Good evening all 
It has been a rainy and dreich day.
Squiggle, I hope it stayed dry for you 
El, that Brocken spectre is beautiful.😍
Moonie, I’m keeping everything crossed for the new swans
Summer, I hope you enjoyed your walk and yoga
Aww poor puppy, I’m glad she recovered.
One of the pieces of music on University Challenge was the pizzicato piece from Léo Delibes' ballet Sylvia. You have probably heard it many times over the years even if you didn't know what it was.
Here's a clip from the ballet:
Here's a clip from one of the Marx Brothers' films - Monkey Business with Chico playing it on the piano:
Yogi19 posted:Good evening all
It has been a rainy and dreich day.
Squiggle, I hope it stayed dry for you
El, that Brocken spectre is beautiful.😍
Moonie, I’m keeping everything crossed for the new swans
Summer, I hope you enjoyed your walk and yoga
Aww poor puppy, I’m glad she recovered.
Fankoo Yogi
I was up the park earlier today and they both looked fine and feeding 
El Loro posted:Yogi, it's been dry all day here but cloudy. Forecast to turn wet by tomorrow afternoon.
It’s been a nice day here on the whole El 
I have just looked at the weather forecast for tomorrow. It’s 10% chance of rain until 2pm then that goes up to 90% 
Early shopping for me tomorrow
Crikey! I’m glad that pup was alright, that could have been so much worse. They can eat things so fast that you don’t even know they’ve done it 
our walk was good, and we took my friends dog. When I returned her home, Bramble decided to climb on the knee of one of their family and firmly refused to come home with me 
so I’ve left her there for a sleepover! Funny girl.
I'm turning in, so very sweet and Swany dreams to you all
@ Bramble - you’ve been dumped for the night
I’m having an early night, goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Moonie and Ros
~Sparkling Summer~ posted:Crikey! I’m glad that pup was alright, that could have been so much worse. They can eat things so fast that you don’t even know they’ve done it
our walk was good, and we took my friends dog. When I returned her home, Bramble decided to climb on the knee of one of their family and firmly refused to come home with me
I'm turning in, so very sweet and Swany dreams to you all
Miss Bramble is quite a darling
Yogi19 posted:
I’m having an early night, goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Moonie and Ros
Night nite, Sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Sweet, Rosss and Miss Bramble
El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Cloudy here today. A low risk of a bit of rain at times.
A walker has captured images of a rare weather phenomenon called Brocken spectre on New Year's Day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50981682
I hope everyone has a good day
wow that is fantastic EL -really special
night yogi ,moons( sooo pleased about the swan and cygnet ) summer Bramble
Good morning everyone it's going to be a very wet week so they say, so try to stay as dry as possible everyone. Oh dear Miss Bramble how rude! Still I know you will forgive her Summer.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Dry here at present, raining by the afternoon and, as Squiggle, a very wet week.
Naughty Bramble
Seen any aliens recently?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51003374
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning all
Heavy rain and windy weather.
El, I haven’t met any aliens.....as far as I know 
Hope everyone stays dry and cosy and has a good day.
Good morning a dark, cloudy start here. I hope you’re all well and cosy this morning
lol yes Bramble certainly has character
I once read somewhere that people with O- blood are most likely to be abducted by aliens! Isn’t that a funny thing
~Sparkling Summer~ posted:Good morning
lol yes Bramble certainly has character
I once read somewhere that people with O- blood are most likely to be abducted by aliens! Isn’t that a funny thing
Some people think that those with rhesus negative blood may be descended from aliens - it might be that you read. There's a clip on Youtube about this in an episode of Ancient Aliens but I haven't bothered to watch it as I doubt if that's really credible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOv4wPLFrc
El Loro posted:
That is amazing!
~Sparkling Summer~ posted:Good morning
lol yes Bramble certainly has character
I once read somewhere that people with O- blood are most likely to be abducted by aliens! Isn’t that a funny thing
Phew, I’m glad my blood group is not O
El Loro posted:Yogi, that BBC article says the aliens could be invisible to us
Moonie posted:Well, I have solved the mystery as to how the swan and cygnet got to our pool, they flew there
I was up the park earlier and saw them both fly from the bottom of the pool to the top, probably 350 to 400 yards in length, at a guess
So obviously the cygnet can fly after all
Yay, that all sounds very positive. I’ll update the tiddlers tomorrow
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Well, I have solved the mystery as to how the swan and cygnet got to our pool, they flew there
I was up the park earlier and saw them both fly from the bottom of the pool to the top, probably 350 to 400 yards in length, at a guess
So obviously the cygnet can fly after all
Yay, that all sounds very positive. I’ll update the tiddlers tomorrow
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Well, I have solved the mystery as to how the swan and cygnet got to our pool, they flew there
I was up the park earlier and saw them both fly from the bottom of the pool to the top, probably 350 to 400 yards in length, at a guess
So obviously the cygnet can fly after all
Yay, that all sounds very positive. I’ll update the tiddlers tomorrow
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie
Hug for Ros and any other night owl
Yogi19 posted:~Sparkling Summer~ posted:Good morning
lol yes Bramble certainly has character
I once read somewhere that people with O- blood are most likely to be abducted by aliens! Isn’t that a funny thing
mine is
night yogi and moons summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone it's going to be quite mild today.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning the wind has turned cold here, it feels winter today
Moonie that’s wonderful, they’ve flown in to find a new home and can naturally sense they’ll be loved there
Good morning everyone
Very wet and windy weather.
I went to a very nice physio this morning. She says it is sciatica and the pain is quite severe/deep. My hips and lower back are also tight.
I've got to take the maximum dose of paracetamol (my digestive system can’t tolerate strong painkillers) and keep using the Ibuleve gel and hot water bottle and she has given me a series of exercises to do three times a day.
If it doesn't ease off in a couple of weeks or it gets worse, I've to go back.
Tiddlers coming after school and nursery - MrY will pick them up.
Have a good day, all
Yogi, I was thinking of you this morning with your physio appointment . I thought she would give you some regular exercises to do. It may take a few days before you notice improvement but the exercises will work in due course. That's what I found when I had a rotator cuff injury in my shoulder.
Good morning everyone
Cold, wet and very windy here
Hi squiggle
Fankoo Sweet
El, I haven’t enjoyed Death in Paradise since the first series with Ben Miller.
Yogi, I trust the physio will help make your sciatica much better very soon
It will be nice for you to see the little ones 
Have a nice day everyone
For those of you who watch television on Freeview. Quite a lot of channel changes today. There are 2 websites which supply details of these and it's worth making a note of the links for future use.
https://www.freeview.co.uk/service-updates
Motorsport photographs wouldn't be of interest to most of you but the first and last ones on this BBC page are quite striking:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51021424
