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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Blowing my own trumpet

I was really surprised and delighted to come joint first in the 7 day blogging challenge I recently participated in, organised by Jenson Taylor.

http://jensontaylor.blogspot.fr/2012/03/7-day-blogging-challenge-winners.html

Congratulations also to Karavikar Svetasreni who I share this accolade with. Have a look at her blog State of Being - she writes about environmental issues from her home in Bangkok.

I also wrote a guest blog post about pollinating insects for the main site (as opposed to the forum where I have been blathering since 2005!) at Selfsufficientish.com which I was pleased to have been asked to contribute to.

So, not wanting to post on my blog without a photo, and in the absence of a photo of me playing a trumpet, a pic of me playing the recorder in my primary school orchestra will have to do. Yes, I was once, erm, 'musical' (in other words, my recorder playing was preferable to my singing voice, and that probably is still true to this day).

2nd row back, on left, dark top, nearest the piano. C'est moi.


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  1. Kara4 April 2012 at 05:12:00 CEST

    Cute picture! And thank you for the mention :))

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  2. Millymollymandy4 April 2012 at 08:47:00 CEST

    My pleasure - you deserve it!

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  3. Anonymous4 April 2012 at 17:04:00 CEST

    So all that "blonde" hair is dye?

    Lol

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    1. Millymollymandy4 April 2012 at 18:58:00 CEST

      Well, I could post a photo of me when I was a nipper when I was naturally blonde, and the blonde now is only streaks! But if you are who I think you are, you'd know all that anyway ;-)

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    2. twistedByKnaves4 April 2012 at 22:44:00 CEST

      Well blown and well deserved. When I read your blog I feel the Gallic sun on my face, here the Galline scratchings and smell the... well, anyway, very well done.

      I'm afraid those wooden recorders with plastic mouthpieces place us squarely in the 60s. Never could get the hang of the piano: I found one note at a time more than sufficient. Must dig out the ancestral penny whistle... More nostalgia: http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=Robin+Williamson:+the+penny+whistle+book&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&biw=1438&bih=815&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17320433951060379497&sa=X&ei=-rF8T4OvCM3m8QOlndidDQ&ved=0CEAQ8wIwAA

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    3. Millymollymandy5 April 2012 at 07:15:00 CEST

      60s? Harumph! This photo is circa 1972! I can play what I was told was called Chopsticks on the piano, but it isn't the more complicated version that everyone else calls Chopsticks, and even searching on Youtube doesn't produce what the tune is :-/ I can also play Good King Wencelas and Do a Deer.

      And thank you for you lovely comments :-)

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  4. Philip Verghese 'Ariel'5 April 2012 at 19:56:00 CEST

    Though blowing our own trumpet is not good, but sometimes we need to do, that is not bad too LOL
    I posted my Congrats at g+ and J Taylor's and NRao's posts, Here comes one more. Ha!! What a lovely pic too,
    OMG! what a change. :-)
    Keep trumpeting !!!!!****&&&&&####$$$$$ LOL
    Best Regards
    Phil

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  5. Philip Verghese 'Ariel'5 April 2012 at 19:59:00 CEST

    Oh My G!! My Google and twitter is following. i thought i am not there. anyways I don't know how to delete one. Ok no prob. let it be there
    I get to way info...Lol
    Phil

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  6. Millymollymandy6 April 2012 at 08:30:00 CEST

    Hi Phil - I see what you mean now, do you have any more profiles to follow me with? lol! Thanks for the comments and congrats. :-)

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