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Thanks for that upbeat comment Dara ... while I’m watching the birds I have fun finding “pictures†amongst the fast moving clouds ... it’s amazing how the mind matches snapshot images in an instant ... first it might be a lion ... and then goat ... which then smudges into a mischievous Troll ... however a darkening in the clouds for the two eyes is probably the most potent defining factor.
Not everybody’s cup of tea ... but then I’m a romantic.
Wonder if Canada has the same watchword in watching the clouds at dawn and sunset ... reading a weather forecast in the colouring ...
“Red skies in the morning ... shepherds warning .(rain) Red skies at night ... shepherds delight.†(fine weather)
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Wonder if Canada has the same watchword in watching the clouds at dawn and sunset ... reading a weather forecast in the colouring ...
“Red skies in the morning ... shepherds warning .(rain) Red skies at night ... shepherds delight.†(fine weather) I'm more familiar with these similar lines: "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailor take warning" Here's an unaltered photo for your delight, taken by me awhile back on Booth Bay Canal, on the island I live on.
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"Here's an unaltered photo for your delight, taken by me awhile back on Booth Bay Canal, on the island I live on." (from Dara)
I guess with all that water around, a sailor would come before birds ... magical colours to your photo ... which paints a picture of how close you must be to the North Pole.
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I guess with all that water around, a sailor would come before birds ... magical colours to your photo ... which paints a picture of how close you must be to the North Pole. Well, it would be a long walk, sail or bird flight from here to the North Pole, as I live slightly below the 49th north parallel. Hope to go out though for a bit shorter walk by the waters edge this afternoon. Cheers !
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Chopin op.25 no.6 is up to this tempo now, despite not practicing much in the previous week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbkSe7oz_g2 weeks worth of work on it. Now for the Godowsky transcription...
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My root canal is done.
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Listening to some stuff by Boulez - Derive 1, Incises and Sur Incises are all fabulous works. The second sonata is less pleasurable to listen to.
Working on: Chopin - Nocturne op. 48 no.1 Debussy - Images Book II
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Realizing that as of today, December 26, Santa is gone for good-- at least for several months! Although... his cheap cousin The Wiz is coming to town. Gotta go hit those sales! I mean-- scales! Yes, need to go practice *scales*. I will keep telling myself that.
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Realizing that as of today, December 26, Santa is gone for good-- at least for several months!
I opened this thread to announce my happiness for the same reason as yours. And even Boxing Day is over here!
Music is my best friend.
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While piano shopping today I got to play a brand new 7 foot Bosendorfer....so beautiful!! Of course it's about ten times my budget, but still wonderful.
Piano/Composition major.
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Polish: Liszt Petrarch Sonnet 104 Bach WTC book 1 no. 6. Dello Joio Sonata no. 3
New: Chopin op. 23 Bach WTC book 2 no. 20
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I had to replace my hard drive, and finished the whole process about an hour ago. And everything seems to be working, so I'm happy about that. There was a scary moment when the only thing on my screen was this message: "Operating system missing." Fortunately, I had the sense to check the boot sequence, and found that for some reason it was not looking at the new drive. That was easy to fix.
It amazes me how huge drive storage has become - this new one is 2T and the little external drive I used to do the transfer was 1T. My first home computer didn't even have a hard drive - you had to load the operating system and any program you wanted to use from 5 1/4 inch floppy disks (the kind that actually were flexible).
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And even Boxing Day is over here!
I rather miss Boxing Day. But what made me happy: A person who I am very close to had to fly back to the UK last week to be with his mother who is not doing well. It meant that Christmas for me was not what it could have been, but I was pleased to receive an email today indicating that Andrew's mother is doing much better, and that he went to the Midnight Eucharist at Durham Cathedral, complete with incense. (And he is agnostic!) Wish I could have been there. Vierne's Missa Solemnelle was done, a magnificent setting.
Jason
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But what made me happy: A person who I am very close to had to fly back to the UK last week to be with his mother who is not doing well. It meant that Christmas for me was not what it could have been, but I was pleased to receive an email today indicating that Andrew's mother is doing much better, and that he went to the Midnight Eucharist at Durham Cathedral, complete with incense. (And he is agnostic!)
Wish I could have been there. Vierne's Missa Solemnelle was done, a magnificent setting. Jason, your story makes me happy.
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We had our Xmas Day lunch on Boxing Day (My son and his lady are in catering) and provided the prepared lamb leg. The tray was too big for my oven . . Today being Boxing - Boxing Day, I got out on me bike over the hills around Lancaster. Love this time o` year.
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