Stille nacht

I have a memory of Grandma Vi sitting at the piano in her living room (or was it ours?) without music in front of her, playing and singing Silent Night in German. Did that ever happen?

The original version's melody has traces of its Austrian origin that are lacking in the U.S. version (in the melody accompanying the "sleep in heavenly peace" lyric) that I remember. Who knew it was 200 years old. Here is an English translation of the German.

Hope you like it.

Space/time and free will

I've been searching for a long time for the Closer to Truth episode that had such a clear graphic representation of the theory behind Einstein's theory of relativity. I though I'd discovered it, but no. So until I can track it down, I thought I'd send along this Radio Lab episode on time. The most pertinent part as far as my specific question that if Einstein's theory of the space/time continuum, also known as the "block universe" if I understand it correctly starts around the 20 minute mark of the episode. That is followed by an exploration of how what we think are our choices are actually made before we consciously  choose.

Busy sidewalks

A little something to get you in the mood. Our snow globe Christmas tree.

Love made me do it

Saw this on Graham Norton last night and loved it - especially the choreography & its take on the Texas two step. Cheryl was new to moi (hey, she was born in Newcastle, too, though the one in England), and she had the good fortune of sitting on the couch with the always lovely Dawn French. I'd see her in anything.

And yes, she's leaving out the word you think she is:

Butterball hotline

In case you missed this (or even if you didn't) thought you might enjoy this segment where Steven Colbert takes over one of the phones at the Butterball Turkey Hotline. Had me laughing out loud several times. :)

Jack Frost's paintbrush and buildings on parade

One of the benefits of temps way below freezing is the frost on the windows in the morning. Unfortunately my iPad doesn't catch the detail very well, but the impressionistic results are quite lovely. Am also including a shot taken on a toddle of some nearby buildings on parade.

2017-07-27 In & around the neighborhood

With temps in the 30sF today, I thought it would be good to see what things looked like back in July as I toddled around the neighborhood. The houses are mostly on the next street east of us, Waldeck, and the lovely sunflowers are from seed packages Jo sent us awhile ago.

From here on down, we're working our way up Tremlett St.

The leader of the free world

Oh, dear

We had a large branch come down over the neighbor's driveway yesterday @ sunset. Here's the aftermath (as well as a couple photos post-tree limb carving):

Sawing away

The neighbors thanking us for clearing
their driveway and helping drag the branches

Simon from next door whom one hardly ever sees

This time of rot

Saw this recent PBS Newshour segment on Wisconsin's Fermentation Fest and thought I'd share it with you:

Ok, where's Sauk county?

2018-07-25 Trip to Fogg & garden flora

Photos from a trip to Harvard's Fogg museum, and some shots taken en route to home. Then some of our flowers caught my eye.

Believe it or not, this is an installation.
And one of his influences was Anthroposophy.

I hate it when the glass covering the image
reflects something behind moi. That backwards
"Exit" is not part of the photo.

The preceding 2 photos are the 1st 2 on this list.

Storm clouds on Longfellow Bridge

More storm clouds

Art disguised as grafitti.