My honorary granddaughter sends me an art card every week, and when she was in Berlin recently to run the marathon, she visited museums, including the museum of early musical instruments. So these cards have started arriving.
Here's a wooden flute, the head of a bass viol, the ancestor of today's double bass, a c clarinet and a trumpet, all dating from the sixteenth century.
These are instruments which played my favorite early music, very exciting to see. I hope they get played now and then, because they need handling and the wind instruments need warm air passing through them, to stay alive.
Yesterday was a rainy cool day, just right for comfort food, here tuna/cannellini bean fritters, with chili pepper, long pepper, and roast potatoes, sprig of Thai basil for a bit of color, ketchup because I could.
And comic relief from Free cycle
What I say is, if you need more elephant storage, you've got too many elephants.
And Halloween is almost upon us complete with costumes
Happy day, everyone, don't acquire elephants that you'll only have to store. But dress as one for Halloween, maybe.
You are funny!! I'll keep an eye on the elephants. :)
ReplyDeleteThey're definitely an issue in Minnesota.
DeleteWeirdly, I kind of like that table.
ReplyDeleteJust as well you didn't spot it on the street.
Deletesomehow I don't think even one elephant would fit in there.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder they wanted to give it away.
DeleteOh, I LOVE that little costume parade!! Thank you for sharing that with us! I only have one of your books, the Sootypaws one, and I love to share it with my grandkids. We enjoy looking at all the little details together.
ReplyDeleteMaggie Rudy? I didn't know there were books. Must check.
DeleteCute storage.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any animal motifs on anything. I do have a large resin cat sitting on the window sill though.
Speaking of music, I discovered the YouTube channell of the pianist, Rousseau. I slept better after listening for an hour plus.
Good tip, I must check into that.
DeleteWhat time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?
ReplyDeleteTime for a new fence lol yup. I’m a mum who tells dad jokes lol
Cool and wet here today
That's definitely an old one!
DeleteHow wonderful to hear weekly from your honorary granddaughter. :)
ReplyDeleteShe's wonderful, so faithful for years now. She tells me she enjoys picking out cards and writing up her news to me.
DeleteYour granddaughter sounds lovely and so thoughtful.
ReplyDeleteShe is. I have no related grandchildren, and her related gparents are MIA, so we took each other on many years ago,and many adventures in both our lives.
DeleteYou have quirky humour. It was a good start to my day.
ReplyDeleteGood, always nice to hear.
DeleteA dear friend's granddaughter wound up playing a mellophone on her high school band and later in the army. She joined the army to play in their band, and consequently saw the USA and had wonderful adventures. She is still in the army, twenty five years later.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting when a musician joins the military, that combo.
DeleteThat Hallowe’en parade is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI love the mouse in the needle case!
DeleteOne can never have too many elephants so good storage is essential.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's that, yes
DeleteOh, the wee mice in their Halloween costumes! Too cute!
ReplyDeleteYour honorary granddaughter finds wonderful cards. I've enjoyed the several show-and-tells you've given us. And thank you for another Maggie Rudy day!
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I'll make my traditional 2 dozen oatmeal chocolate chip cookies to hand out to trick or treaters. We get just a few families stopping by, and I've never had either child or parent turn down a home-made cookie. It's my little stand against overblown fear and for good neighboring.
Chris from Boise
That's a nice approach to the day.
DeleteThe instruments are so interesting.
ReplyDeleteI expect there are YouTube videos to hear authentic early instruments like these. Or modern replicas.
DeleteI'm with Steve- I like the elephant storage end table. I do have two elephants, both of them plush toys, one of them is Babar. So I could probably use it.
ReplyDeleteIt might be a good habitat for them. Too bad it's far away.
DeleteThe costume parade - so adorable!
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd like it!
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