The view from inside.
This photo was taken from inside our home through the open sliding glass doors. So, no matter how the outside world sometimes seems, the real world is how we deal with the chaos. No better way than to look at a garden. It brings back the importance of things that matter. It cannot but lift the spirit. Talk about spirit. Our PM Mr Scott Morrison claims to be a spiritual man. Yet, he had no hesitation to promote Sydney’s Opera house to be used as Australia’s biggest billboard. I don’t understand how such a self proclaimed Pentecostal spiritual pious and religious man can have no qualms about assaulting such an important spiritual cultural Icon. One wonders if he ever contemplates the beauty of a garden or listens to music, read a book! There has to be a hiatus there. Something us missing. Something is wrong!
You know the ducks know a thing or two. One seems to be looking at one of the clivias. The other one, his mate, is looking direct at my camera. On top of the little table is a plate with mixed seeds that the birds flock to. It really is a world on its own. The Alyssums do help create magic together with the Mock Orange, the Spathiphyllum and white Cyclamen.
Here is a beautiful piece of magic singing. One of my favourites. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes. I don’t know why.
Tags: Alyssums, Australia, Billboard, Clivia, Cyclamen, Pentecostal, Scott Morrison, Villa Lobos
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October 11, 2018 at 12:03 am |
Magic singing indeed, Gerard. Out of this world. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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October 11, 2018 at 5:46 am |
Beautiful music Uta. We decided to take our music out of the drawers again. It’s been a while! We have the radio but all that clatter in between.
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October 11, 2018 at 12:03 am |
I like the setting in your garden. But where is Milo usually he is there and contented. The music was supreme. Did you notice the outdoor amphitheatre is in Berlin? It is in a forest setting and was part of the Summer Olympics in 1936. The Berliners love the place and many concerts are held there. Andre Rieu has been performing there too. You absolutely right, one can create a peaceful place away from the mad world that is supposed to be the reality. The reality of your garden setting is preferable.
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October 11, 2018 at 5:53 am |
Milo must have been asleep. He is 14 years and seems to take to napping more than before. I knew it was filmed in Berlin, Peter. We have a CD that also includes songs of the Auvergne and some wonderful music by Villa Lobos. The version in this piece is taken from U-tube.
The garden is getting more beautiful as time goes by.
All is peaceful at the moment.
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October 11, 2018 at 12:28 am |
What a lovely post, in all possible ways. Thank you.
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October 11, 2018 at 5:54 am |
Thank you. Glad you like the music and Helvi’s garden. She does most of the creative stuff.
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October 12, 2018 at 12:44 am
I’m not sure if I believe that. Your comments drip with creativity! 😉
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October 11, 2018 at 2:49 am |
Beautiful music and a great garden view.
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October 11, 2018 at 5:57 am |
This music in my ears has the same effect. I get tears each time. Strange how music stirs up those lovely emotions.
Sorry to hear about the passing of Jake, your most loved four legged friend.
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October 12, 2018 at 12:20 am
He was a real sweetie and will be hugely missed.
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October 11, 2018 at 6:07 am |
Your garden spot is peaceful and beautiful! Just looking at a photo of it makes me smile. 🙂
So much beauty and magic occurs every day in nature. And most human-beans are too busy or too preoccupied to even notice. 😦
Coop and I take walks to enjoy nature. BTW: How is Milo doing?
That music brought tears to my eyes, too, Gerard. It is so uplifting and poignant. At the end, when she hit a quick high note, even Coop looked up at the computer in appreciation for the beautiful music! 🙂
HUGS to you and Helvi! PATS for Milo! 🙂
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October 11, 2018 at 11:04 pm |
Yes, Glad to hear Coop liked the music too. We had a dog that would start singing each time we put on opera music. It was amazing and always delighted visiting friends.
Milo is doing well. He still goes nuts each time he hears a motor-bike. We have given up on trying to teach him to ignore it.
He also has developed a terrible shaking each time we have food he likes. Most pitifully to watch him. He is emotionally blackmailing us to give in and give some morsel.
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October 12, 2018 at 7:09 am
Dogs do know how to play their owners! 🙂
Ha and Yay on your singing dog! I love that! 🙂
Yes, for some reason Cooper likes singing high voices and will stop and stare at the TV or computer or wherever the music is
coming from. 🙂
(((HUGS)))
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October 11, 2018 at 9:02 am |
A beautiful piece of music. And how striking that that one voice, one piece of music has captured so many people in one audience. Thank goodness beauty can still transcend and touch hearts.
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October 11, 2018 at 11:13 pm |
Yes, that piece of music pulls in large crowds, Julia. We used to go to ‘concert in the park’ in Sydney. It was a yearly event. One sits on the grass with friends, eat food and might even share a bottle of wine. Classical music doesn’t seem to attract boozers in the same way as pop concerts. I don’t know why that is so.
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October 11, 2018 at 11:36 pm
Sounds idyllic …
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October 11, 2018 at 10:49 am |
Beautiful, Mr O., I forwarded this to my sister, who sings and loves gardening
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October 11, 2018 at 11:15 pm |
Thank you, Robert.
People who love music are also likely to love gardening or at least enjoy gardens.
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October 11, 2018 at 5:18 pm |
So beautiful. Your garden is a peaceful oasis.
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October 11, 2018 at 11:16 pm |
Yes, Kayti. An oasis is a good word. We love that space.
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October 11, 2018 at 9:59 pm |
A lovely retreat from the rigours of following the goings-on of our government. Mr MG and I loved listening to the music too.
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October 11, 2018 at 11:19 pm |
Glad you liked that music. It was ‘big singing’. Our grandson who liked music to be put on loud when he was a toddler used to ask ‘ can you put on ‘the big singing?’
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October 12, 2018 at 1:44 am |
I love white flowers, and I especially like the cyclamen. It’s one of our winter flowers, since it prefers cooler temperatures. It’s a little soon to find them in the markets, but they’ll be here soon enough.
When I read the title of the musical piece, I didn’t recognize it, but as soon as I listened, I did. I noted in the Wiki entry about the series of pieces that this is Villa-Lobos most famous piece; I suppose my recognition of it supports that.
I enjoyed the audience shots in the video, too. Wasn’t it Shakespeare who wrote about music having power to tame the savage beast? Maybe we just need to gather people into large groups to listen to beautiful, live music. It couldn’t hurt, that’s for sure!
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October 14, 2018 at 9:24 pm |
Concerts in the Park are always very well liked. People arrive early to get a good spot, spread a blanket, take out the pick-nick basket and wait for the music to arrive.
The video just showed the Villa Lobos, but there would have been a variety of other musical pieces as well.
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October 14, 2018 at 3:10 am |
The attendance is incredibly expansive. The symphony and the singer, who is magnificent, must be extremely popular. And your shot of the garden shows a wondrous place for relaxing.
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October 14, 2018 at 9:31 pm |
Yes, a big crowd but I am sure the programme included other pieces of music as well. Those concerts in the open are hugely popular. Sydney used to have them every year. I remember the stampede to the public toilets afterwards.
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