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Post by Ptarmigan on Feb 6, 2008 23:19:06 GMT
Sorry, I'm not sure if this really qualifies as chit-chat Susi, but, well, at least I'm making an effort in support of this idea. I just wondered what sort of view the rest of our members here see, when they look out of their front windows. So here's a photo taken from in front of our house. As you can see we are out in the country & we are 500 feet up, looking out across North Antrim, West towards Donegal. Those bushes on either side of the little country lane are Gorse & right now they are just covered in yellow buds & pretty soon they will be covered in beautiful yellow flowers. When I drive up that lane, I like to pretend that it's my own private driveway through my country estate, leading to my country mansion, instead of our little Bungalow. So, what do you see when you look out your window? Cheers Dick P.S. Well after all, John did say: So here's my view Down the Road! ;D ;D
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Post by trimbelle on Feb 7, 2008 10:14:55 GMT
We are also in the country and have a big window in the livingroom. We look out over rolling fields and there are pine forests (owned by the forestry commission) behind us. We are the last farm on a single track lane so we can't see many houses from our window. When I get a chance to use the computer at home I will see if I can upload a photo from my computer onto this site.
Dianne
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Post by Susi on Feb 8, 2008 23:04:08 GMT
Dick, your view is truly GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! Mine is just awful and I promise to take a picture now when finally there's a day when I'll have time to do it when it's daylight... You'll be amazed that there are such ugly views!!!!!! The only beautiful thing I see when I look out is the top of St Finbarr's cathedral.
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Post by Susi on Feb 9, 2008 11:06:35 GMT
I realized that I have no front window.... I live in the wrong part of the house. We have one main window which is in our kitchen/living room, where we actually have the nicest view, even if it's not very nice: And we have a window in the bed room from which the view is absolutely awful:
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Post by Ptarmigan on Feb 9, 2008 11:20:49 GMT
Hey Susi, Yes I like my view. I find it very relaxing to live out in the sticks. However, you do have an interesting view & if I lived there with that view, the first thing I'd probably do would be to compose a Polka called The Three Spires"! With all those trees nearby, I'd also hang up a couple of bird feeders, nuts & fat, right outside that window. Thanks for sharing those. Cheers Dick
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2008 12:12:19 GMT
hi OT,' Are you living in Plain Awfull??
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Post by deleuran on Feb 9, 2008 15:20:58 GMT
A wonderful view you have there, Dick. It's hard to compete with. I live en the middle of Copenhagen so it's more a cityscape than a landscape we've got here, but anyway, I'll show you the view to the backyard from our livingroom window: I guess it could be worse considering it's in the middle of a big city. The view to the street from our kitchen window is not very exciting. A street, some dull looking houses, a lot of asphalt, some trees. But in the beginning of march we had some serious street riots for three days in a row, and then it became a little too exciting. Big fires in the streets, burning cars, activists throwing paving stones, and the police shooting teargas. And we sat right in the middle with a good view to at least a little part of the battle which included the whole neighbourhood. Here comes a few: A fire starts. The fire gets bigger. The police comes. Two cars burning in a side street. And this is what one of the many burned out cars looked like the day after. Somebody has allready used it to put up a couple of posters about a concert with the Boys Choir of Copenhagen, singing the Matthaeus Passion by Johan Sebastian Bach
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Post by Ptarmigan on Feb 9, 2008 16:40:10 GMT
Hey Jesper, I really like the way all those houses look so bright & cheerful, with all those walls painted in such light colours. Much more cheerful than the dull greys of most of our town buildings. Reminds me of a fascinating programme I watched just last night, on Irish TV. It was of a famous Irish Fiddle player, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of the Donegal group Altan & when she went to Norway to collect her Hardanger Fiddle. (I wonder did Dianne or Susi see this show? ) If you missed it, you might like to listen to this: CeolchuairtHer Hardanger Fiddle was a cracker, as were all the Hardanger Fiddles wee saw, but I must say I always find Norwegian music a little sad, compared to Irish Music .... or that other great music we're not allowed to mention on this board! ;D ;D. Anyway, the houses in your photo Jesper reminded me a little of the Norwegian ones, although of course lots of those houses had very steep roofs. Hey, I must say though I'm disappointed in you Jesper! ... I thought you'd have been straight out there & slapped a couple of BIG HUNGRY JOE Next Concert or New CD POSTERS on that burnt out car! ;D Cheers Dick
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Post by deleuran on Feb 9, 2008 17:30:02 GMT
In fact we are the Boys Choir of Copenhagen
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Post by Susi on Feb 9, 2008 17:36:05 GMT
hi OT,' Are you living in Plain Awfull?? I guess I could compose a few nice tunes: The three spires, St Finbarr's lament, Ugly building site breakdown, etc etc. Jesper, your area looks like a rich Scandinavian area:) Almot like certain parts of Stockholm. Dick do you really mean the houses are grey up there? Here we have, hmm, the grey houses you see on the picture but there are loads of areas with very nice colorful houses, that's one thing i love about Ireland, you can color your house however you want... To see something not too bad (but quite boring) in my area, here's the front of my house: Free file hosting at filenanny.com!How about these lovely wall paintings I found in one of the entrances to the old English market: Of course I love the second one.... not too common with bouzouki sightings like that... Looks like I wouldn't like to live in Copenhagen, or any big city! Too much bad stuff like that.... They tried to burn down Gothenburg a couple of years ago... I even think Cork is too big but at least there's work and I don't have to be dependent on anyone else to get to work, I love being able to walk to the hospital. But I'll see later on if there's possibility to move to a smaller place (like Clonakilty, for example, where there's lots of music going on). Thanks for sharing pics and stuff!
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Post by deleuran on Feb 9, 2008 18:13:23 GMT
I must say that I'm glad I live in my house, and can look out on the other houses. I wouldn't want to live in the other houses and look at the one I live in, if you know what I mean
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Post by john on Feb 9, 2008 18:44:52 GMT
Hi Jesper, I love your back yard. Seems like the perfect place for buskspil
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Post by john on Feb 11, 2008 19:06:22 GMT
anyway, my view is a small garden and good neighbors. 2 minutes walk and I am at the sea side, a very nice beach and a lot of sailing boats and a fine forest. John Nelson lives 10 min. walk from where I live. And a lot of other musicians lives nearby so never a dull moment. cheers, John
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Post by john on Feb 13, 2008 19:10:55 GMT
Oh, by the way I can sit and watch my banjo sling. Now I just need the exactly add. from Dick. And tell AIR LINGUS that a flying banjo is on its way. Hope Dick is an angler . Ready for a good catch!! cheers, John
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Post by Ptarmigan on Feb 13, 2008 19:46:50 GMT
Hey John, Try not to land it into my garden bonfire, or else you might get it back looking like this one! Cheers Dick P.S. I picked up an old 2nd hand Banjo on eBay last night, a WINDSOR POPULAR MODEL 3 5 String for £60 - so with a bit of luck you won't need to sling your Banjo over to me, after all John. Mind you, it looks like that Fretboard needs some attention!
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Post by john on Feb 15, 2008 12:31:46 GMT
hI dICK, SEEMS LIKE A MIGHTY FINE BANJO TO ME A new skin, a new bridge and new fretboards and the banjo is flying! cheers, John
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Post by yellowbarber on Mar 14, 2008 22:39:46 GMT
I'm a little slow figuring out this here code. Alas, here it is: The view from the front door at my family home in Yorktown,VA. NYC: This is the scene at my front door coming home from a session at 5 in the morning:
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Post by deleuran on Mar 16, 2008 16:46:59 GMT
A lovely view from your family home, Thomas. But I like the other view as well. It looks suitable for a homecoming at 5 in the morning. I would love to see New York someday. My son who is 21 spend a month in october over there. He slept on the couch in the studio a friend of mine has on the East side of Manhattan. He took almost 1000 pictures, from Manhattan, Brooklyn and some upstate New York, and from a trip to Coney Island. I would love to see it live. My friend is an artist, and have lived over there for twenty years, and started his second family over there as well. He have often said when he visited me here: Come by and have a cup of coffee some day!" But I haven't been there yet. I'm not much of a globetrotter I guess
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Post by yellowbarber on Mar 17, 2008 16:01:02 GMT
Yes, please pop in for a coffee. The airfares are are really cheap to the NYC airports from Europe! Plus the US dollar is pretty much in the toilet so your Euros will go a long way here.
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Post by Ptarmigan on Mar 20, 2008 20:54:37 GMT
I love that Yorktown view Thomas. I reckon I could sit & Fiddle or Banjo to that view for many a happy hour. By the way, does the name "Tune Town Old Time String Band" mean anything to you? I understand you joined the band on stage & helped them get placed in a Stringband competition, a while back. Well, Mary Bell {Boltwood}, who plays Banjo with that Band, is actually over here in Northern Ireland right now, with her family. She comes along to our weekly Pub session in Portrush with her Fiddle. Anyway, she just found out today about Sore Fingers & spotted your name, so right now she's thinking of deserting her husband & babies for a week, just to attend your class there! She tells me she knows you from "the old country" ;D Have you any words of encouragement for her? I'm lucky to have her around right now, for tonight I'm taking along my old Windsor Popular for her to check out, before I go any further with Dan's DVD. She says she's not used to Nylgut Strings so it'll be interesting to see what she makes of them. I certainly hope my wee Windsor, an eBay find, is up to the task of me learning Clawhammer on it! Cheers Dick
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