A friend returned a book this evening and handed over a lovely bunch of tulips
If there are tulips in the shops, surely Spring can't be too far away?
I adore this version of Carnival of the animals, with Roger Moore's tongue in cheek delivery, and the humour of the performance, and obvious enjoyment and rapport of the musicians, and the romantic venue. I wish I had been there.
I think this must be in the spirit of the original performance; Saint-Saens composed it as a light-hearted entertainment for his students and friends, and afterwards tried to suppress it as a mere frivolous nonsense.
It might be frivolous, but it is still genius!
Here's the cuckoo... where's the cuckoo?
Spring soon? I hope so. There are daffodils in the shops here but we won't see one popping up until mid-March at least.
ReplyDeleteThe shoots are showing through the frozen soil... but we won't see the flowers in our garden until March as you say.
DeleteThat is charming. I loved Roger Moore's voice and his tongue in cheek attitude. I have some tulips in a vase and they look so fresh and colourful. We have bulbs sprouting and lots of little birds twittering about so tiny signs of spring we hope. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteThe trick is how to embrace winter knowing spring will come...
DeleteWinter is just revving up here. We'll get snow in April, though April snows next fast.
ReplyDeleteYour winters are of a different order to ours here, on the coast near Brighton (UK)!
DeleteThe tulips are a sign of things to come. Spring WILL come.
ReplyDeleteThe cuckoo poem and music are so cute!!
Tulips always look so bright and cheerful
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