Friday Night Photos - Piano Concerto edition
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 12/06/2019 - 6:58pm
Just referring to the fact that I'm listening to the first movement of Ludomir Rozycki's 2nd piano concerto.
Anyway, here's a lonely canal. Rather suits my mood.
Other than that, I've got nothing, aside from the prospect of a nice lamb vindaloo. Some like it hot. Me included, although the appearance of the Polar Vortex next week isn't so yummy.
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Thanks for Friday Night Photos tonight, BR.
I looked up lamb vindaloo. It looks good. If I was any kind of a cook I'd try to make some. But I'm no cook.
The Woz. They didn't play Ludomir Rozycki's 2nd piano concerto, but they put on a good show.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Very colorful minstrels
Vintage rockers.
Your snaps make it seem live.
Thanks
great show shots SP!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Good evening Bollox, and all.
Thank you for posting tonight, and I hope the heat of the vindaloo warms your spirit and tummy.
The mulch got laid today with the help of a friend’s son. He did the heavy work of wheelbarrowing endless loads of mulch, while I did the easy part of raking it around. I’m pleasantly exhausted.
It’s predicted that within the next hour the weather will shift from hot and dry to thunderstorms and hail. The strong, cooling winds all day made the work more comfortable, but we do need the rain. I’ve shifted the young Plumeria in pots to safer ground, just in case. I hope the young veggies in the ground don’t get too battered.
I'll go find the piano concerto while you enjoy dinner.
Just for fun …
Is teddy doing a yoga pose?
deep meditation going on there
Zen in toyland
How funny you can be!
Now, every time I pass it I will think 'Zen in Toyland'.
It looks like a hamstring stretch to me, but who knows what teddy posture it is.
The mulch got laid?
It certainly did!
My grammar may have mislaid me. Maybe Prince Andrew knows better.
Beautifully moody piano music, Bollox, thank you.
[video:https://youtu.be/SeTqGgRdPbo]
Actually, I can't stand it
His first piano concerto is late romantic drivel, and his second is something with a bit of Rachmaninov bolted on at various places to help save it.
It's a birthday present I was attempting.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Oh well,
Happy Birthday, anyway!
Voodoo lambs
Hey Bollox --
It would appear the vessels in the canal are awaiting return of the tide
to continue their journey. Whatever floats your boat.
Battleship Massachusetts
Massachusettes,
The beginning, and the end?
The old sailor shot me with his one good rheumy eye
and growled "lost 'em in the big war bucko"
Do you have a title
for this opening line, setting the scene? And what century are you from, anyway?
Oh, that
You wondered where the bow and the stern got off to, this is what the chief
bosun's mate replied
nice ship shot QMS!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Nice pic BR!
Cool pic BR! I bet the birding is good along that canal.
This is one of those where's waldo pix, fer grownups. Actually bird watching is the world's greatest where's waldo game ever. And it is about real shit, in nature.
This was my great find of the week as they are kinda rare where I am. Can you see it?
A colloquial hunters/sportsmen name in some parts of the country is Timberdoodle. My nom for best hunter's bird name ever. One of the most amazing birds in America, a woodland shorebird of the forest. It has special primaries which whistle like a dove when they fly. They have an aerial flight display that is pretty spiffy too.
OK, here is what you are looking for
American Woodcock
Have a great one all...
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
A maw caw in camo
really hard to detect
self portrait of a guitar making buddy
last christmas
Thanks dystopian,
and I'm glad your week was rewarded by the american woodcock.
[video:https://youtu.be/4Owj52XhoxI]
and set to some funky music ...
[video:https://youtu.be/ne6nj9AgY7M]
cool vids Janis
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
This is the first year here,
that I am trying Plumeria out. Yes, it is the sweet smelling flower that grows in Hawaii, and used in leis. These two young plants were given to me by a friend who lived for a few decades in Tuvalu, islands in Polynesia. I’ll let you know how they progress here in my corner of NZ. I am hopeful they will survive and look forward to their intoxicating fragrance.
Dat strut!
Funkmeister woodcock made my evening!
More strut ...
[video:https://youtu.be/h5s7vLbpvLs]
Snowy Southern Arizona
Here's a shot taken Wednesday of a snow capped peak (Mt. Lemmon) in the Catalina Mountains just outside Tucson AZ. Ski season is rapidly approaching.
And this is the ready to pick Pima cotton crop at a farm about 4 miles from my house. Pima cotton was developed from Egyptian cotton and is equal in quality. The US government paid members of the Pima Indian tribe, from which the cotton and my county get their name, to grow the crop starting in the early 1900s.
How do the Pimas grow snowballs
in the desert? Magic!
Wow, edg
From desert cactus to stony, snowy peaks. And then the beautiful softness of cotton. Thank you.
I like this fiber crop
[video:https://youtu.be/jokV8xlJTNE]
edit: I think I'd prefer the Pima cotton next to me in bed, though.....
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
neat vid
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Bamboo is not bad either ; ) n/t
I have a bamboo shirt
Very soft and supple. Keeps you cool on a hot day because it breathes better than cotton.
Nice
It also keeps me warm on a cold day, and nothing I've worn feels as soft.
I had a set of bed sheets made from bamboo
Unfortunately, they were so slippery I couldn't get good 'traction' and would end up sliding off the bed.
I looked around for where you can get bamboo clothing in Germany
I found all these warnings against items advertised as bamboo fabric that are actually just made of rayon, where the cellulose used to make the rayon came from bamboo.
Here's how bamboo fabric is made
Rayon is made from regenerated naturally occurring cellulose. It was originally developed in 1880 as a replacement for silk.
Hemp is actually more environmentally friendly than bamboo and even cotton. Unfortunately, the fact that cotton is produced in such massive quantities, the vested interests kept hemp fabric production down.
The ban in the US due to it's psychotropic characteristics was just a canard created by the cotton growers and mill owners to protect their financial interests. Hemp grown for this purpose actually has reduced cannabinoids making it unsuitable for it's psychotropic effects.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjHOBJzhb0]
Hemp actually produces a superb fiber for weaving - it has better overall properties and it is stronger with much better wearing characteristics. TPTB don't want that shirt, dress or bed sheet to last too long. It would effectively reduce sales by half or greater.
The kitchen chemistry video was fascinating, thanks CB n/t
neat pic edg
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
A fun thread.
Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.