Today’s Daily Dose takes us to Uruguay….La Sinfónica de Tambores And now, here’s Los Gauchos de Roldán and one more…
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New Bird in Town
There’s a new bird in town. Look…there, behind the bear’s breeches. You mean that red one? Ya, ya, that’s the one. You got the field guide? No, I thought you brought it. I think it’s a Scarlet Tanager. Really? Ya, a Scarlet Tanager.
Joe Derrane, accordion player
Check out this fantastic video about Joe Derrane, an Irish-American button accordion player. It was uploaded to YouTube by the MassCulturalCouncil. I love his accordion too, with the square buttons. I’ve never seen one like it. ….and more…
Ruben Ranzo
Here’s a shanty. This is normally sung in English, but I like this version by petraki53 very much.
Tuffy P’s Canada Day cookies
Shortbreads. Yum.
Button Accordion – Graham Irvine Pipe Marches
I don’t know very much at all about Scottish button accordion music, but based on this performance, I could grow to like it quite a lot.
Front Garden Update
The “Hilton” garden gets a new border
Mosaic
Tuffy P and the lads from across the street had a great time creating some mosaics out back this afternoon.
New Garden
A couple weeks ago I decided to add another new garden out back, this time a checkerboard garden. I finally got around to doing the grunt work today. It’s no great shakes yet – some black-eyed susans and some begonias and some ground cover –… Read More
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