@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Likely to get more heavy showers here today.

Moonie, good luck for your team this evening

I hope everyone has a good team

Thanks El

Good morning everyone

An overcast start to the day here. The forecast is, light showers changing to cloudy by lunchtime

I’m not planning on doing much today. Perhaps a little shopping later

Have a lovely Friday everyone

Short clip of a couple of pieces of music by François Couperin (1668-1733).
The two instruments used are unlikely to be ones you have ever seen before.
The one on the left is a jamba, looks a bit like a double bass but has more strings. The one on the right is a theorbe, looks a bit like a very long guitar but lots of strings,

Evening all Sunshine and showers until teatime, then thunderstorms.

Moonie, did you get your washing dried today?

El, that theorbe is a strange looking instrument.

I hope everyone has had a good day

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all Sunshine and showers until teatime, then thunderstorms.

Moonie, did you get your washing dried today?

El, that theorbe is a strange looking instrument.

I hope everyone has had a good day

Hi Yogi

I finally managed to catch you

I managed two washes and dried both

My day was good fankoo, I hope yours was too

El, I actually saw the theorbe on a tv ad. I can’t remember what it was for now though

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi

I finally managed to catch you

I managed two washes and dried both

My day was good fankoo, I hope yours was too

Well done on getting your washing dried. Due to the showers, mine had to go into the tumble dryer.

Glad your day was good

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, El and Ros

Hug for the night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Well done on getting your washing dried. Due to the showers, mine had to go into the tumble dryer.

Glad your day was good

Fankoo, it was lovely to be able to dry my washing outside. It all soft and squishy now

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

@El Loro posted:

Short clip of a couple of pieces of music by François Couperin (1668-1733).
The two instruments used are unlikely to be ones you have ever seen before.
The one on the left is a jamba, looks a bit like a double bass but has more strings. The one on the right is a theorbe, looks a bit like a very long guitar but lots of strings,

loved that EL - quite an unusual sound - not heard of a  theorbe  but it sounded lovely

night yogi moonsieee EL

Good morning everyone it's a day of sunny intervals today. I don't think we had a drop of rain yesterday despite the forecast.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Sunny at present, band of rain forecast later.

Although the poster of that Youtube clip described it as a theorbe it should have been a theorbo. Some have described it as the giraffe of instruments

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Sunny at present, band of rain forecast later.

Although the poster of that Youtube clip described it as a theorbe it should have been a theorbo. Some have described it as the giraffe of instruments

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

Dry and breezy with bursts of sunshine but rain forecast for later

I can’t see me drying much washing today

Have an enjoyable weekend everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good morning everyone

Dry and breezy with bursts of sunshine but rain forecast for later

I can’t see me drying much washing today

Have an enjoyable weekend everyone

Good luck with trying to get your washing dry, Moonie

@El Loro posted:

Good luck with trying to get your washing dry, Moonie

That is El

I managed to get all my washing dry El and just in time too as I felt a few spots of rain in the air

@Moonie posted:

I managed to get all my washing dry El and just in time too as I felt a few spots of rain in the air

Well timed, Moonie

@El Loro posted:

Well timed, Moonie

Thanks El

It's been raining here for the last hour

We have had rain on and off here too El

The theremin instrument is very different to the theorbo. That's the strange electronic instrument invented by Leon Theremin in the 1920s and produces a sound without being touched.
Lots of clips on Youtube showing a theremin being played. I haven't found any which are worth watching other than as a gimmick.

A film poser:
What connects "Spellbound" (1945), "The Paradine Case" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "Vertigo" (1958) ?

If that's too easy for you here's another poser:
What connects "Spellbound" (1945), "The Paradine Case" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "Vertigo" (1958) and no other film ?

@El Loro posted:

A film poser:
What connects "Spellbound" (1945), "The Paradine Case" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "Vertigo" (1958) ?

If that's too easy for you here's another poser:
What connects "Spellbound" (1945), "The Paradine Case" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "Vertigo" (1958) and no other film ?

Is stumped, even by the ‘easy’ one

@Moonie posted:

Is stumped, even by the ‘easy’ one

If you did a Google search on those 4 films the 'easy' connection would become clear

The answer to the harder part of my film poser in invisible text:
It's to do with Hitchcock's cameo appearances in those films. He is carrying a musical instrument case in them. "Spellbound" a violin case, "The Paradine Case" a cello case, "Stranger on a Train" a double base case, and "Vertigo" a trumpet case.

@El Loro posted:

The answer to the harder part of my film poser in invisible text:
It's to do with Hitchcock's cameo appearances in those films. He is carrying a musical instrument case in them. "Spellbound" a violin case, "The Paradine Case" a cello case, "Stranger on a Train" a double base case, and "Vertigo" a trumpet case.

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

night moonsieee EL yogi

Good morning everyone it looks like it will be a wet morning with a drier afternoon.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here and showers in the area today.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

Surprise, surprise, it’s raining here

The weather forecast is, heavy rain changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon. That sounds a little more promising

Nothing planned for today

Have a nice day everyone

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

night moonsiee EL yogi

Good morning everyone it's another wet day to come drying up towards evening.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here and more rain expected today. Forecast to become more settled from tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

Its a cold, breezy and overcast start to the day here. The forecast is, light rain changing to cloudy by lunchtime

Nothing planned for today as I have to wait in for a parcel collection

I hope you all have a lovely day

Moonie, I hope you don't have to wait all day for your parcel to arrive