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[dar]

I'm still trying to figure out how to post a pic.

Sharing some favorite paintings that I didn't paint.

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Sharing some favorite prints that I didn't print.

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As you can see I figured it out! You may have created a monster G because now I can post pics!

[Geoffrey]

As you can see I figured it out! You may have created a monster G because now I can post pics!

wow, dar - congratulations! you managed it. maybe a bit rough at the corners, but you did it - and that's something not everyone accomplishes! just shows that determination gives rewards. it is a slightly complicated challenge the first time, but i am so proud of you! if you can just work on trying to make the images a bit larger you'll almost be home and dry. nice pictures, and they'd be even better if bigger, enabling one's eyes to more easily roam over the details

if you have a computer (PC) then 'microsoft paint' should already be installed. make several copies of the image you wish to post, open them one at a time in 'm.paint', keeping the original untouched, and then simply keep adjusting the resolution on each copy until you arrive at just under 256kb. a little mathematics and perseverance is often needed, but after a while becomes second nature.

by the way, i can be something of a monster myself, so join the club. looking forward to the next three pics
xxx

[LisaLCFan]

It's so quiet on the forum at the moment that I just couldn't help myself to post this image for some frivolous fun...

Hey Bev, nice to see you around here again! Fun image of David, indeed, but, if I may be picky, the choice of guitar is anachronistic -- a little Renaissance guitar or even a lute would have been far more fitting!

...Sharing some favorite paintings that I didn't paint...Sharing some favorite prints that I didn't print.

Hey, Dar, nice to see such colourful artwork, plus colourful vases, flowers, etc! I love a home that is full of colourful things! And, is that a cat I see? Pets are essential for a perfect home!

...here are the four antique chairs my wonderful friend juanita gave me. they may not be so valuable now i have painted them, but they are at least more colourful...

Hey, Geoffrey, love the chairs!!!

[LisaLCFan]

Not really in the realm of art, but certainly in the realm of the colourful, I just acquired a new set of kitchen knives this week -- I like them!

[Geoffrey]

LisaLCFan wrote:
>I just acquired a new set of kitchen knives this week -- I like them!

so colourful and futuristic. i looked on the website and it appears they produce a whole range of types and colours. i like them, too

[dar]

I have the green kitchen knife. It's one of my favs but the green color is coming off the blade. No biggie. It's probably because I wasn't washing it by itself...and I know better.

[B4real]

Hey Bev, nice to see you around here again! Fun image of David, indeed, but, if I may be picky, the choice of guitar is anachronistic -- a little Renaissance guitar or even a lute would have been far more fitting!

Ha! Lisa, on reflection, maybe I should have used an old vihuela, the one with the long neck, because I had to stretch the neck of that modern guitar I used to fit into the space between David’s hands

[LisaLCFan]

...on reflection, maybe I should have used an old vihuela, the one with the long neck, because I had to stretch the neck of that modern guitar I used to fit into the space between David’s hands

By the way, when I was referring the the chronological appropriateness of the instrument in your picture, I was thinking of Michelangelo's time, not mythical David's time -- for the latter, some sort of lyre would probably be the most applicable. Nontheless, if you want a long-necked plucked instrument, you need look no further than the theorbo lute (or archlute), for it has the longest neck of any instrument!

[B4real]

Ha! Now that's a l-o-n-g neck

[Geoffrey]

Ha! Now that's a l-o-n-g neck

a slightly bent long neck too, if i may be so bold.
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addition to the never-ending 'local citizens' series

[LisaLCFan]

Ha! Now that's a l-o-n-g neck

a slightly bent long neck too, if i may be so bold...

The neck of a theorbo is slighty bent by design, so that the bass strings (the longest strings that are tied to the pegbox at the far end of the neck) are straight and (mostly) parallel to each other and to the shorter treble strings, the latter of which are tied to the pegbox in the middle of the neck. If the neck were perfectly straight, then the bass strings would be too close to the treble strings as one moved further up the neck, perhaps even overlapping them somewhat, and that wouldn't work! If you click on that photo for a closer-up view, you can see how all the strings are perfectly spaced apart due to the bent angle of the neck!

[Geoffrey]

thanks for straightening me out on this, lisa. gaining fresh knowledge is one of my favourite pastimes

the delay in responding was due to angst, an affliction caused by an impending dental appointment. it is impossible to be myself under such circumstances, creativity and concentration dissipates. it is hell, pure and simple, but now it's over. needn't have worried, she said everything is fine and i don't need to go for another check until february or march. she is so gentle, and understanding, a wonderful lady. it's not very nice when people mock a person who fears something. growing up in a rural area dentistry at times was far more primitive than in big cities, insensitive heavy-handed dentists, splashes of blood on the walls. all too easy for a young child to carry bad experiences into adulthood.

after coming out from the dentist the shopping mall seemed to be a good idea, because that is a place where only positive things ever occur. felt i had been given a new lease of life, and an air of joy seemed to surround everyone who was there. i sat for a while with astrid and gunnhild, laughing and having fun - then upon arriving home this picture was in my inbox.

thanks again for teaching me about the theorbo's construction. i also watched a great 10-minute youtube video called 'introducing the baroque theorbo' given by a scholarly lady. informative and impressive

[LisaLCFan]

...the delay in responding was due to angst, an affliction caused by an impending dental appointment...

...i also watched a great 10-minute youtube video called 'introducing the baroque theorbo' given by a scholarly lady. informative and impressive

One of my dogs had a dental appointment today -- I think that I was more anxious about it than he was: anesthetising a pet is always a bit nerve-wracking (although I have never had a bad experience with it). Happily, all went well and he is just fine. Pleased to hear that you can say the same -- you certainly look cheerful with your friend at the mall! Fears, whatever their origin may be, are very real feelings, and nobody should be mocked or treated with disrespect for how they feel.

That video about the Baroque theorbo was delightful -- thank you for mentioning it! Elizabeth Kenny is both a scholar and an exceptional musician. I very much enjoyed the excerpts from the two French pieces she played towards the end -- really lovely music!

[Geoffrey]

LisaLCFan wrote:
>One of my dogs had a dental appointment today -- I think that I was more anxious about it than he was: anesthetising a pet is always a bit nerve-wracking (although I have never had a bad experience with it).

poor little doggy. they are so faithful and dependent upon their owners that being anxious if they need medical treatment is natural. full anesthesia is a frightening prospect, and something i too am sceptical about. the doctor tried to coerce me into having it during a couple of knee operations, but i refused both times. eventually he settled on an epidural, and i followed each operation on a screen that he used to monitor where the probes were going. it was actually entertaining

>Elizabeth Kenny is both a scholar and an exceptional musician.

she has a genuinely warm personality. i like her, but don't know how she dared take such a precious instrument on london underground!
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this lady took to the stage at an event i recently attended - and sang so beautifully. i wish i could have sketched a better picture

fjellstua ålesund today, man with camera.

lots of celebrations in norway this week as we celebrate midsummer. hope to return and make more pictures soon. while i am passing by, i would like to share an old mission song called 'take your burden to the lord and leave it there'. i believe one or two of you might recognise the melody.
https://youtu.be/3hPpH7krna8
UPDATE:
it's been quiet for a while. this competition was difficult for anyone not a real, bona fide, genuine cohen fan - so i'm not really surprised nobody here knew the answer, even though i was hopeful. don't worry, if i do another competition i will try to make it a little bit easier
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a face in the crowd, fiskarstrand 24/6-23

[Geoffrey]

face in the crowd, another attempt

apologies for these colourless sketches. coloured ones are possible, but they take longer and it's so quick and easy to just find a pencil.

i can add some colour to this column this way: flowers from the garden of my lovely best friend, juanita. first she took me to a midsummer rock concert by the fjord, then invited me back to her house where we sat on the balcony for a delicious koldtbord. i asked if i could help with the preparations but she told me to just relax in the sun and listen to 'pathétique'. i would have preferred 'la bohème' or even 'don giovanni', but she likes plain instrumental stuff before opera - so i didn't say anything. while eating she asked if i'd like to call by one day and impregnate the wooden slats on her balcony floor with some black oily paint stuff, and that's when i saw a red flag. i told her that i would love to, but my back has been playing me up and i didn't want to start eating paralgin. a pack of lies; i have never had backache and i love the buzz you can get from paralgin - but she was not to know that. so innocent, she swallowed every word. anyway, when it was time to wind everything up we visited her garden and she made a little bouquet for me to take home, then gave me a big hug and kissed me up and down my neck. what a wonderful person!