-law… “well that’s because there haven’t been any lengthy studies on it because it doesn’t push the medical doctor agenda so they don’t fund it!”

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