hehehehehehe!!! skylark i hope you're having a wonderful birthday xxx

       


Thank you El apologies, I'm tired and have brain frazzle

Night everyone Skylark I hope you've had a good day, Summer hope your head doesn't hurt too much in the morning

Goodnight Squiggle, sleep well.

Not at all squiggle, 3 glasses is my limit, ice a belly full of food and on the water now, my body has an automatic stop limit Sweet dreams I hope you're latest book is enjoyable

Smart cookie, good for you.

Happy Birthday Skylark  

 

Hope you've had a smashing day  

 

Lol thank you How is your weekend going yogi?

Skylark, hope you've had a great birthday.

Off to read my book, I want to finish it tonight.

Big hugs for the night owls.

Hi Yogi and Sweet   

 

Hope you're enjoying your Saturday evenings  

Night Yogi  

You just caught me, Summer.

My middle son came to visit today and the eldest one is coming tomorrow, so it's a family weekend. Washing out the greenhouse tomorrow and settling everything down for the winter.

Enjoy the rest of your evening and speak to you tomorrow.

You caught me, Velvet.

I've had a lovely evening thanks, hope you have too.

See you tomorrow.

 

Happy birthday Skylark hope you had  a lovely day

hi velvet and summer

 

night yogi

Aw that sounds lovely yogi, I'm glad you're having a good weekend. Hope you're book has a good ending, sweet dreams Evening velvet its been a great evening so far, how's yours going?

Hi Ros and Sweet   

 

Fine evening Sweet thanks after a wee nap.

 

About to get on my stepper   and watch the boxing 

Hi velvet

Stepper..? As in exercise machine?!

Yep.

 

40 mins 

Good morning everyone

 

It's a lovely sunny morning here, but colder than recently.

 

It's probably just a coincidence that two adverts shown recently have used the same idea, but quite strange. The first one is the full length version and I think it's better than the second:

Good morning everyone.  I agree EL I prefer the first clip, its amazing that that guy can get that beautiful sound from glasses like that, and he is so quick.

 

Summer I am glad your head won't be hurting this morning, a very sensible attitude Skylark hope you are feeling better this morning. That sounds quite a job washing out the greenhouse Yogi, do you pull all the plants out and use the hose or do it by hand with a bucket and sponge (you can tell I've never had a greenhouse ) A quick hi to Ros and Velvet

 

Have a good day everyone.

Morning xx 

Thanks SO much for your birthday wishes, very kind and thoughtful  
Was up at my daughter,s most of the day and my granddaughter  put on a singing dancing show for me !  She isnt shy and was giving it her all ! 
My sister,s 50th birthday today, we are all meeting up for lunch. Its all go !! 
Have a lovely day and thanks again  

Skylark, I hope your sister has a happy 50th today and the family has a nice lunch

Hello everyone. Another chilly and bright day up here.

Glad you had a nice birthday Skylark, and wish your sister a Happy 50th Birthday too.

Squiggle, it's a sponge and bucket job in the greenhouse. I may postpone it until tomorrow as eldest son fancies a wander round the garden centres. They have lots of Christmas goodies in now, so it should be fun.

El, lovely clips. Who would have thought such lovely music could come from some glasses?

Summer, hope you are feeling bright and breezy this morning.

Velvet, 40 minutes on the stepper deserves a , well done you.

good afternoon from a sunny field in the countryside It's a beautiful day so we've come out walking, just stopped for a lunch picnic Hope you're all having a lovely day, will pop in later

Summer, that's nice - a perfect autumn day for a walk in the countryside.

 

Yogi, the man in the Skoda advert apparently is Petr Spatina.

 

Just as gifted is Robert Tiso who has released an album.

 

This is Bach's Toccata and fugue in D minor. Toccata comes from the Italian word for touch and in music is generally used for a very rapid piece of music for a virtuoso performer written for the performer to demonstrate their skill.

and then there's this: Pachebel's Canon in D major

Although the Canon is very impressive, it is easier than the Toccata as a canon consists of a piece of music starting, then a few bars later whilst it is playing a second person joins in with the same music starting from the begiining, and they in turn are joined by a third. There is a fourth person called the basso continuo who is playing during this but a different score effectively providing the backing to the three people. So in this case, Tiso is probably only playing twice with the main theme being played 3 times at different intervals.

A similar concept was used before Pachebel wrote the Canon. "Sumer is icumen in" is possibly the oldest dating back to around 1260. I found this performance which is quite haunting and has the feel that this is how it would have sounded like back then.

Skylark I hope you've had a great birthday weekend, and happy birthday to your sister too

Evening all, I'm in the X Factor thread atm.

El, I'll come back and listen to the clips, thank you for posting them.

Hi x
Had a lovely day, my sister pleased with her presents. Brought my granddaughter home with me, and have just got her off to sleep. Great timing, as off to settle down to watch final episode of Downton Abbey! Thats if i dont nod off, i am shattered ! 

Goodnight everyone  

Hi Skylark, glad your sister liked her pressies and you had a good day.

Enjoy Downton, I'm going to watch it too.

Hope everyone enjoys the final episode of Downton, haven't watched the first one yet but I have the treat to come.

 

Night everyone, hope your sister had a great birthday Skylark.

Goodnight Squiggle, you'll like the second series of Downton when you get round to watching it.

Off to bed, speak to everyone tomorrow.

Goodnight Ros, Velvet and Summer.

Apologies for my absence today, we walked, went to yo sushi for tea and then I got utterly engrossed in making my Xmas cards I thoroughly enjoyed Downton I'll avoid commenting in here so as not to spoil anything for squiggle El, thank you for those clips, you never fail to share interesting items with us I hope everyone sleeps well tonight, sweet dreams

Good morning everyone. Another dry, chilly day up here.

Sounds like a perfect Sunday, Summer. Have you finished making your Christmas cards yet?

My greenhouse cleaning, which was postponed from yesterday, will be happening today.

Harvey stayed overnight, so he and Keira can play together in the garden while I get on with things.

Loved Downton last night, I thought it was a good end to the series - not saying anything else until everyone has watched it.

Good morning everyone

 

Summer, it certainly sounds as if you had a great time on Sunday

 

Skylark, I hope your sister had a wonderful day yesterday

 

Very cloudy today, but it sounds as if it's the same everywhere.

Good morning everyone, clear but cold here this morning.

 

Summer sounds like you had a great Sunday, good luck with the greenhouse cleaning Yogi.  Honestly everyone do comment on Downton, I will have forgotten it all by the time I come to watch it

 

Leaving a hug for Skylark and Joyron, Ros and EL (thank you for all the lovely clips)

Good morning Oh I'm having such a great morning!!!! It's cold, there was a big frost that smelled amazing and it's clear & sunny! I played my glee Christmas album on the way to work, it was my first listen of the year and I was so excited I cried a little! (I do that ) I hope you're all having a good start to the week, yogi good luck with your greenhouse, I hope you have a hot drink & a nice sit down after I'm sure the effort will be worth it too, your glass will look gorgeous!

Squiggle, it really would spoil it for you if we tell you what happened on Dowton, I think I speak for us all when I say we'd like you to enjoy it spoiler free