Good morning everyone

Very warm and sunny here. There are rumours that Donner und Blitzen will be around tonight and tomorrow.

Yogi, I'm glad you had a great day with PB and BB

The BBC Store couldn't compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime whish is why they decided to pull the plug.

Ros, I hope your rehearsals for the St Cecilia Mass are going well For those who don't know, Charles Gounod wrote it in homage of St Cecilia who is the patron saint of music.

I hope everyone has a good day

Squiggle, at least it does cool down over the weekend  Your fan must be doing overtime

Even with the ceiling fan going all night it was uncomfortable EL.  How did you cope?

Squiggle, not too bad. I had already changed the duvet to a thinner one as I knew that it was getting warmer.

Good morning everyone.

The sun is shining and we are expecting 25 degrees.

Squiggle, I had the windows open, the bedroom door open and the ceiling fan on - and it was still very warm.

El, it's a shame about BBC Store closing down. I had bought a couple of series which aren't available on DVD.

Gardening this morning, then a visit to Costco.

Have a good day everyone.

Squiggle and Yogi, the BBC says that it will continue to find new ways of making its archive content available outside the BBC store.

I suppose it's possible that the new Amazon TV channel section could be one. That's only just been launched and there's not a lot of channels there at present. ITV Hub, Discovery and Eurosport are the best known so far. But it's a Prime service so there's that annual fee besides the cost of the programmes. Fine if you use Amazon quite a lot but not so good for casual use.

Good afternoon I'm having a picnic lunch outside! I hope you're all keeping cool and well hydrated  

*leaves ices for squiggle*

The south pole of Jupiter as you've never seen before:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-40053527

Wow that's absolutely stunning!

Evening swelterers I've had one of the busiest days ever at work, but I'm enjoying the warmth  

i hope you're all having a relaxing & cooler evening 

Hi Summer, I was in the Gogglebox thread.

I hope you are able to relax this weekend, after your busy week.

I'm off to watch another episode of a Finnish crime drama I found on Netflix - if I can remember the name of it.

Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Hugs for the night owls;

Good job Netflix save these things automatically enjoy! 

Sweet dreams yogi I won't befar behind you 

~Sweet Summer~ posted:

Good job Netflix save these things automatically enjoy! 

Sweet dreams yogi I won't befar behind you 

 Netflix had saved it in my list. It's called Border Town.

Good morning everyone.

The sun is shining, although it's not to get as warm as yesterday.

Middle son will be visiting later.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

There's been a bit of rain here, there's quite a lot of sunshine and not quite as warm as yesterday.

Yogi, one of the new Amazon channels is called Nordic Noir and beyond, you might want to look out for it:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref...-4&pf_rd_t=12806

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, much cooler this morning with quite a fresh breeze

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, I hope you had a more comfortable night

On Sunday 14th I posted about a baby being dedicated to God in church. I said that I didn't know where the family came from and said somewhere like Malaysia. After the service they provided some food which I've since found out was Nepalese (I miseed out on any) and that the baby girl's name is a Cheyenne name.

It was still very hot EL and I found myself unable to drop off until well after midnight when it finally began to cool down.  Trouble is my bedroom window faces West!

Squiggle, I hope you get a better night's sleep tonight as it's a bit cooler and cloudier

Good afternoon Buddies  

Hope everyone is well 

Its been very hot and humid here but much cooler today. The odd shower but nothing to write home about 

Have a great weekend everyone  

Hi Moonie

All is well here, The weather's been much the same here as for you. It's tomorrow afternoon through to Monday morning where there could be quite a lot of rain here.

El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Very warm and sunny here. There are rumours that Donner und Blitzen will be around tonight and tomorrow.

 

Yogi, I'm glad you had a great day with PB and BB

 

The BBC Store couldn't compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime whish is why they decided to pull the plug.

 

Ros, I hope your rehearsals for the St Cecilia Mass are going well For those who don't know, Charles Gounod wrote it in homage of St Cecilia who is the patron saint of music.

 

I hope everyone has a good day

aaww thank you EL - yes rehearsals going well - doing some other stuff as well - some weeks we are  better than others

night yogi   EL moons ( lovely to see you) summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone

Fairly bright here and not as hot as recently - a thoroughly wet night tonight is forecast.

Ros, I'm glad your rehearsals are going well. I know what you mean when some weeks are better than others. At our church the deputy organist has a noticeably slower tempo than the other - andante (slowish) v vivace (lively) so the choir can get caught out particularly if one organist does the choir practice and the other the services. There have been times where I think the main organist wants to go somewhere straight after the service as he can go presto (very quick) (I've put the meanings of the musical terms in brackets for the benefit of the others as you would know what I mean anyway).

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning, Buddies.

Weather is cloudy up here.

I had family visitors last night, hence my absence.

Squiggle, I hope you are cooler today.

El, when I hear the word presto, I always hear Sophia Loren singing, "Presto, presto, do your very besto" from the film Houseboat.

Good to see you, Moonie.

Have a good day everyone.

Yogi, I think of magicians waving a magic wand and saying "Hey Presto!"

I hope you had a nice time with your family visitors

Good morning everyone, much cooler and fresher this morning, much more comfortable and I was able to sleep very well.  I hope everyone else who has been struggling with the hot nights also had a comfortable night's sleep.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good, just about morning, everyone

Lovely and sunny here again. Not to warm yet though

Just back from the park. Mum and 8 cygnets are on the large island in the big pool resting from the sun

Dad  is doing his usual, hunting down any goose that dares to venture onto "his" pool

Have a lovely day friends

Squiggle, I'm glad you had a much more comfortable night

Moonie, I'm glad your swan family are doing well

El Loro posted:

Squiggle, I'm glad you had a much more comfortable night

 

Moonie, I'm glad your swan family are doing well

Fankoooo El

Yogi, as you like noir television and films you might be interested in this. The Talking Pictures tv channel is showing Lady of Deceipt on Tuesday at noon. It's a 1947 black and white film which has been shown on television before. It's directed by Robert Wise but is far far removed from his Sound of Music and West Side Story. It is ultra noir. It's also known as Born to Kill. It was originally classified as A but I think it's closer to a 12 nowadays as it's so dark. It's certainlly not suitable for young children.

Two of my favourite hymn tunes were sung today at church:

The music "Slane" from an Irish folksong is also used for the hymn "Be Thou My Vision".

The music "Sine Nomine" was written for this hymn by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Evening all

We visited my parents today, then eldest son popped in for a visit.

El, thank you for the heads up about the film. Sadly, I'm going to a funeral on Tuesday and doubt I'll be able to watch it.

Lovely hymns.

Moonie, do you have any new swan videos?

Goodnight and sweet dreams. Hugs for the night owls.

El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Fairly bright here and not as hot as recently - a thoroughly wet night tonight is forecast.

 

Ros, I'm glad your rehearsals are going well. I know what you mean when some weeks are better than others. At our church the deputy organist has a noticeably slower tempo than the other - andante (slowish) v vivace (lively) so the choir can get caught out particularly if one organist does the choir practice and the other the services. There have been times where I think the main organist wants to go somewhere straight after the service as he can go presto (very quick) (I've put the meanings of the musical terms in brackets for the benefit of the others as you would know what I mean anyway).

 

I hope everyone has a good day

yes EL know exactly  what you mean choirs are very dependent on how they are conducted.

El Loro posted:

Two of my favourite hymn tunes were sung today at church:

The music "Slane" from an Irish folksong is also used for the hymn "Be Thou My Vision".

 

The music "Sine Nomine" was written for this hymn by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

aww love the top hymn as well and we have sung stuff by Vaughan Williams in choir

night yogi and summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone

Very overcast and rain is likely.

Yogi, I hope the funeral you are going to tomorrow goes well. I remember you saying that your recording device doesn't inlcude the Talking Pictures channel. It's likely that they will show the film again sometime though it's not on their schedule again for the following two weeks.

Ros, with a nod to Summer, here's Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols:

Of to see the Hereford client this morning (it's a convenient time for them even though it's a bank holiday).

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, I hope everyone's Bank Holiday is going well.  I hope your client meeting goes smoothly EL and that you get to enjoy some leisure time today.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning, everyone.

Rain is expected here today.

Thank you, El.

You remembered correctly. I don't have the Talking Pictures channel on the Virgin TiVo boxes, only on the Freeview boxes which don't have a record function.

Have a good day, everyone.