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Take a tin of mandarin oranges and empty into some melted jelly. Leave to set and cover with custard. Now that’s what I call trifling.

miles and miles and miles and miles and miles Oh yeah The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze Well,

Sweet dreams - Beyoncé

Golly gosh no. Tiny tree-looking growth for making far away forest of fir trees.

Over the hills

Sometimes I have wondered how Rap actually fits in with centuries of music. Is it novel? I have heard people say "it isn't music" but is it and does it have its roots in history. Two things that stood out were performances of religious music and opera. If we look at it as speaking in musical terms rather than, say singing, then it could compare with the intonation of, say the priest - in plainsong - followed by a full choral work e.g Priest in plainsong Credo in unum Deum, followed by a fully sung Creed. Or, as in opera: "two modes of singing: recitative, the plot-driving passages sung in a style designed to imitate and emphasize the inflections of speech, and aria (an “air” or formal song) in which the characters express their emotions in a more structured melodic style." https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicappreciation_with_theory/chapter/overview-of-opera/ Like it or not, it seems Rap may have its roots in a very old tradition. I am open to opinion...

' afternoon all from red dragon land. Happy Anniversary to Jamie and Beth. Fully comprehend, I grew up with Gas Numbers, moved when the ovens were still in Fahrenheit, and later ovens were in Centigrade. I still use some of my Mums recipes with Gas numbers so I am always converting! You get used to it - sort of! Interesting day. First, I went out to do some checking on the sprigs of some unknown shrub I planted yesterday ( a bit limp but it is raining now so they may survive) and ended up having a good natter with our next-door neighbour. Then indoors to grapple with playing E flat on the fife - the only note to be produced with a half hole in the fingering. Of course, there is more than one position for the little finger to cover half the hole. It is finding that position that is the problem especially when is comes before or after different notes, or rather different fingerings, but I persevere - it comes and goes, more going than coming though! Then some of the M word I had been putting off - but fears were superseded by some satisfactory paintwork on the yellow bus to Portmeirion. I just do not want to spoil it when I come to varnish it. (It'll be fine!) A well-deserved mugadecaf, now, I reckon. Fitt and Elfie doing alright. Take care all and play safe. (My sliced thumb is now fully recovered! ) _________ Best wishes Polly

Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans There's a big tollgate down there and you know If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate Well you don't have to pay the man no toll Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate And a man hollered and asked

Paint job done. Quite a few thin layers of paint brushed on, modifying the colour as I went along to get best match. A few extra layers of paint added after the photo was taken. Am I ever satisfied? Base colour: Windsor & Newton Cadmium yellow medium hue acrylic Toned down with Vallejo Model Colour Dark flesh acrylic Lightened with W&N Titanium white acrylic Pleased with that - for a change. Next job - give the paintwork a coat of gloss varnish.

The sides of the bus are now decluttered. I, now, need to touch up the paintwork before giving it an overall new coat of paint in the same colour, and sort out some No.6 motifs. It turns out we have some transfer paper so that will save a few pennies! Out of interest, the metallic backdrop for the bus photos is the top of my laptop and white mounting board behind. It saves me having to clear a space on the workbench dining table every time I want to take a photo!

Fir trees should appear on my next cake box challenge module. I have a bundle of dried moss on standby.

Over And Over - Dave Clark Five.

Ivor's little end

know what you're doing doing to me! Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby! Due to lack of interest Tomorrow is cancelled Let the

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Just one look - the Hollies

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Transplanting bush cuttings rather than sowing. A lot faster! Of course, it's just a ploy to get out in the sunshine.

Gone and done it - the weeding!

I Got You - Leona Lewis

Strolling, just strolling, In the cool of the evening air, I don't envy the rich in their automobiles, For a motor car is phoney. I'd rather have

No problem. Now to do something about the plants in pots, some looking promising with their new leaves, others a bit raggedy. They all need watering for sure. A good time now, the baking sun has nipped behind some clouds.

and warriors out

Heathaze - Genesis

love tonight It is where we are It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer That we got this far And