Wednesday, August 26, 2020

2020-08-21 toddle

 I haven't done one of these in a while and can't believe it's a week already since I took them. Focus mainly is on the tripledeckers on nearby Melbourne St. Tripledeckers is a popular kind of apartment building around here, a 3-storey building with an apartment on each floor. I focused on how some of the almost-identical houses treated their windows differently, and love the way the park across the street is reflected in some of them.

 Another popular way southeast Asians treat their yard is to mostly cover them with concrete. There's one photo of someone trying to have a sort of a garden and still honor that tradition.

There's also a short video of something that caught my ear wafting one of the houses from which was wafting India Indian music early on that August morning.




My, I'm tall



























Friday, August 14, 2020

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

You go, Darren!

Wanted to share this video of the head of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, and his outlook on America.

 

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Putting the Pan in pandemic?

 This appeared on the FLUTE list today. The percussionist, husband of the flutist & member of the Met Opera orchestra made the arrangement to give him more to do than what is called for in the original score.

Such a magical score. Even somehow survives this diminution of tone colors.

Here's one the breathes a bit more like I like to hear it:

 And this for Jan ():

Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams

 

 

Old Crow Medicine Show

 A couple songs I hope will brighten your holidays. Whiskey Christmas   and Holly Jolly Christmas (it's worth listening to the end)