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ReplyDeleteSeasider - May 14, 2020 at 8:23 PM
Maryellen, thank you for an enjoyable afternoon listening to your choices. So much for dusting the bookshelves!! I loved The Banks of Green Willow, and now I am curious about the folk song - many are grim, aren’t they?! I loved the Rufus Wainwright also, never having listened to him before, that was a discovery. Loved his voice and the Shakespeare sonnet. I laughed out loud at the Tom Lehrer - he is another discovery thanks to several people choosing him. I did fleetingly think “chance would be a fine thing” when listening to Downtown! Enjoyed the Beatles - that was played twice - and the Matilda song was cute. Puccini - sublime and Kiri Te Kanawa is a wonderful singer. Oh and definitely Jeremy Irons for me. 😉
carolyn - May 14, 2020 at 8:26 PM
Was really caught by the Rufus Wainwright, Maryellen, don't know that sonnet, didn't know any had been sung, like numerous songs from the plays - great rendering, really enjoyed ! ( looked up the sonnet in my Riverside, not bad either 😉! kind of mirrors how many of us are feeling these days, not very pleased with ourselves at times...)
Earworms were mentioned by Mrs P, I think, also by me when doing my choices & I think that would be the problem in a real life desert island ship wreck( where you happened to have taken fav. tracks with you on the cruise, oh yeah) as, if isolation didn't drive you crazy, hearing the same 8, or, worse, just 1, over & over, would.....
Miriam at 3.44 on the last blog. Yes, my brother went to Christy’s today and wasvery positive about what they intend to do. He is to have a course of chemotherapy which will shrink the tumour and then possibly radiotherapy if it starts to grow again. He said to them that he was blown away that at his age they were treating him in this way when children had cancer with a lifetime ahead. It is typical of him. He is one of the most unselfish people I know! They said that to them all patients were equal. He is very reassured as he feared they would say nothing could be done. I am pleased too that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. He was very impressed by the size of the hospital and that it is all about cancer. Thank you so much for asking Miriam. It is so good that we can share these things.
ReplyDeletexxx
DeleteEv, that’s good to hear your brother feels so well supported. Thinking of you all.💕
ReplyDeleteThank you, Seasider xx
ReplyDeleteEv 💕
ReplyDeleteMaryellen, thanks so much for the George Butterworth.
ReplyDeleteDelighted to hear that your brother is being so well treated at Christie's ,Ev.
ReplyDeleteI would expect no less of them.
That Hospital and Clatterbridge on the Wirral serve the North West in particular brilliantly and fortunately for your brother ,Manchester is not too far away.
Sixteen years ago Mr LJ had radiotherapy treatment at Charing Cross Hospital.
We went by car up to London daily for seven or eight weeks .
They were brilliant.
He definitely could not have been treated better had he gone privately.
Your brother's positive attitude will help him enormously too.
Well done him.
Glad to hear about your brother's hospital experience, Ev, reassuring for all of you. He sounds as if he has an excellent attitude, which bodes well for success on itself, as he embarks on a demanding treatment plan, stage by stage. All the best !
ReplyDeleteThat is really good news about your brother Ev. Especially that he his getting such good care during the CV crisis which seems to have postponed treatment for many patients. I hope he continues well.
ReplyDeleteMrs P yesterday p.m. Thanks, yes I do worry. Son says "there was a bit of a storm". Their power, internet and water supply are down, so he can't work at present and he finds the heat difficult when the air conditioning fans are down. Their house is made of concrete and is safe, he says it is the ones on stilts in water that get swept away and the poor people's homes made of corrugated iron that collapse. They are a remarkably resilient people though and set about picking up the pieces, literally, and rebuilding. Their house has a double door with a mesh outer one , and he said they found a little cat who had managed to get through the mesh to shelter.
ReplyDeleteI think I was more worried when I heard Duterte had given the police carte blanche to shoot anyone breaking lockdown who argued with the police (and that kind of permission resulted in thousands being killed a few years back) So far I think just one person has been shot dead - a poor drunk farmer on the main island who happened to be carrying his working scythe, terrible for his family.
Dan says the police on their island are more laidback. They have been stopped on the motorbike twice and just ticked off for there being two of them going to the supermarket at the same time, but with transport curtailed it is difficult for them because they live outside the town and Mariavilla doesn't drive and in any case you need someone on the back of the bike to carry the shopping. The lockdown has been strict there with inter island travel stopped except for food and medical supply boats. It has caused much hardship for people on the little islands who rely on going to bigger islands to sell their products but it has been successful in stopping the spread of the virus.
Maryellen, so far I have only managed to listen to your saved music, and liked it very much. Will listen to the rest now I know son and wife are safe.
Your son & his wife sound safer than some on the islands, but life is clearly very difficult. Chilling to read about the permitted shootings.
DeleteJanice, it must be a relief to hear from them regularly, to know what is going on.
Ev I am glad your brother is having good care. He sounds a very brave positive person.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear somewhat positive news from your son JANICE. I do hope it continues, and equally good that the Phillipines are avoiding the worst of Covid.
ReplyDeleteEV - your brothers news must give you some comfort. I do hope his treatment is successful for him and all his loved ones including yourself.
MARYELLEN - I do hope you saw my message of yesterday.
Hello, Mrs P, yes - thanks for your encouragement. I do pop over here from the far (fetched!) side sometimes, and have kept an eye open for my turn on the DID project, but haven’t felt I had anything much that was worthwhile to contribute to the general pool. I’m very pleased the Butterworth piece that we both liked has brought enjoyment to other bloggers too. It’s a nice feeling!
DeleteThank you all for your good wishes for Malcolm. It means a lot to me!
ReplyDeleteI’m glad your son and his wife are safe, Janice. I remember near misses from typhoons when we lived in HK and our thoughts were always with people who lived in precarious houses on stilts on the hillsides. We moan about our weather but at least extremes are very rare here. Typhoons and hurricanes make yearly rounds in some parts of the world.
Talking of the Philippines, Fred Olsen have flown most of their crews home before lockdown and are keeping a skeleton crew on their ships which are all anchored in the Firth of Forth. They have saluted the NHS with lights and sirens. Katy and I are booked on a 5 day French cruise on Boudicca in October so we hope it will go ahead!
May I add to the good wishes for your brother Ev. I hope his treatment is successful and he recovers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful view at the top Gary. Love the music.
May I add my wishes to Ev, about her brother.
ReplyDeleteIt does sound that things can be controlled and this is such positive news. Xxx
My outlook, from my lounge window, is so very different tonight.
ReplyDeleteA large tree, in a garden of a house, not directly opposite to my property, was cut down today.
The difference, is amazing.
I was intrigued, to see how it was cut down, all debris shredded into another vehicle, whilst keeping social distancing at the same time.
Such a lovely photo, at the top of this page.
ReplyDeleteWhere is it?
Today a video came in from OZ.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe a grand-nephew of mine, will be One next week. He has done so well. He was born a "blue baby" needing massive ressuciation, had a hole in the heart, breathing problems - all of which have caused problems and trips to A+E.
Today, things are so very different, an active boy with very few health problems..
Gardeners World tonight (BBC 2) is from Glebe Cottage, the home of Carol Klein.
ReplyDeleteWill Carole T. make an appearance?
Tongue-in-cheek only..
At last, some garden centres have now re-opened.
I will wait awhile, until I go and buy what I require, and also decide as to where I will go.
I can think about my garden again, which is so much more positive.
I am supporting BBC4 tonight, at 7.00pm.
ReplyDelete"Stunning Soloists At The BBC".
These will be archived performances, which might be good or not. Time will tell.
PS A friend of mine, has had her bank account "hacked" losing £3,500 to date! She is trying to sort it out.
Just Be Careful...😀
Sorry.. I have been - Far too vocal tonight.
ReplyDeleteI apologise profusely. 😣 😣
So glad to hear your dear brothers news Ev and wish him all the very best.
ReplyDeleteMakes me very grateful that I have only had a bad IBS week and thankful Dr has prescribed some pills that have helped. A very in depth telephone conversation with Dr following e.consult he was so pleasant and I did not feel at all rushed. The service is definitely still there behind the closed doors 🤗
Sad to hear that Monty lost Nigel on the very day our closet friends lost their beloved German Shepherd their 2 terriers will miss her and she was utterly devoted to her master who’s (80th) birthday was that very day and they always enjoyed long daily walks through the woods plus accompanying his master to wherever he was, workshop, computer, gardening.
Precious
memories!
Sorry to hear you haven’t been too good this week. I noticed you were quiet and wondered if all was well. Take care.
DeleteThank you Seasider 🙂
DeleteI remember you wrote about that baby Miriam. How quickly that year has passed.
ReplyDeleteThe picture comes with the video without a credit.
I too wondered where it was.
A first for me today.
Several people have been getting me ' bits ' of shopping, for which I'm grateful and I am also using a deli, which I can easily get to with safety. But I discovered that the larger of the two CoOps in this town where taking telephone orders and delivering.
I phoned in my order last evening and have just received my delivery.
Oooo er I've joined the 21stC !
Lan Jan - how is the new pond coming along ?
ReplyDeleteI finally planted / re planted my Silver Birch in a lovely ( recycled) faux regency container last evening. I got the container from a skip in Bath about eighteen months ago, when with my granddaughter. I did ask the builder and he very kindly put it in my car for me.
I must plant my fig tree this weekend.
Well Mrs P, I spent the morning standing at the bottom of where the old pond was ,trying to shovel soil into a barrow for Mr LJ to " lose" in the garden.
ReplyDeleteStill more to do tomorrow and probably Sunday before levelling it all up and trying to put the larger pond in.
The fish have been fed in their temporary home but I haven't spotted any.
If those little beggars go and die on us after what we are trying to do for them I won't be best pleased.
They're just sulking, Lanjan. If they floated to the top of their temporary home, & stayed there, you'd have cause to despair.
DeleteNot a fun morning, then, with two more to go ! Do hope it looks wonderful by Sunday afternoon, & the fish are swimming around happily, snging & dancing....
singing and dancing fish - they could be the next Youtube sensation : )
DeleteYes, best of luck, Lanjan and hope the critters are suitably impressed! Good news about your grand nephew, Miriam and thanks to you, Lady R and Anneveggie for good wishes!
ReplyDeleteSorry, folks, I was wrong about Fred Olsen saluting the NHS. In fact they sounded their horns at 3 pm on VE anniversary to commemorate Churchill’s speech and then shone their searchlights at 10 pm remembering the King’s speech.
I see you are getting the ‘News from the Bridge’ e-mails too Ev! I must say they are doing their best to keep in touch with their clients and trying to keep our interest in cruising alive. So many jobs are being lost at Southampton from the cruise companies and all their suppliers. I can’t help wondering if the cruise companies will survive this pandemic.
DeleteMaybe not, Archerfile. We will have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteWe are still waiting to hear if our late August/early Sept cruise with Saga on their new ship, Spirit of Discovery will go ahead. We are due to make the final payment by 1st June and don’t know what to do.
DeleteIf you don’t pay the balance you would lose your deposit. If the cruise isn’t cancelled before your balance is due and you pay the balance either the holiday goes ahead or if it is cancelled you will get your money back or be offered a future alternative. Best to pay it by credit card as you have their backing if all else fails. There shouldn’t be any problem with a company like Saga but you need to be prepared for a wait as they will be inundated with claims. I have just had a credit for my TUi holiday which we should have had in early April. If I book another holiday say next year with them I will have an extra 20% credit on top of the original price. I can request a refund but have to do that by phone and you can guess how difficult that is at this time! At the moment I’m sitting on it but it is tempting to rebook as with the extra credit I can go for much better accommodation than we would have had.
DeleteFurther to this both. TUI and Fred Olsen have said you don’t need to pay the balance on holidays until 28 days before by which time they would know whether it could go ahead. If Saga aren’t pursuing this policy it is quite surprising. I know though that since their takeover by the big boys they are not so customer orientated. Maybe worth checking on!
DeleteIt is lovely to hear about healthy babies, Miriam, and your brother’s reassuring news from the hospital, Ev. And about new ponds and more DIDiscs to discover and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHere locally we now have the annual transformation of the landscape: this is when farmers flood about fields prior to planting rice. So there is what is sometimes called the “mare a quadretti” ( sea in little squares) and at night the moon is reflected over and over again in each field. Farmers used to put young carp into the flooded fields and and there were frogs galore to be caught and sold in the markets and to restaurants. When the rice grows the fields are green but from the air the water glints in the sunshine.
Correction: flood fields prior to ...
DeleteHilary, thank you for sharing this. It’s really fascinating and I admit to complete ignorance of rice growing in Italy!😯
DeleteLovely description of the rice fields Hilary. I remember the sound of the frogs at night when we lived in Piedmont.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t even know which bit of the plant produced the rice until I was shown on holiday!
ReplyDeleteThe two local products are rice and Gorgonzola cheese!
ReplyDeleteI had Gorgonzola for lunch along with homemade arancini!
DeleteGary, do you like gorgonzola dolce or piccante? I love the very mild, very creamy gorgonzola dolce.
DeleteI still don't know which bit of the plant produces rice..... Ev ?
ReplyDeleteAnd like Seasider I didn't know that Italy produced rice at all.
The descriptions sound magical.
Thank you Hilary and Gianna for educating some of us.
Can you also explain the fish, young carp. Why ?
Was it to feed the frogs.
It’s like a multi headed flower much like the arrangement you see on grass. The rice is covered with a casing. Difficult to describe but you can see the plant if you google it.
DeleteMrsP, perhaps it's aquaponics - I'm sure Adam could enlighten you further : )
DeleteWhat an interesting post from Hilary. I learnt a lot, and this is how these things help, so much. Thank-you.
ReplyDeleteWhen Lockdown appeared imminent, I was seriously looking at booking a holiday in Africa, for Jan/Feb 2021.
I am so glad, that I haven't done so - well just yet!
Extras:-
a) Evening meal is a "treat" one tonight. Lamb chops, roast pots plus all the trimmings.
b) The letter, which I have been waiting for, has finally arrived. It is my invitation to, finally, claim my State Pension, many years later than expected.
c) A grand-niece has her 9th birthday, on May 30th. She has sent round her "present" list. All I am planning, is £10 in a birthday card, sent via the post.
d) I am still staying in Lockdown, until I can see/read the proof, that numbers of cases + deaths, are diminishing, in a fast way.
Mmm..asparagus risotto..
DeleteWe have 4 frogs in our smaller pond (3ft /2ft), 1 small & 2 medium greenish, + 1 mottled common. The goldfish live in the larger one (4ft by 3).
I love arancini - but I have never tried to cook these.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do make wonderful risotto's, using carnaroli rice, as a preference, to aborio rice
My personal favourite, is done with, lightly smoked scottish salmon steaks, with asparagus. The other one I love, is one with chicken, with both oyster + porcini mushrooms (using a porcini stock cube to enhance the flavour).
Perhaps, I will try to make arancini.
The best I have have eaten, were in Sicily...I couldn't replicate them. 😣
Hilary + Gianna.
ReplyDeleteWhat type of rice, is being grown?
I would love to learn.
Do you eat eel?
DeleteI ask this, on seeing eel farming, in the Venice/Bologna region, in both the PO river, others + nearby coastal areas.
I also saw eel farming, in the Lake Bolensa area.
Just curious..but also fascinated.
Please can somebody tell me what Arancini is/are?
DeleteDeep fried balls of rice in breadcrumbs, so they resemble small oranges.
Deleteorange - arancio
With maybe a meat sauce inside.
DeleteMy favourite was a Spag Bol one. Rissoto rice, encasing an authentic meat ragu, encased in breadcrumbs, then deep fried.
DeleteDelicious.
Mmm.... Those spag bol ones sound amazing Miriam! It was chicken & asparagus this afternoon, the remains of a meal the other night.
DeleteArancini are sold on tiny street stalls in Sicily. There are also juice stalls - orange, prickly pear etc.
DeleteI am delighted you found my message interesting! It is unusual to be growing rice so far north. The region around Arles in southern France also produces rice and Arles is twinned with a town near here called Vercelli. The rice itself is in grains at the top of the stalk, like an ear of corn but less compact. They grow all varieties; the top quality one is Carnaroli but a friend of mine just half a kilometer away grows a very special new variety of black rice. There are also Arborio, Roma and others, which are chosen for particular dishes. Carnaroli is good for risottos whereas Roma would be better in minestrone for example. I go to a local producer where I buy a two and a half (the smallest size there) of Carnaroli sold in a pretty cotton bag.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: two and a half kilo bag
DeleteThe carp was removed and eaten before the fields were drained.They might also pickle it in vinegar after frying it coated in flour. I tried once and had the entire kitchen splattered in oil and have never deep fried anything since! In the past there had to be more water in the fields because the level was uneven but nowadays the tractors are high tech with laser-aided instruments to get the fields absolutely flat and therefore needing less water, thus saving on the cost of water. This area has many canals, including the Naviglio Grande which was used to bring marble down from the Alps to build Milan cathedral. There is a kind of irrigation system.
ReplyDeleteThe frogs just happened. Here they eat them fried or cooked in white wine. Forty years ago there was an old woman at the market with her bucket of frogs for sale. Anyone could fish for them using a bit of meat or bread as bait. I tried when my son’s were small! Now I think you need a license.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of a bucket of writhing frogs makes me literally shudder Hilary. But I LOVE the sound of those rice fields.
DeleteMiriam, I have eaten eel but am not keen. It is rather fatty.
ReplyDeletePlease believe me when I say I did NOT put that apostrophe in sons! I must try and remove this facilitated typing device!
ReplyDeleteAuto correct/predictive text is the most annoying thing isn't it? Grrrrrrrrrr!
DeleteSo very interesting, re the rice, and how it is grown. I now know what I had hoped to hear, canaroli rice grown locally.
ReplyDeleteI always try to buy this and I have an un-opened box, to be used.
Thank-you all, for this interesting, info.
Well, it was for me, but perhaps not so much for others.
It just shows how different we are, but then, we all gel so well together, on this brilliant site.
I an looking foreward to, reading many posts, relating to so many different topics.
I so enjoy them.
🤗🤗😍😍😍
I understand that some of the travel restrictions in Italy are to be relaxed nationwide from June 3rd with some areas opening up a touch more from the 18th May. Good news?
ReplyDeleteYes, Gary, from June 3rd travel will be permitted between regions which will mean more people will be able to see family members maybe only a short distance away but who live over the regional border.
DeleteWe just have to hope that the number of new cases continues to drop as it has been doing so far. We will still be singing happy birthday twice for a long while yet though.
We don't have rice here in Emilia. Our local delicacies are the Parmeggiano/Reggiano cheese and Parma ham. The Reggiani get upset when it's called Parmesan cheese as it is also made in Reggio Emilia. When I go to visit my sister in Wiltshire I always have to take some cheese for all members of the family so carry about 3 kilos of cheese when I go. It is much cheaper here. Unfortunately it will be a while before I can do it again.
ReplyDeleteYes it is good news Gary and we are hoping to go to the house in the hills. It was an old mill but needed a lot of rebuilding when my son bought it. Unfortunately we couldn't salvage the mill wheel but still have some of the
ReplyDeleteequipment. Ev it is just across the border from where you go for your painting course in Tuscany.
It will be nice to be near you, Gianna! I have rebooked for June next year so hopefully it will go ahead!
DeleteI googled how to remove predictive text and think I have managed to get rid of it. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteAs to a different topic...
ReplyDeleteWhat a story I have to tell tomorrow...
I was alerted by neighbours waving frantically at me, through my lounge window letting me know back garden fence was on fire..🔥🔥
It is a
It is a long story, which I will eventually, tell tomorrow.
DeleteBe warned, it will be much longer than normal.
GG.wants to hear other things, well this will certainly be in that category.
All is OK, and I and my property are fine.
I am just shaky, and slightly over imbibed, on Scruff + T..Hic! 🥃
To say again, I am totally well.
DeleteI am still very shaky, more than slightly pxxssed, with burnt down garden fences at the bottom of my garden.
At least "puss-cat" was in the bedroom 😻
So glad you are safe Miriam - awaiting the full report tomorrow!
DeleteAs a native Londoner I should eat eels, but I don't.
ReplyDeleteBut I do have a vivid memory of seeing eels which had escaped from the fishmongers display on the pavement onto the road. They then got stuck in the rails of the tramlines.
I was fascinated and thrilled at around four years old.
This was near to where Seasider lives now.
Goodness Miriam, whatever next !
Was this your noisy neighbours saying goodbye ?
No. They were just brilliant, coming out into their back garden checking I was OK.
DeleteA strange evening, but lots to try and sort out now.
...and a tale to tell.
....which I will do tomorrow, which will probaly be late afternoon.
Thank you for telling me about arancini. They sound delicious but also very calorific - I think I should avoid them, sadly. Have been putting a bit of my hard-lost weight back on, so am trying to get rid of it before all 5 stones have crept back!!
ReplyDeleteLook forward to hearing what happened Miriam. Glad you are safe.
ReplyDeleteVery happy that our friends in Italy at soon going to see a very positive change in the not too distant future - I hope you will be able to visit the people and places that you love!
ReplyDelete(And Hilary, the stronger the cheese the happier the Gary....! ☺)
Oh dear, Miriam. Glad you and your cat are alright but how upsetting for you.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Miriam. Sending thoughts to you and will certainly be looking out for your post later today. Good to hear those pesky neighbours came good at last!
DeleteJust caught up with so many posts! Very interesting about the rice growing Hilary. I make risottos, the last one I made was with prawns and asparagus with lemon zest, it was delish! I use arborio rice and hadn’t heard of carnaroli but will look out for it. Also love Gorgonzola but actually love all blue cheese. As a child, my dad bribed me with a tube of smarties to try jellied eel at a local market - not a pleasant experience! I’m not a sea food lover but do like fish. We used to holiday every year in Sardinia & one of my favourite things to eat was spaghetti with botaga. Absolutely gorgeous. I remember parties at my grandparents house, they were from the East End so a lot of sea food was eaten there - the adults played shove ha’penny & one time, the loser, Fred, had to eat a massive whelk which was sliding around the plate in a sea of vinegar. He went white! My grandad made the shove ha’penny board and I’ve got it - we never play but it’s a nice keepsake to have.
ReplyDelete*** DESERT ISLAND DISCS ***
ReplyDeleteThe next name out of the hat is......OldWomanInAShoe! Enjoy!
So, I’m about to be washed up on my island and I have hardly made a start on listening to everyone else’s list yet. Perhaps I should just pick one of them and take the opportunity to discover new things : )
ReplyDeleteThinking through my own list has made me realise I hardly listen to music these days. I really must make better use of my numerous CDs and tapes!
Anyway, I’ve dredged through my memory to come up with a list. I’m about to start finding all the necessary details and typing it out. Hopefully it will be ready by the time I arrive at the island. Assuming I don’t drown on the way - did I mention I can’t swim?
Plenty of time to learn to swim on that desert island OWIAS!
DeleteI'm more concerned about reaching it in the first place!
DeleteI'm not much cop at sailing or rowing either.
May I get there by fully automated dinghy?
('Though perhaps such a vessel could be hacked to send me back to good old Blighty instead.)
I am feeling very chuffed! I have just picked and eaten my first cucumber from the greenhouse!
ReplyDeleteIncredibly early this year, but it is a very small variety called Mini Munch and should be picked when just 4 - 5 inches long. Very thin skin and almost sweet to taste.
Funny how such small events can give such pleasure. 🥒 😋
OK, here goes:
ReplyDeletePeer Gynt Suite - In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
Played at full volume - because there’s no-one to tell me to turn it down : )
The Creation - Scene 1 - Haydn
The joy of ‘a new created world’ versus ‘despairing, cursing rage’. But mostly for the wonderful ‘And there was LIGHT’
I’d be happy with the English of German versions ‘though I’d have more hope of joining in with the English.
A Little Light Music - Send in the Clowns - Sondheim
A toss-up between Glynis Johns’ concert performance and Sinatra’s 1982 ‘Concert for the Americas’. I think I shall have to go with Frank, for the most melancholic song I have ever heard.
Trout Quintet - 4th Movement, Theme and Variations - Schubert
I discovered this one during O level music and loved it.
Top of the World - The Carpenters
‘Our song’ when OMiaS and I were first going out.
Symphony No. 40 - First Movement - Mozart
Please can the case contain Ed Cooke’s wonderful woodpecker mnemonic images? (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5qzjgz8RzlRr5B1jHMyfvgN/the-musical-memory-palace)
The score would be handy too because my musical memory’s poor, so seeing the music would help me tie-up the sound with the pictures.
Symphony No. 9 - Fourth Movement - Beethoven
The wonderful ‘Ode to Joy’. The first classical music I recall learning on the piano (highly simplified to beginner level!). Played rather more expertly by my aunt as I walked down the aisle with my brand new husband.
Only By Grace - Gerrit Gustafson
Sung at all the small shoe-dwellers’ baptisms.
Also tried to smuggle in but left floating in the water: ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’, ‘Memory’, ‘Empty Chairs and Empty Tables’, ‘The Fool on the Hill’, and anything from ‘Tell Me On a Sunday’ - I do like to be cheerful : )
If I have to keep only one, it’ll have to be Peer Gynt - it forms a major part of my survival plan.
Book - Les Miserables.
But I’ll need a dual-language copy, please - French on one page facing English on the other. I fear my A level French is far too rusty to cope otherwise!
Luxury - Magical Bookcase - 18,000 piece jigsaw - Colin Thompson
My stay on the island will be my only chance to have the time and space to complete it without causing divorce and/or murder.
The only problem is that I shall become so engrossed in the puzzle that I shall forget to listen to my music, eat, or sleep.
However, I shall put Grieg on repeat play and hope it attracts the attention of a passing boat or plane. I shall then speak nicely to the captain and arrange for regular food drops until the puzzle is complete. I couldn’t possibly leave the island and before it’s finished!
I've just looked back and seen that you allowed Seasider the whole of the Trout Quintet. So may I have the whole Peer Gynt, please?
ReplyDeleteHaydn, Beethoven and Mozart in full would be good too, but I might be pushing my luck now!
Thank you OWIAS! And of course you can have ALL of Peer Gynt...
DeleteFirst glance - love Sondheim, love The Carpenters & know a couple of the others. (I am blasting out the Greig as I type this!!)
Oops, I forgot to specify the first movement, but if as you say, OWIAS, we can get away with more...I was torn between the first and the fourth, which you have chosen. I love all those choices and might just go fishing to poach some of your extras.😉
DeleteMiriam, I hope you are alright today after your shock yesterday. Good to hear you had some support, and from a surprising quarter.
ReplyDeleteHere's the story.
ReplyDeleteIt was just after 7.00pm.
I had just cooked 2 lamb chops, roast pots, veg. gravy etc. which I took into the lounge, from the kitchen which overlooks the back. I was just starting to eat this, on a tray on my knees, whilst watching TV. I suddenly saw neighbours appear outside my lounge, waving frantically. I immediatly went out, to be told "Your back fence is on fire!"
I dashed through to the back of the house - to see just that. I had to fumble to find the key to open the garden door, whilst trying to put my trainers on.
My back garden fence was totally ablaze, with flames shooting up.
What a total shock!! but I could hear sirens.
The fire brigade then arrived - 2 fire engines (which I have only learnt), who quickly put my fence out, and a hedge, which was starting to burn.
It was awful. Another 5 mins, and my hedge would have been well alight.
It was a fire that started in a shed, in a neighbouring property whose garden is at a right angle to mine. This garden is lower than mine. The back end of my garden, is also the side end of their's...difficult to describe.
The fire brigade were brilliant.
It was such a shock to see how quickly this fire took hold, as 10 mins earlier, I saw nothing. I normally have a back window open, but not last night, so I didn't hear or smell anything.
I didn't sleep well, as all I could see were flames and also I had too much gin!!
On well, I will get new fencing, which I won't have to pay for.
I hope my "partially" burnt plants will survive,
It was scary, and I literally "shook" for an hour after.
At least it was just a shed and a garden, that was destroyed, not a home and no-one was hurt.
Come next Thursday, I will be banging my saucepan even louder, for the Chester Fire Brigade + the Police (who also appeared).
PS Cold lamb chop and the rest of my meal, was tasty, at about 9.00pm I could have put it in microwave, but couldn't be bothered - I just wanted food.
DeleteOWIAS.
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant DID selection.
I love the jigsaw idea, 18,000 pieces. I also enjoy jigsaws by Colin Thompson, but my limit is 1,000.
If we are on opposite sides, of the same island, can I hike over to help??
Only if you promise to remind me to eat and sleep from time to time.
DeleteSocial distancing won't be a problem - it's a BIG jigsaw and is bagged up in four sections.
Miriam, cook something nice tonight, as you say, you, your cat and everyone else is safe.
ReplyDeleteA turkey breast piece, is marinating in rapeseed oil, the juice + rind of a
Deleteof lemon, with garlic + mushrooms, "en papillote", and this is how it will be cooked. It will be served with pots, carrots, french beans, brocolli.
DeleteI will enjoy this meal far better than yesterday's.
OWIAS - Top of the world and Ode to joy - that's all you need on your joint path through life.
ReplyDeleteGary, as you said, it's only your choices now and you decide when.
ReplyDeleteI still don't even know how to begin! I might chicken out...
DeleteGary - don’t you dare! You’ve put us all through the agony, its your turn now, we won’t take no for an answer! 😡
DeleteMiriam, that’s awful. Yes, thank God nobody was hurt, but I can imagine it was an awful shock nevertheless. Hope you have a peaceful evening tonight. Can’t imagine what the neighbours were doing in their shed...
ReplyDeleteIt was just an incident, which affected both me, and my property.
DeleteThis is the best way, to understand it.
It will get sorted
Sounds like a nasty experience Miriam, I'm glad it was caught in time. You deserved those Scruff's....
DeleteWell Gary you have a lot to answer for by introducing us to Desert Island Discs Archersfan Style
ReplyDeleteWhen I was looking at UTube I caught out of the corner of my eye something about acrylic painting.
So of course I had to send off for paper and paintsh .
The days are not long enough now.
Mornings-the pond-don't ask!
Afternoons - painting and listening to our Desert Island Discs
Evenings-reading and falling asleep and perhaps watering the garden
Housework-forget it.
I have never been so busy.
The good news was that Mr LJ recognised what all my pictures were supposed to be.
The bad -or maybe good - news is that I have felt like treating myself at this time every evening to a G and T..
How about - Your 3 favourite films, and why they are so meaningful?
ReplyDeleteJust an idea, which I am sure GG can expand to something different....
I don't think I could do that. Perhaps another idea will evolve from this silly suggestion.
DeleteOWiaS - your DiD list - a list I would be proud to call my own! So many beautiful orchestral pieces and The Carpenters - perfect!
ReplyDeleteBut the very best thing ? Your 18000 piece jigsaw by Colin Thompson, I absolutely love his pictures on jigsaws and have 2 or 3 myself.
Didn’t know it was possible to get one of 18000 pieces, you’ll need a huge Jigsaw board for that!
Enjoy doing it!
Gary, you already suggested 5 films with one at the top.
ReplyDeleteI thought at first, me? films? I haven't seen/watched any in years, then I quickly wrote some down.
Anyway, you decide whether to go ahead and if you don't do your own DID it'll be our loss.
I thought we were going to do the films list too Basia!
DeleteI WILL do my DID list - just finding it extraordinarily difficult. (Like everyone else did!)
Apologies. I must have missed that. 😭
DeleteA quick extra. I now do not have 2/3 of fences, at the bottom of my garden, as these were totally burnt to cinders. All I have are the concrete posts, and some very burnt bits of wood.
ReplyDeleteI am more concerned about my plants - a lovely Blue-Bird hibiscus, a variegated choirsa, plus my priced plant, a standard azaela (quite rare and now about 4ft tall after 30 years) which produces wonderful pink + perfumed blooms, every year. It is not burnt, but very scorched, so I am not sure if it will survive. It is now irreplaceable, so I need to keep 🤞🤞🤞.
I wish I could send you all, a photo of it in full bloom, just a week ago. At least I have a photo of it in it's prime, which might be the last. It's wait + see for a year ahead.
I will be devasted, if this doesn't survive. 😣
DeleteI'm glad you are OK Miriam and hope that you will enjoy your nice new fence. I wonder how the fire in the shed started?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to listening to OWiaS choices. I find Send in the Clowns so emotional and beautiful.
It is a good choice by OWIAS, but that is my personal music taste, only..
DeleteSo far, OWiaS, listened to the Grieg & Ode to Joy - both wonderful, & just what we need!
ReplyDeleteMiriam, sorry about the fire drama. At least, not too much damage, hope you feel more settled today, but don't omit G & T tonight - a girl needs to keep her spirits up (both senses) in these challenging times for all of us !
Lanjan, please say a little more about the pond when you can bear to - I was hoping it would be fish ready by this evening...
No Scruff + T tonight! Just a small glass of white wine - I drank my whole week's alcohol limit, last night
DeleteAnd I knew it, this morning. 😀
DeleteOne thing I found difficult today, was talking to others, whilst stiil trying to keep social distancing. I hope I managed this.
DeleteMiriam - you told your tale so well, and your description of the position of the gardens was perfectly understandable to me.
ReplyDeleteYou must have been so ' shook up '. Fires are very frightening, but you seem to have taken it all in a most phlegmatic way, despite needing multiple G & Ts to recover your equilibrium.
Would it be worth you cutting back some of your azalea to enable it to recover.
The Royal Society are always happy to advise, and in your situation, its longevity and rarity, I would be inclined to ask.
I've 'travelled' today.
Hooray !
Daughter, G daughters and me, met up halfway between our homes and walked a three mile section of the Cotswold Way. Eldest GD drove with her L plates.
Very organised daughter and hers, brought flask, teabags and freshly baked shortbread which we consumed on Church bench prior to setting out on our walk.
Eldest granddaughter also brought me a box of goodies, fruit cake, vegetable soup and lemonade all made by her for me.
I may be pretty useless at looking after myself now, but I must have done something right all those years ago to have produced such progeny.
A really nice day.
Mrs P. Such a wonderful day. It just shows how well you are loved + respected, by your family. What a wonderful boost to you, both today and in the future. 🤗
DeleteWhat a grand day out MrsP! Let's hope there's many more where that came from...
DeleteI'm glad people like my DID selection : ) Archerphile, I'm expecting the island to be equipped with a suitably large, flat, windproof, and rainproof area upon which to place my little jigsaw.
ReplyDeleteMiriam, so glad to hear the fire got stopped so promptly.
Fingers crossed for all the plants.
My fingers are far from green but I would be inclined to take cuttings of everything in sight.
If, as you hope, the parent plants survive then you'll have lots of little babies to spread the beauty further. And if any of them don't make it, at least you'll have some healthy new offspring.
Plants are remarkably hardy creatures, so we'll hope for the best and look forward to reports of bumper blloms next year, particularly from the azalea.
🤞for the regeneration of your damaged plants Miriam.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fright you must have had so glad your bricks and mortar nor your good self
suffered damage or injury and your nerves were eventually calmed by G&T’s 😉
Did anyone else listen to D I D on R4 this morning ?
ReplyDeleteIrish girl with chondroplasmia I think its called ( dwarfism)
Anyway all strength to her.
My point being.....
When asked one of the questions about ' her' Island she remarked ' when the plane lands on my island '.
You would think that if you were invited as a subject for DID you would do some research wouldn't you.
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
I suppose a helicopter might make it given a reasonably sized grassy flat area or how about a Harrier, vintage now of course! I will never forget when Mike was stationed at Dartmouth, an over enthusiastic Harrier flew a bit too low and sliced the top off a large tree in the Captain’s garden! He was not amused!
DeleteWell, Miriam. I have had meals interrupted but usually by the phone or doorbell ringing but you take the prize. A full blown fire requiring two fire engines! I hope your azalea in particular survives. It sounds as if it might as it wasn’t totally destroyed so best of luck! Your meals are mouthwatering and I do admire your culinary skill! I managed roast pork with roasties, celeriac and parsnip mash, roast parsnip and carrots tonight followed by our favourite ice cream with sweet sherry. I’m going to do taste Tatiana in the week following a Fanny Craddock recipe. She did it way back in the sixties bossing Johnny around as usual, fluttering her false eyelashes! I made one at the time and we christened it Tatty Tart which it has remained in several incarnations ever since! Enough of food! Have put on a few pounds since lockdown not least because Katy is doing most of the dog walking!🐶🐶🐶🤭🥴
ReplyDeleteFlippin’ auto correction! Taste tatania should read Tarte tatin!
DeleteNow to my dying day it shall be known as a Tasty Tatania! 😀
DeleteWell, I’m just confused now because I spelt it differently from my auto correct but lovely you have a new title for it, Gary!!👏😊
DeleteI like Tatty Tart best - a seedy underworld scene springs to mind, ice cream dripping from lascivious lips.....
DeleteMiriam, l wrote a comment yesterday, but it disappeared!
ReplyDeleteIt was just to echo other comments about your terrifying experience the other day. I'm not surprised you felt the need for extra Scruff and T. Were you able to chat to any family afterwards to help offload? I suppose one way of looking at is that it was lucky it happened when it did, rather than the middle of the night, when the consequences could have been so much worse.
I hope your plants survive, and keep going with the Scruff ⚘
On the odd occasion I have heard Cabin Pressure I knew I recognised one o9f the voices but from where? Now somebody has given the cast list of course it's Chief Inspector Thursday from Endeavour! I keep meaning to take a note of CB but just never got round to it so I will now organise myself to record just in case I forget in future.
ReplyDeleteI didn't listen last night as I didn't have the radio on. I haven't listened again to any of the repeats I'm afraid. They couldn't have picked a more miserable lot of episodes in my view!
Instead I was on Whats app to eldest in Germany playing internet board games. He taught Jon and me three games new to us and we played one under training mode which he won, then a second one of each which Jon won. I may have led during the game but they pipped me at the post each time.
Right now to ring surgery to see if any progress has been made for treatment to resume as 'holding prescription' runs out on Friday!
Then hopefully planting more seeds and putting out runner beans from kitchen window to greenhouse outside, to begin hardening off.
Have a nice day everyone!
It helps if when you abbreviate you write the correct initial letters. I meant CP in line 3!
DeleteMiriam, I join everyone in saying I am relieved the fire was dealt with so quickly and I hope your lovely plants recover quickly.
ReplyDeleteDitto Miriam, bon courage à toi, must have been such a shock for you. We attacked the G&T last night in sympathy.
DeleteMemories of younger sister marching round the front room to the Hall of the Mountain King.......she was about 4....
ReplyDeleteMiriam that must have been a very frightening experience for you. I hope your plants aren't too badly scorched. I had a bonfire in the orchard once which was a bit too close to one of my favourite camellias and the leaves turned brown on one side but it did recover and I hope your azalea does too.
ReplyDeleteOWiaS I too had a difficult toss up about whether to include " Windmills of your Mind". The words are kind of compelling. Like your first choice very much will listen to the rest later.
Windmills would certainly be on my second list of D I D.
ReplyDeleteWas there on the very first, rather long, list.
So glad it’s now legal to go out for a car drive - we have had three gorgeous / stunning country drives with open windows. No stopping therefore zero contact with anyone. Mr R over the moon as he cannot walk far so can now see the world again 🤗
ReplyDeleteTomorrow he will follow up with the short walk he can do for the exercise (as he has been doing since the beginning of lockdown)
It is lovely to hear of your long-awaited outings, Mrs P and Lady R!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary, and I’m also pleased for you Mrs P 🤗
DeleteFrom the "bottom of my heart",
ReplyDeletemay I say a massive Big Thank-you, for all your kind messages. It has meant a lot - so a massive big group 🤗🤗
I have been clearing up today (so I am filthy dirty, so there will be a long soak in the bath soon).
I have cleared all the burnt debris away, chopped back and removed, all parts of the plants which were totally burnt. I have left a lot, though, as they might just survive + rejuvanate. If they don't, then more chopping back will be being done. I will stay patient. All is looking so much better.
As to claiming on an insurance policy, it is early days yet. I have just logged the incidence with my own house insurance, as I need to talk to the owner of the property, as to what his insurance co. will be prepared to do.
It will get sorted. I am in no rush, as no fence is better than the previous "tatty" one!
Whilst clearing up today, I came across big "splats" of something hard. It was the melted, plastic trellis, on which I grew sweet peas.
I have been so very lucky, though, as it was very scary at the time.
Again - Thank You All.
Miriam Xxxx
Bet you enjoyed that 🛀 Miriam - with your lovely jets in it if I remember correctly 🤔
DeleteYes, I have a jet bath.
DeleteWell rememberd. This will be used. 🛀
Tea is a simple one tonight, turkey chilli, with a baked pot + veg.but not sure what yet. 😂.
DeleteAt least my "lockdown" hair, is clean and re-styled.
I am looking forward to BBC2 soon, at 8.00pm - a look back at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, from previous years It will be so very fascinating (just like TA tonight!).
ReplyDeleteSo pleased you had a good drive Lady R.
ReplyDeleteIt's been very hard not moving out of my area, though I am so very fortunate in that I live in a most beautiful part of the country with stunning views. But in a way that is worse, because looking at the Welsh hills and mountains and longing to get closer is frustrating, so yesterday's drive was lovely.
But then listening to a report from Milan on the W@O today really brought home the plight of those in Italy, who have I think, had it worse than us.
Picked my first roses from the garden this evening.
Lady had another rabbit. A two to three pounder I'd say. She looks distinctly green about the gills !
Miriam- I hope you have a lovely bath this evening.
You deserve a medal as well for clearing up so much in one day.
Well done. And I'm sure some of your plants will rejuvenate, it couldn't be a better time of year to do so.
This week we are mostly eating - - broad beans.
ReplyDeleteLove broad beans. Don't see them very often.
ReplyDeleteThe drive out sounds lovely Lady R.
Gary - are you still working on your DID list? Can't wait to see them.
I grow aquadulce overwintering broad beans. The flowers are fading now so pods will be developing. I planted in late November. They are lovely eaten fresh from the garden and freeze well. I haven’t grown too many plants this year though as I need to free up most of my raised bed for runner beans, tomatoes and courgettes and this year also have dwarf blueberries in there. It is all quite new to me as the vegetable growing was Mike’s thing except for tomatoes which I love to grow! However I am learning and enjoying!🍅😊
DeleteWe used to grow broad beans, I absolutely love them, but gave up after years of battling against the blackfly that infest the plants!
DeleteI'm another broad been fan, I like shelling them and eating of course. Come to that like any beans of the large variety, some have very attractive pods and they taste great.
DeleteAnneveggie - I am still working on it. It's really difficult!
DeleteGary,, yes it is difficult but in a fun sort of way!
DeleteI'm sure some beers later on today will take the hard work out of it....
DeleteArcherfile, Last year the black fly was very bad but so far nothing this year. I did pinch the tops out but did that last year to no avail. They are pesky! It is awful when your careful tending of plants is in vain!
DeleteGary, maybe you should put your many choices in the hat and just draw out eight! I keep thinking of others I could have included. Didn’t even touch Carol King!
Yes, Mrs P, lockdown was very, very strict in Italy. Any exercise had to be within 200 metres of home, and taking a dog out had to be even closer than that. The police stopped my husband when he was 70 metres from home, checked his form and told him he was too far from the house although they didn't give him a fine.
ReplyDeleteOn May 3rd visiting family even outside one's own borough was allowed and yesterday lockdown was eased a little more and we no longer need a form and can also meet friends, with social distancing. We can't cross the border into another region until June 3rd however. Shops and cafés and hairdressers are allowed to open, with due precautions.
That was very strict Hilary, and you must be so relieved to have it reduced now.
DeleteAlthough they had very, very few deaths and a low infection rate in UAE, the lock down there was total. Our family in Dubai were not allowed outside the front door without first applying for a permit online. Even if they had to visit a doctor or get essential shopping they were likely to be stopped by police who demanded to see the permit. And you don’t mess with the police in Dubai! All schools and offices were closed, schools remain shut until September but their home schooling facilities are excellent.
My son was allowed back into his office, only on alternate days for short periods, last week. Unfortunately one of the other office staff has since tested positive for CV so now the office has to be deep cleaned and our son has to have a test too.
He hopes to have the result by the weekend.
It only proves that we always have to be "alert". I do hope the results are negative by which I mean a positive outcome, I always get confused. Dil's mother, who works in a hospital administration thought of being infected but wasn't as the test showed.
DeleteWe are now let out without a form, since 11th may. Really Short Hair!! The roots were so long I've taken the bold step towards "au naturel"... 😱
ReplyDeleteAnd why not? Discover the real colour of your hair, the smell of dyes puts me off.
DeleteYes, it’s the awful ammonia they seem to have in them. I was sent a sample of a hair colour sold at Holland & Barrett, ‘Naturecolour’ or somesuch name. It has no ammonia in it and therefore no unpleasant smell at all. It was a lovely ash blond colour ( my natural shade before going grey) and it worked beautifully & really conditioned my hair.
DeleteI must try it again sometime.
I hope our friends in Italy and France can enjoy more freedom in the weeks to come.
ReplyDeleteIt must be such a relief to be out in the fresh air.
Just writing this allows me to be grateful for what I have here in Gloucestershire.
Not to forget Archerphile family in Dubai. I hope your son gets a positive (negative) result Archerphile
🤞AP.
ReplyDeleteSalt & pepper & spiky on top!
Yes, we can get out & about, within 100k of home...
Had an enjoyable drive out in the MG yesterday, lovely.
Sounds great parsley - like being reborn 🌈 🤗 that’s how we felt!
DeleteSort of.. generally feeling stressed, trying to keep busy. Sticking to the local shop once a week, Leclerc Drive every 10 days or so. This is Ascension weekend, hot weather, folk seem to have lost their sense of prudence..
DeleteHad a nice day. This morning we had a food delivery from Medina who usually supply pubs and restaurants. Home delivery is going so well they hope to continue after the restrictions lift. It turns out that our delivery man is Trev who used to do DPD deliveries. I have this problem of not recognising people out of their usual surroundings and the vans are different! Apparently the condition has a name which I found out relatively recently. It can be embarrassing as people think you are standoffish! Anyway having established it was him we had a good social distance chat. He had delivered before and I thought he was unusually friendly!!!🤔🤭
ReplyDeleteThis afternoon my cleaner came back. Again we kept our distance but had a chat. It will be nice not to have to do my floors this week! This afternoon Katy’s birthday cake arrived. I had ordered it from a bakery in Shanklin and it is beautifully decorated and packaged and will keep for 10 days in the fridge. It’s her birthday on Thursdays and we will have a a takeaway Italian with Prosecco. Yum!😁🎉🧑🏻🍳
So pleased people are getting out and about again and having nice drives! We will see an end to this. Katy reckons like the Black Death it will burn itself out. She has however bought us each a face mask with filters which I will only wear when I have to. I do hate having my face covered! Enjoying the sunshine and hope you are too!🌞🌸🌻🦋
That should be Thursday as she isn’t allowed a birthday every week!
ReplyDelete🤣🤣🤣 - shame!
DeleteGreat to catch up and read all these lovely posts
ReplyDeleteI have no news today, you all will be pleased to hear 😁 😂
I am again, getting massive strange 'phone calls,(6 today) coming onto my land-line. I pick up, say nothing, then it clicks off.
ReplyDeleteThe scammers are targetting me again.
Sadly these are from abroad, so I can't block them.
I today, looked at my supermarket spends, for the last 4 weeks. It looks awful, but it actually is not, in fact better. I now do a big shop, just once a week, in a major supermarket, and that is all.
ReplyDeletePreviously, I would go out and about, visiting and shopping in various different places, buying treats + extras etc.
This does not now happen.
My "treat" on my shopping trip today, was a bottle of the lovely Pinot Grigio (from the Trentino region of Italy) which I discovered, (and mentioned) a few weeks ago.
It was on "special offer"..
I saw the Beluga, fly over my home today, for the first time in 7 weeks. My thought is to
ReplyDeleteArcherphile - is Aerospace starting again? I am sure that you might know, as your son is now, it seems, back into work.
It was a lovely sight, to see it again, as it felt that normality, is slowly starting again.
This goes along with a niece moving home, on Thursday.
I just hope, the sale of next door, is progressing just as quickly.🤞 He was so lovely, with the fire problem. It is her.who I have problem with, sadly.
DeleteYes Miriam, Airbus have been back in production for a few weeks now after a major réorganisation at the assembly plant in Toulouse to protect staff.
DeleteBut, due to
having so many planes completed and awaiting delivery , production is reduced to about 50% of normal.
Also the
second BelugaSL is now flying so there should be two of them going backwards & forwards.
Airlines are just not wanting to buy new planes at the moment, making our sons job very difficult, but he’s hoping things will pick up by next year.
And our son has been working throughout the lockdown, but from home and via Zoom conferences. He says he can actually get much more done at home and the office being closed was not too
Deletemuch of a problem. But it is so much easier to hold meetings face to face than via a computer screen, so goes in to see colleagues (at a distance) once or twice a week.
Thank you Archerphile for the update. I was just so pleased to see that iconic plane, flying over again, but sadly it was not a Super new SL.
ReplyDeleteWhy Am I Still Waiting....for the DID list, from GG - the wonderful administrator of this site??
ReplyDeleteI am waiting - in eager - and total anticipitation.
GG Please reveal All...😁😂🤣
Not All, Gary! The world isn’t ready for that! 😉
DeleteIt's only been 2 days since OWIAS posted her list - give me a chance!
Delete(Typed the King of Procrastination....)
Whilst waiting for GG's list for his DID choices I am posting other choices which did not make the 'A' list on my original post and also, I have not seen, on other DID choices.
ReplyDeleteThese are, in no particular order:-
Crocodile Rock - Elton John.
Bach - Tocatto + Fugue for the organ.
Warsaw Concerto, as on the piano.
Bizet - "Forandole" from the L'Arlesienne Suite
William Tell Overture - played by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
Forgot....
DeleteDusty Springfield singing,
"You Don't have to say, You Love Me."
Ev (4.01)
ReplyDeleteProsopagnosia, also known as face blindness (easier to spell!)
Have you tried the Cambridge Face Memory Test?
It's also worth looking up apantasia.
It's all a fascinating subject - at least, it is to some of us. Others in this blog got rather bored last time when we discussed it for too long so I shall shut up.
(But it probably helps explain why so many of my DIDs feature words rather than being purely instrumental.)
OWIAS.
DeleteYour DID list was just brilliant, and I trully loved it.
✔✔🤗.
Who could not like:-
DeleteHaydn's Creation.
Peer Gynt Suite.
Beethoven Symphony No.9.
The Carpenters.
These were great choices.