Lizzie, I think you’ll only read the satnav if it’s on your knees, if not you will have to either tip your head back, which brought on head aches for me, or lift the glasses. You get a very small reading bit in the varifocals.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Far too many choices to pick a favorite painting, I just need to keep looking which is a good excuse for more museum and gallery visits
Recent highlights included a new artist for me - Rachel Ruysch. Fabulous flower paintings which she sold for higher prices than Rembrandt ever managed! Also saw one of Arcimboldo's incredible fruit portraits and some Bosch in the same exhibition. A huge contrast to all those other dull portraits and allegorical classical scenes.
Saw the Dali Christ in Glasgow last month again for the first time in decades, very controversial purchase in its day now seen as a very shrewd move.
Back to more mundane stuff here - gorgeous, still, sunny mornng and I appear to have a shivery bug and need to stay tucked up warm. Bums.
I can see our satnav screen Busy and it has a handy zoom for when we're close to somewhere we don't know but I can't read the clock or temperature on that screen at night. Hope your new glasses help but, like Lyn, I doubt varifocals will help with the satnav. We turn off the voice on ours because a) she thinks we need telling 3 times and b) English computer voice pronunciation of French names has us rolling in the aisles or going "What?" and missing the turn.
I suspect Stollen would make great bread and butter pudding Pat, as do Panettone and brioche. You'd have to do more than 6000 steps tho........
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Hello again ... I'm back from the city with shorter hair, nice bread, pork chops, cinnamon sticks, a lump of ginger and some proper Fenland celery (with root). My laptop still refuses to play ball ... I may have to take it to Wonky's Lovely Hub for a sort out ... in the meantime I'm borrowing OH's laptop occasionally ... I'll probably get a lot more knitting done too ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Saw the Dali Christ in Glasgow last month again for the first time in decades, very controversial purchase in its day now seen as a very shrewd move.
It's stunning, isn't it steephill? It's original position on that stairwell was a stroke of genius - if it was planned! I don't know if they have it back there? I don't think I could pick a single painting. Sometimes, something just resonates with you, but it's like music - one day a piece suits your mood, and the next day a different one does. Last Sunday I decided I wanted to listen to a particular track because of the occasion, and because I hadn't heard it for a while. Not sure how familiar anyone here is with it. It's the closing track of S&G's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme : 7 o'clock News/ Silent Night/. For a change, not penned by Paul Simon, but one of the most moving and thought provoking things they ever recorded. Perhaps Mr Trump should take a listen... Spent a few hours listening to lots more P.Simon solo stuff, and recalling many hours with my sister, her guitar, and his songbook, while she learned to play Kathy's Song, April, Come She Will and The Boxer [ which we were discussing recently] She never quite mastered the clawhammer, but we enjoyed singing so many of his songs, especially the early stuff, and of course attempting to do Joni's, and generally failing miserably! Happy days
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The Boxe, such a beautiful song, they played it right through the first ever film they showed when the AIDS epidemic was first discovered.
Lizzie, I wonder if our paths crossed in the Tate Gallery, I used to go on Sundays most weeks, the Tate opened in the mornings, then we would walk to the National for the afternoon.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
He's written so much fantastic stuff Lyn, and many people only know the 'famous' songs, and not all the other album tracks etc. which is a shame. He'll leave a helluva legacy when he goes. I meant to tell you, and completely forgot - apologies. There was a Joan Baez thing on Sky the other night , celebrating her 75th Birthday. It was very enjoyable. I know you're a big fan. Shelooks and still sounds, fabulous. Mr Simon was on it too. Joni was also 75 this year, but she's been very ill, and I found it quite upsetting watching some of the footage.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’ve got a few Joan Baez programmes recorded, could never delete, the documentary, the 75th birthday and another think it’s called Joan and friends. Got all the LP’s and now on CD’s She was my role model in the 60’s my hair was like hers and I would strut along with my guitar over my shoulder, 😀. She’s 77 now, the birthday bash was 2 years ago, but often repeated on Sky Arts.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Ah - I did wonder Lyn. I thought she was slightly older than Joni, but wasn't sure. I did the same - collecting everything on CD, but I wish I'd kept all my vinyl - you can get turntables quite easily now. Nothing quite like all the little crackles and flaws on it! My friend at school loaned us her copy of Blue, and there was a little scratch right at the very end of the final track. It always lent something very atmospheric to it - as though it was planned. I think it should have been added to every copy
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Recent highlights included a new artist for me - Rachel Ruysch. Fabulous flower paintings which she sold for higher prices than Rembrandt ever managed! Also saw one of Arcimboldo's incredible fruit portraits and some Bosch in the same exhibition. A huge contrast to all those other dull portraits and allegorical classical scenes.
Saw the Dali Christ in Glasgow last month again for the first time in decades, very controversial purchase in its day now seen as a very shrewd move.
I can see our satnav screen Busy and it has a handy zoom for when we're close to somewhere we don't know but I can't read the clock or temperature on that screen at night. Hope your new glasses help but, like Lyn, I doubt varifocals will help with the satnav. We turn off the voice on ours because a) she thinks we need telling 3 times and b) English computer voice pronunciation of French names has us rolling in the aisles or going "What?" and missing the turn.
I suspect Stollen would make great bread and butter pudding Pat, as do Panettone and brioche. You'd have to do more than 6000 steps tho........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't think I could pick a single painting. Sometimes, something just resonates with you, but it's like music - one day a piece suits your mood, and the next day a different one does. Last Sunday I decided I wanted to listen to a particular track because of the occasion, and because I hadn't heard it for a while. Not sure how familiar anyone here is with it. It's the closing track of S&G's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme : 7 o'clock News/ Silent Night/. For a change, not penned by Paul Simon, but one of the most moving and thought provoking things they ever recorded. Perhaps Mr Trump should take a listen...
Spent a few hours listening to lots more P.Simon solo stuff, and recalling many hours with my sister, her guitar, and his songbook, while she learned to play Kathy's Song, April, Come She Will and The Boxer [ which we were discussing recently] She never quite mastered the clawhammer, but we enjoyed singing so many of his songs, especially the early stuff, and of course attempting to do Joni's, and generally failing miserably! Happy days
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Lizzie, I wonder if our paths crossed in the Tate Gallery, I used to go on Sundays most weeks, the Tate opened in the mornings, then we would walk to the National for the afternoon.
I meant to tell you, and completely forgot - apologies. There was a Joan Baez thing on Sky the other night , celebrating her 75th Birthday. It was very enjoyable. I know you're a big fan. Shelooks and still sounds, fabulous. Mr Simon was on it too. Joni was also 75 this year, but she's been very ill, and I found it quite upsetting watching some of the footage.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Agree re the Dali painting in it's original position in Kelvingrove.
Got all the LP’s and now on CD’s
She was my role model in the 60’s my hair was like hers and I would strut along with my guitar over my shoulder, 😀. She’s 77 now, the birthday bash was 2 years ago, but often repeated on Sky Arts.
I did the same - collecting everything on CD, but I wish I'd kept all my vinyl - you can get turntables quite easily now. Nothing quite like all the little crackles and flaws on it! My friend at school loaned us her copy of Blue, and there was a little scratch right at the very end of the final track. It always lent something very atmospheric to it - as though it was planned. I think it should have been added to every copy
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...