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Dancers: framed ceramic The honey-glaze on the ceramic dancers is an old recipe. It runs off a piece if not contained (which is why the ...

Cockatoos on the roof. They want to be included in my series of  'fabulous ceilings'. ' Sulphur crested cockatoos on the gar...

When the eight year old (previous post) announced she wanted a fox cub and her mother on the front of the partly knitted jumper I was making...

I am knitting a jumper for an eight year old with colours she said she liked ... mainly blues and pinks.   I get a bit bored with plain ...

The hall was dimmed ... just a pinkish light at the back - and then a flutist started playing CPE Bach's Flute Sonata in A minor. It...

Such a moving concert last night at the Utzon Room in the Sydney Opera House.  Three wonderful musicians with passion and insight led us thr...

Ferruccio Furlanetto sings Schubert's Winterreise sung by a bass?  Usually this moving song cycle is sung by tenor or baritone and ...

I heard a delightful concert last night, but  my trip home was not so delightful.  The electronic train signage said the train went north b...

Paris Opera singers would have known these ceilings well in the twentieth century when the Palais Garnier was the home of the Paris Opera.  ...

Louvre: fabulous ceiling #1 Is it possible to trump this wonderful ceiling in the Louvre?  I wonder how often the inhabitants looked upw...

Kraggerud in Sydney There is just something about seeing a musician playing music written by a composer from his/her own country and thi...

It doesn't pay to put your woollies away too early. We are back to winter this week. It was 9C this morning but felt like 0C because of ...

Imogen Cooper plays You have to be careful what sort of concert you hear after a five star Parsifal but I think I chose just the thi...

If you look at blogs about recordings of Wagner's music you find connoisseurs discussing which singer is best on which recording. Each r...

I was reading Wagner's letters to Mathilda Wesendonk (original version, online for free) o n the way to Sydney to see Wagner's oper...

Last time I made covers for the cushions of my old (1970s) cane chairs, I pinned the gaps instead of sewing them closed, something I realis...

I have been back in Australia for two weeks, but it has been a hard landing. Jetlag always seems to be harder on the way back to Australia b...

First coffee back in Australia after nearly two months. I heard in London that there are several new cafés being started by Australians...

I made it home safe and sound and the flight back did not seem as long as usual. Partly that must be due to the three excellent German mo...