In our country we have a chain of druggist shops that offers next to the usual druggist articles such as soap, fragrances, bath-articles, anti-headache pills etc. also CD’s. Not only popular pop-CD’s but also very unique classical musiques, sometimes “all works from…” series in boxes. These CD’s are sold against unbelievably low prices. The chain is called “Het Kruidvat”. This week I had a bull’s eye again, from an early 17th-century Dutch musician and composer. I got it for only 6 (six) Euro’s (about 7.50 Dollars), three CD’s in a luxury box, together with a 60-page instructive manual about the composer, his biography, instruments, and the performing musician, Erik Bosgraaf. Holland is not very renown because of its music, it’s more specialised in visual arts, but sometimes a jewel pops up and here is one. So I didn’t need thinking for long. At home I enjoyed the music. The special thing about it is that the 3 CD’s are filled only with recorder music, on all kinds of recorders. Solo. An outsider, pestered by recorder lessons on primary school would immediately think: boring. But this virtuoso musician lets hear heavenly music. The text on the box says: “Jacob van Eyck, the blind city carillonneur of Utrecht, played his recorder on summer evenings in the Janskerkhof (churchyard of the St. John’s cathedral) The public, strolling in the churchyard, was overwhelmed by his visrtuosic art”. These words are not overdone. I refer to his special website, where you can hear samples of the music: http://www.jacobvaneyck.info/main.htm. (music samples: click on the tab "more"). The site of the “Kruidvat” where you can order the CD’s (I don’t know if this is possible from all over the world but you can try) is in Dutch but you’ll recognize the words “Der fluyten lust...” in the column "klassiek" no. 1, is here. Enjoy also the sound of the nightingale, imitated by one of the pieces.
Another cheerful thing happened when I tested my new camera, a second-hand Sony Cybershot DSC-S85. I saw the first orchid of this year on a place where I knew orchids were present, a small meadow near our house. There are several orchid meadows in the village and the municipal green maintenance department adjust their mowing schedules to them. Orchids are the most curious and beautiful plants, that’s what I find. They developed late in the evolutionary process and are very specialized but also very strong. An amateur cannot seed them, seeding can only take place by nature and in sophisticated laboratories. It was late in the evening and dusk was rapidly approaching, but my camera found it no problem, see picture. The species is “Dactilorhiza Incarnata”, meaning: “flesh-looking finger-rooted”. In Dutch we call it “flesh-colored orchis”. The specimen on the photo isn't very flesh-colored, but depending on soil composition the flower can take many colours around pink, from nearly white to purple like this one. I'm sure it's the species I mentioned. My plant book says it’s a rare and protected plant, you can expect a heavy fine when caught picking the flower or digging it out for your garden.
Another cheerful thing happened when I tested my new camera, a second-hand Sony Cybershot DSC-S85. I saw the first orchid of this year on a place where I knew orchids were present, a small meadow near our house. There are several orchid meadows in the village and the municipal green maintenance department adjust their mowing schedules to them. Orchids are the most curious and beautiful plants, that’s what I find. They developed late in the evolutionary process and are very specialized but also very strong. An amateur cannot seed them, seeding can only take place by nature and in sophisticated laboratories. It was late in the evening and dusk was rapidly approaching, but my camera found it no problem, see picture. The species is “Dactilorhiza Incarnata”, meaning: “flesh-looking finger-rooted”. In Dutch we call it “flesh-colored orchis”. The specimen on the photo isn't very flesh-colored, but depending on soil composition the flower can take many colours around pink, from nearly white to purple like this one. I'm sure it's the species I mentioned. My plant book says it’s a rare and protected plant, you can expect a heavy fine when caught picking the flower or digging it out for your garden.
2 comments:
Lovely flower. I hope this camera works out well for you.
Evie, assess them in my forthcoming pictures.
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