Thursday, 6 December 2012

Good bye to two talented people

Dave Brubeck died yesterday at the age of 91. I really like this:



This one is good fun. Try to clap with it and finish at the same time.



Thank you for some really good music.

*****

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, also died yesterday at the age of 104 and left many iconic buildings as his legacy:






Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Interesting bird

Earlier this year, we noticed that Pirouette was very excited about something outside the kitchen window. I had a look and saw this lovely bird sitting on a telephone line. It flew away before I could grab my camera. As I had no idea what the impressive bird was called, I tried googling a description, with no luck. Finally, a friend who's a bird enthusiast put me out of my misery. The name is as interesting as the bird itself: Hoopoe!