Wednesday 2 nd July - A musical oddity?

 The 'oddity' is at the end of the post.

Following a tree

I meant to take my pictures at the end of the month. It's not far into July. The leaf cover is so full that the two trees, giant oak and little apple tree, appear to have merged into one;

Our cave under the apple tree has been a wonderful retreat in the past very hot days.

I can sit there and peer out through the branches and see right into the house, right through the house to the street beyond. I believe it is called 'June drop', when the excess little green unripe apples fall to the ground.  There are still plenty left on the tree.

Soup

I gave away my stick blender and whisk last week, and bought, or rather BB bought a cordless one. Reaching over to plug in my blender was really a bit of a reach for me, and I'm all about simplifying things wherever I can. My friend needed a blender, I wanted a cordless one. A no-brainer. So fresh pea, or rather frozen pea soup is back on the menu. I added a big bag of frozen peas and some creme fraiche to my shopping order in anticipation. 

Surprise

When I enter the previous days step count onto my virtual hike along The Cotswold Way, I always use the 'little yellow man', google street view', to look at the countryside. 

A few days ago, in the heatwave, this was the view;

Not what I expected! I guess it all depends on who uploaded what, when and where!

Musical Oddity

When this came up on youtube I just had to share it!

BEETHOVEN - Duet in E-flat “with two obbligato eyeglasses,” WoO 32 Pinchas Zukerman, viola Amanda Forsyth, cello Tanglewood Music Festival June 2020

Further googling brought me this explanation. I'm sorry,  something has gone mad with the highlighting, and I'd rather watch Emma Raducanu than fiddle around with it any longer!

The piece is actually a Duet in E flat major for viola and cello, not violin and cello. It's titled "Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" in German, which translates to "Duet with two obbligato eyeglasses". The "eyeglasses" part of the title is a humorous reference to the fact that both Beethoven (who played the viola part) and his friend Nikolaus Zmeskall (who played the cello part) needed glasses to see while playing.