night yogi ( lovely seeing your son and DIL after such a long time) moonsieee EL

Good morning everyone it's a sunny day ahead according to the forecast.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

A sunny and warm day here.

Yogi, nice for you to have a bit of a family reunion

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

A cool breezy start to the day here. The sun is beginning to burn away the cloud now though. A high of 22° expected today

Enjoy your Sunday everyone

Take my political comments with a pinch of salt. I've been to Iona Abbey probs along with Yogi. It's a surreal place   

Full credit to John Smith MP for knowing it     

I don't need to tell ye all to take care     

Velvet, John Smith was a good man

He was     

I have just been outside. The air temperature is cool but it’s beginning to warm up now the sun is shining

@Moonie posted:

I have just been outside. The air temperature is cool but it’s beginning to warm up now the sun is shining

Not bad here either       

@velvet donkey posted:

Not bad here either       

Good morning Velvet

I hope all is well with you and your family

Its nice to have some decent weather for a change, isn’t it?

@Moonie posted:

Good morning Velvet

I hope all is well with you and your family

Its nice to have some decent weather for a change, isn’t it?

Spring never arrived here Moons. Total wipeout.

It's sunny today but I don't see any swallows       

@velvet donkey posted:

Spring never arrived here Moons. Total wipeout.

It's sunny today but I don't see any swallows       

They will be with you soon Velvet

From book 1 of Aristotle's "The Nicomachean Ethics ":
“one swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy”.
In case you ever wondered where the saying came from

@El Loro posted:

From book 1 of Aristotle's "The Nicomachean Ethics ":
“one swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy”.
In case you ever wondered where the saying came from

I have to say, I for one didn’t know El

Many many years ago there was a woman who came to our church - her name was Iris Tottle. That's true, I'm not making this up

@El Loro posted:

Many many years ago there was a woman who came to our church - her name was Iris Tottle. That's true, I'm not making this up

It’s rather warm here now but with a nice cool breeze

Channel hopping and heard this on Songs of Praise though the clip is audio only:

Evening all

A lovely sunny day - very warm in the middle of the day so I sat on our garden bench which was in the shade.

We got an unexpected visit from eldest son and the tiddlers- we reckon son was trying to get Brownie points by giving DiL some chill out time.
BB built a den in the garden, using interlocking foam mats that we used to put around the slide when they were small. Every now and then, he’d knock it down and out would go the call, “Granny can you help me please!”. He needed help to put the roof on,😄 PB was engrossed in a game on her phone - sign of things to come.

I agree gents, John Smith was a good man.

I hope you’ve all had a good day.

@El Loro posted:

Channel hopping and heard this on Songs of Praise though the clip is audio only:

Very different from the version I sang at school but absolutely beautiful.

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all

A lovely sunny day - very warm in the middle of the day so I sat on our garden bench which was in the shade.

We got an unexpected visit from eldest son and the tiddlers- we reckon son was trying to get Brownie points by giving DiL some chill out time.
BB built a den in the garden, using interlocking foam mats that we used to put around the slide when they were small. Every now and then, he’d knock it down and out would go the call, “Granny can you help me please!”. He needed help to put the roof on,😄 PB was engrossed in a game on her phone - sign of things to come.

I agree gents, John Smith was a good man.

I hope you’ve all had a good day.

Hi Yogi

A great day here too

🤣🤣🤣 still it was an unexpected pleasure to see the little ones and your eldest, of course 😉

That’s lovely to ask Granny for help 🤗😄

That sounds about right re PB and the phone 🤣🤣🤣

My day has been good fankoo and I can see yours has too

Hi Moonie

It was great to see the three of them

I’m glad your day has been good too

@Yogi19 posted:

Hi Moonie

It was great to see the three of them

I’m glad your day has been good too

Fankoo

What are you watching tonight?

@Yogi19 posted:

What are you watching tonight?

I have ‘Vera’ on

@Moonie posted:

I have ‘Vera’ on

Much better than that French crime drama I gave up on

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, El, Velvet and Ros

@Yogi19 posted:

Much better than that French crime drama I gave up on

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, El, Velvet and Ros

I have seen it several before times but can never remember ‘who did it’

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Rosss, Yogi and Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Channel hopping and heard this on Songs of Praise though the clip is audio only:

have sung this version with choir 1 pre covid loved this version EL

night yogi moonsie EL velvet

Good morning everyone it's another sunny day to come.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here at present, expected to be sunny with a high of 24°.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Yogi19 posted:

Very different from the version I sang at school but absolutely beautiful.

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

have sung this version with choir 1 pre covid loved this version EL

Although this version of "Ave Maria" was ascribed to Giulio Caccini, that's not the case. Caccini lived from 1551 to 1618. It was actually by Vladimir Vavilov who published it in 1970 as anonymous.

I don't like Ave Maria El       

It's an instant  switch off.

There's a full catalogue.

@velvet donkey posted:

I don't like Ave Maria El       

It's an instant  switch off.

There's a full catalogue.

There's quite a lot of versions by composers and many interpretations of those over the years. What should be deeply spiritual for Roman Catholics in particular can become sugary and sentimental.

Good afternoon everyone

Quite a pleasant day here. Not to hot as yet

I’ve mowed three of my smaller lawns. Just the big one to do but that will have to wait until tomorrow cause I am worn out

I hope you all enjoy today

Well done on your lawn mowing, Moonie

Thanks El

Alexandre Dumas was best known for "The Three Musketeers" series of books and "The Count of Monte Cristo".  He wrote others.
For instance "Le Meneur de Loups"/"The Wolf Leader" which was one of the first books about a were-wolf.

He also wrote a revision of Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which was used as a basis for Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker".

@El Loro posted:

Alexandre Dumas was best known for "The Three Musketeers" series of books and "The Count of Monte Cristo".  He wrote others.
For instance "Le Meneur de Loups"/"The Wolf Leader" which was one of the first books about a were-wolf.

He also wrote a revision of Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which was used as a basis for Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker".

You are a mind of information El