A Mixed Bag.

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"Eileen, achara, I hear someone tapping."

"Tis the ivy, dear mother, against the glass flapping."

"Eily, I surely hear somebody sighing,"

"Tis the sound, mother dear, of the summer wind dying."

These are some words from a lovely Irish song called

the Spinning Wheel.

Eileen's mother was blind therefore not knowing that her

daughter's lover was outside tapping on the window.

I had a tapping on the window yesterday!

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It is usually Wesley,

squeaking his wet paws up and down the glass.

Five o'clock - "Where's my breakfast?"

So fed the cats.

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Made myself a coffee,

Checked that the garden was still there.

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And thought. hey ho!

What shall I blog about today?

I've loads of bits about 'this and that' ,

but not enough 'meat' to justify a post all to itself.

So today is a mixed bag, until I get myself sorted.

I've been busy building these new pipes for the organ.

Here they are in situ, ready to be voiced and tuned.

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I did a write up on the construction,

over on Tracker-bar.blogspot.

It has kept me busy, but I still just about

found time to get up to Cliveden to see how the Tulips are coming on.

Last year they planted up the Long Garden with thousands.

It took me three visits to to catch them in flower.

But this year, a change.

Still thousands, but now blue Hyacinths.

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The perfume as you walked down

that centre aisle was amazing.

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Fancy planting all those!

I bet someone had backache.

I also found out that the new maze was now open,

although I didn't have time to give it a go.

They were still laying it out the last time I went.

On this visit I tried taking short clips using my camera

in 'movie' mode. I was going to post some up,

but found I wasn't very good at holding the camera steady.

They also needed a bit of sound or background music.

I shall work on it.

Here's a sample - just testing.

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The trouble with blogger is that these clips are a bit on the small side.

Still what do you expect for free?

I may have to upload something larger to YouTube I think,

and add some nice Irish tunes.

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