Topics of interest to adult amateurs, and music lovers
My backyard changes rather dramatically with the seasons. For the past three or four years, we have had snow every winter. I have to say, I really love what the snow does with the various features in the yard. The heap in the front is our birdbath, with an ornamental grass plant, and a concrete …
I love this topic! I often post photos of the power of Nature, and we have lots of those elements right here in the Pacific Northwest. My very favorite subject is Snoqualmie Falls, which is just a half-hour drive from our home. We go there often, just to stand behind the chain-link fence and view …
Make all the musicians wear masks. Last night was the first concert of the Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival. It was the first in-person concert since January of 2020, live-streamed from Benaroya Hall in downtown Hellhole Seattle. One of the big benefits of chamber music is watching how the musicians interact with each other, …
Continue reading How to ruin the sublime chamber music experience [Edited to add pictures]
We have a toy box where we keep Kikyo's toys. If she wants to play with a toy, she has to fish it out of the box first, through any one of the many holes on all sides and the top. On Christmas, we fill the holes with treats, as well as toys. Here she …
This is one of those "why didn't I think of that?" ones.
For 50 years, the University Unitarian Church in Seattle put on a Handel’s Messiah Sing-along, Play-along on the day after Christmas. Yes, that’s 50 years! They packed the sanctuary to the rafters with singers and orchestra, and anyone could come and sing or play, just for the price of a ticket. The Messiah was a …
When my Hubby told me he wanted to drive up to the town of North Bend (Washington), in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, I jumped at the chance. He had told me about an event going on that involved various blues bands playing at assorted cafes in town-you would buy one ticket for the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #170: Street Art
This year, filled with uproar, health crises, heat emergencies, corruption, as well as new friends and places; what has kept me grounded, "my Inspiration", is knowing that I still live in the Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth. The United States of America, and its great history, has been my inspiration. Even when I get …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #160: Inspiration
This week, a Ricochet friend did a post, that referenced the song above. For young people who don't know it, here is my favorite version, by Judy Collins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1UngfqojI Boy, does this bring back memories of my childhood, when I was in college in the far-away 1970s. But I really have looked at clouds from …
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published a picture of a high school band playing. It is a New York City "magnet school", focussed on music. It is admirable that the school is named after a famed Cuban salsa singer, Celia Cruz. However, this picture shows a number of "wrongnesses", at least in my opinion. …
Continue reading A perfect illustration of how ridiculous the Covid mask rules are
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