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Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18697]

Mon, 27 July 2009 21:25

b_twin_1
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Opera!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18698 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Mon, 27 July 2009 21:43

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SO GLAD your summer anniversary and opera outing went so well. Yes, celebrating that particular day is a good one. Ours is on May 5 - the night we met.

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Mon, 27 July 2009 21:56

skating librarian
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What a lovely post ... the hidden part of my heart (which has the romantic bits in it) is smiling for you (both). I do hope there are photos, including the black velvet jacket.

"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18708 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 02:20

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Glad you had a lovely evening!

I don't remember the exact day I met my husband - I remember the occasion, but not the day. So we celebrate our engagement anniversary which is Bonfire Night, and our wedding anniversary on 31 March.

My parents know they met on 8 May 1951, but my mother always says my father only remembers it as he'd just broken up with a girlfriend and it was her birthday!

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18709 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 03:07

Diane in MN
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What a great evening--how lovely for you both. These bel canto comedies really are a lot of fun when staged well; given the music and the right business, the silliness doesn't intrude. Champagne is just the right drink for them. Smile

I’m still considering planting one of the tree-eater roses and flinging several times fifty foot of thorny stem onto said roof.

And why not? Sounds like a good plan to me.

Dvorak is a funny old bloke. I tend to love folk music and fancy composed music derived from or inspired by folk music, which is no doubt why I like a lot of Dvorak’s stuff. But he sure went for the yucky

Maybe he didn't have much that wasn't yucky in the way of folk tales. The little that I know about Eastern European stuff tends pretty strongly in this direction, and look at the stories the Grimms collected.

One of the things I like about L’Elisir, in my tedious feminist way, is that Adina is the one with money and power, and she buys Nemerino’s commission back . . . and yet it doesn’t seem to occur to anyone that that this may have emasculated him. It just means she loves him.

Ah, a world without pop psychology! And, given the accepted premise at the time that one ought to marry money, it also means he was a very lucky young man Smile

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18711 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 05:02

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I so wanted a footnote on "miser leans against wall and becomes generous"

As someone who has just re-read A Perfect Gallows (by some chap named P Dickinson) I was yearning for Robin's take on the phrase.

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Tue, 28 July 2009 10:03

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I like Handel and Purcell operas.

I'm told I would, too! but I haven't tested this yet. Smile

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Tue, 28 July 2009 10:33

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Ooh, how great!

Opera! YAY! I'm so glad!
How lovely that it went so very well!!!

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No not frell! Crumbs!

heehee

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This is, of course, spurious

This is, of course, a wonderful statement.
--oh, gosh, a great blue heron just flew by my window! And there was one on Sunday too! After not seeing them for years and years! They are really very large, you know- it is an interesting and arresting sight, this creature leisurely winging by through the trees...---
[Sorry. Easily distracted? Me? Never...]

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I’m still considering planting one of the tree-eater roses and flinging several times fifty foot of thorny stem onto said roof. That would be a much more desirable view from my office window

Good idea. Very Happy

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18718 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 14:51

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SPeaking of champagne, I thought you would appreciate this: http://www.thehungrymouse.com/home/2009/07/22/blooming-champ agne-cocktail-with-wild-hibiscus/

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18719 is a reply to message #18709 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 15:43

Megan Doreen
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Diane in MN wrote on Tue, 28 July 2009 03:07

Dvorak is a funny old bloke. I tend to love folk music and fancy composed music derived from or inspired by folk music, which is no doubt why I like a lot of Dvorak’s stuff. But he sure went for the yucky.
Maybe he didn't have much that wasn't yucky in the way of folk tales. The little that I know about Eastern European stuff tends pretty strongly in this direction, and look at the stories the Grimms collected.

I agree...when I was studying abroad in Prague (and after reading Card's Enchantment), I became a minor...major...Eastern European folklore fanatic...they are all pretty gruesome. I like the lack of happy endings...or the fact that the characters can't expect to receive good without paying for it. (Although the prices can be a bit steep/bloody/masochistic!)

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Tue, 28 July 2009 17:13

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Yay! I'm glad your anniversary-opera-evening was a success.
That's the downside of going to something like that on a special occasion - if you happen to get the duff night of a show (or if it just doesn't live up to expectations) it can spoil your anniversary/birthday/other special occasion. So I'm very glad that didn't happen for you this time.
(and are there any photos of that spiffily dressed American and her newly created OBE in his velvet jacket?? Wink

)

[Updated on: Tue, 28 July 2009 17:13]

Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18738 is a reply to message #18716 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 18:58

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Great blue herons are another one of those critters (with skylarks and brown hares and bluebells--well, plants are critters too) that I have difficulty remembering are endangered because they're dead common around here. But (like skylarks and brown hares and bluebells) not any the less welcome for that. Barring a pond with fish in it, that won't for long with a heron around.

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Tue, 28 July 2009 18:58

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Golly. Okay, in search of the bottle of preserved hibiscus now. . . .

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Tue, 28 July 2009 18:59

Robin
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He could have RETOLD them. Feh. And even Grimm had a few that WEREN'T awful.

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Tue, 28 July 2009 19:01

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I was afraid someone would ask about photos. Er. No. I meant to but somehow there was never *time.* We may dress up again just for photos . . .

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18748 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 21:44

skating librarian
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Good idea (dressing up for photos).

It's never too late ... I have some dear friends who never had a formal wedding photo because the photographer ran out of film (!!!!) When I set up photo sessions for an illustrated Church Directory they decided that the time had come. He wore his kilt, she wore her folksy white dress and their daughter, born several years after the wedding, wore red velveteen.

Go for it! (Please)

"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18749 is a reply to message #18697 ]

Tue, 28 July 2009 21:50

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yea for pictures.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Wed, 29 July 2009 19:33

Robin
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Frell. I'll work on it. :) Peter is going to say, you want to do *what*? :)

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18769 is a reply to message #18767 ]

Wed, 29 July 2009 19:36

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We could take up a collection--if everyone puts in a buck for the photo fund, you could tell Peter it'll pay for 2 square feet of tile at Third House...

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Wed, 29 July 2009 19:41

Robin
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Snork. Two square INCHES maybe. ( . . . I can't believe you guys are actually going to TALK ME INTO THIS.)

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Wed, 29 July 2009 19:43

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WE WANT PICTURES! GIVE US PICTURES!!

(Your Public is so demanding...)

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Wed, 29 July 2009 19:59

Robin
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PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

As Snoopy used to say. Or thereabouts.

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Wed, 29 July 2009 20:30

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Robin wrote on Thu, 30 July 2009 00:59

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

As Snoopy used to say. Or thereabouts.

Puhleeeeeeze give us pictures. Hazel says please too *

*
She asks if a big bone shaped treat would swing it?

[Updated on: Wed, 29 July 2009 20:38]

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Wed, 29 July 2009 21:13

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Robin wrote on Tue, 28 July 2009 18:58

Golly. Okay, in search of the bottle of preserved hibiscus now. . . .

Ha! I have some in my cupboard. Here: http://www.bushtuckershop.com/category1_1.htm

I order their macadamia nut butter in the giant Addict's Jars. It's fabulous on everything, except one's waist.

Oh, and in the UK, they have a couple of distributors: Lakeland Limited stores (40 across the UK) www.lakelandlimited.co.uk & through Harvey Nichols www.harveynichols.com You can order online through Lakeland or www.realindulgence.com

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Wed, 29 July 2009 21:53

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Here they are at the "big Brazilian river"

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Re: Unfrelling Glyndebourne* [message #18795 is a reply to message #18772 ]

Thu, 30 July 2009 00:31

Diane in MN
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Robin wrote on Wed, 29 July 2009 18:41

Snork. Two square INCHES maybe. ( . . . I can't believe you guys are actually going to TALK ME INTO THIS.)

The catch being, of course, whether you can you talk Peter into it. But I have a husband who would have strongly resisted the velvet jacket in the first place, so my perspective about this may be flawed. Smile

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

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Thu, 30 July 2009 06:28

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Robin wrote on Wed, 29 July 2009 19:41

Snork. Two square INCHES maybe. ( . . . I can't believe you guys are actually going to TALK ME INTO THIS.)

Piiiiiiiictures. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease? Pretty pleeeeeease? We neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed them.

Smooshes!

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Thu, 30 July 2009 12:50

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Robin wrote on Thu, 30 July 2009 00:41

Snork. Two square INCHES maybe. ( . . . I can't believe you guys are actually going to TALK ME INTO THIS.)

I say, the pictures sound like absolutely spiffing fun, old bean. I would, of course, apply a further layer of stiffening to my British upper lip if the desired result could not be achieved but just think of the handicap that would prove to those of us in this country if we had a subsequent need to smile - nay, even grin - at something in our immediate locality! Think of the ambiguous body-language messages this would send out to friends and relations of your devoted readers and take pity on us...

(convinced yet?)

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

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Thu, 30 July 2009 17:11

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Umm, July 4th for us. He insulted my cooking. Very auspicious beginning.

"The sally is the fuzzy thing..." -- my four-year-old

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:28

Robin
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Is it *sparkly*? :)

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:29

Robin
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Lakeland? Good grief. I get their catalogues. Okay, checking now. . . .

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:32

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Yes, I'm responsible for the velvet jacket. It is *peculiar* what Peter will wear. I once bought him a beautiful black shirt with a VERY DISCREET sparkly stripe running through it which I KNEW he would throw on the floor and rush out of the room to escape from but it was so PRETTY . . . and he LOVES it. Has worn it half to death. I guess enough years with me starts to erode even male sartorial conservatism eventually.

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:33

Robin
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You guys are all NUTS. NUTS, NUTS, NUTS.

Also I've been thinking I might wear this dress to the OBE party. Won't you be BORED seeing the same dress twice?

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:35

Robin
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Ma'am, you is speakin' a language way far from my lingo. :)

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:35

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Robin wrote on Fri, 31 July 2009 00:28

Is it *sparkly*? Smile

adding sparkle liberally!

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Thu, 30 July 2009 19:35

Robin
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SNORK. Very nearly the same here. He looked at what I'd laid out for lunch and said, that's not lunch! --and went to the store. I was offended at the time! LOL!

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