April 30 is International Jazz Day

April 30 is International Jazz Day and here is something from own archive of radio recordings, a some time 1990s BBC World Service Jazz for the Asking program.

Another Cactus in Bloom

Another cactus in bloom and it's not mine; it's from one of my relatives, and you can see that it looks like a pedigree cactus and not the cheap mall plants that I have.

Art on Arbat April 2021 Edition

 More in my series of artworks copy photographed (almost) on Moscow's famous Arbat street.

Original paintings displayed for sale on the Arbat.

3 piece fried eggs with greens.

Copy photography is where you use a camera to photograph and then possibly reproduce a work of art, say, for personal use or maybe even for sale haha.

And modern printing technology and cameras are quite capable and are nothing to sneeze at in this regard, even though mine is not one of such advanced cameras, but on the other hand I see that street art sellers are becoming increasingly weary of people with cameras, especially if it looks like they are positioning themselves to take a full size picture of a single painting.

I was personally shooed away once, believe it or not, even though I always try to be discreet when taking pictures without permission.

That's a tall ship.

From radio collection : DLT A Jolly Good Show 35

Here's something from my radio recordings collection: : DLT A Jolly Good Show 35

From The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue - OFFICIAL PROMO

This ain't too bad.

M on White Shirt

 

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Orient Place - The Place for Orient Watch Collectors and Fans: Orient Re-issues The "World Dial" Watch

Orient Place - The Place for Orient Watch Collectors and Fans: Orient Re-issues The "World Dial" Watch: Sometimes Orient really catches us by surprise and does something unexpected. Today it does one such thing, announcing the release of four n...

Eating Europe: Swiss Toblerone Chocolate

Eating Europe piece by piece.

Not today but did eat this rather large bar of Toblerone chocolate straight from Switzerland.

In all, you could definitely eat it one rib a time but nothing too special I should say.

This one is dark but I prefer white and yellow Toblerone.

However this bar of choc was not the largest piece of chocolate I ate, I had something much bigger once.

 

Общепит: Большая шоколадка Toblerone:  Съели шоколадку Toblerone под 400 гр. В общем, есть можно, но ничего особенного, хотя из самой Швейцарии. Этот коричневый, хотя мне больше ... HoroLex: Есть, что съесть: Большая шоколадка Toblerone:  Съели шоколадку Toblerone под 400 гр. В общем, есть можно, но ничего такого особенного, хотя из самой Швейцарии. Этот коричневый, хотя из Т...

New from Tom Jones - One More Cup Of Coffee (Official Lyric Video)

New from Tom Jones - One More Cup Of Coffee (Official Lyric Video)

The Gold Watch - Pulp Fiction (7/12) Movie CLIP (1994) HD

As I said elsewhere, unfortunately this is all I can see in my mind's eye the moment someone recounts a story of a watch passed from father to son, however moving or interesting or deserving of attention it might be.

As a result, I can't empathize anymore with stories of watches as family heirlooms passed through generations.

And yes, I blame Mr Tarantino for that, it wasn't really necessary to write this monologue, was it? 

The movie had enough going on as it was, it hardly needed this scene )))

(although I do remember that the watch played an important role in the events depicted so may be it was necessary after all)

Twitter Down

 Twitter down as of 15:49 local April 17, 2021

No login, no tweets loading on website is what I get.

Birdwatching Mode: Eurasian Jays Sighted

In a bird-watching mode now, and here are two Eurasian Jays sighted in Moscow earlier this week.

My first sighting of them in Moscow, I have and see (and even feed) plenty of them at my place in the country but it's a first time sighing in the city.

 

Too bad I didn't have with me my dedicated bird watching kit mainly consisting of a Nikon P900 with its superior zoom and it even has an in-built bird watching mode.

These exposures are achieved with a Sony RX100 m2.

 

HoroLex: Сойки: Пара соек в Москве.  Апрель 2021 года.   Кстати, впервые вижу сойки в Москве. Вот в деревне у меня много соек, а в Москве лично вижу впервые.  

Games In Progress: Mafia II Definitive Edition Completed

In gaming news, late last year beat Mafia II Definitive Edition on my PS4.

Not in the mood to analyze it or even do a simple write-up, I'll just say that it was far less enjoyable than the original Mafia II with some changes clearly much for the worse, the game play didn't feel right at times - in some missions more than in the others, however there were some moments, and it's much easier to beat than the original Mafia II.

So here is proof in screen shots, mostly some of the trophies. 

A lesson in manners, indeed.

Knucklehead! Yes, I am.

Hairdresser! Yes, I am... a menace to your toupee.

Made it!

Finished!

Games In Progress: Mafia II Definitive Edition Completed: Late last year this blogger beat Mafia II Definitive Edition. Not in the mood to analyze it or even do a simple write-up, I'll just say ...

Movie of the night: Busted Up (1986) | Irene Cara Stan Shaw Paul Coufos. #IreneCaraWeek

Here is my movie of the night.



It's on Youtube as you can see... but I am also lucky (?) to have it on VHS. 

 

Full Moon Nikon P900

Night with the full moon

My VHS Collection

 Here is a selection of movie titles on VHS from my collection that I unearthed at one of my pads.

I do have what to watch them on - a vhs recorder player and a multisystem one too - Pal/Secam/NTSC - plays anything.

Some highlights (?)

67 titles pictured. 

I think I have another 50 at various places.

And this the unit I can watch those VHS tapes on.