Hitting the right note

“Play it like something you hear down by the river” Edward Elgar

Beautiful spring day. It’s warm already.  

I pulled a bucket full of weeds before breakfast as the rising sun leached through the willow and across the pond. 

Now I’m in the studio and have just tuned into Radio 3 which is playing a spirited recording of Elgar’s La Capricieuse for violin and piano. 

A perfect way to start the day. 

Happy Tuesday!

Tune in

Just heading off to Berlin for a few days…. 
thought you might like to turn the dial for a musical interlude in my absence. 

Enjoy being serenaded by eloquent arpeggios, 

 catch the drift of some improvised jazz 

or simply chill with the deckchair daydreamer!

Daily dose of Bach

Well we’re on the cusp of March and there’s a hint of optimism in the air. Chirpy birds are busy tugging moss from our roof for their nests, my tomato seeds, snug at the bottom of the airing cupboard, have just germinated and my “Speedy Salad Leaves” in the greenhouse have finally set off at a tortoise’s pace.

I will be glad that the see-saw ride of February is over. I have relished occasionally being flipped high into the tantalising spring sunshine. Greenhouse temperatures have soared temporarily and some borders have got dug. 
What I haven’t enjoyed, is the irritatingly frequent and crashing descent back into sub-zero temperatures.

I have tried to embrace the beauty of winter. I have listened to the soothing musicality of snowflakes falling through the dry leaves of the beech hedge and noticed the percussive rattle of icy winds tugging at the palm fronds outside the kitchen window.

But mostly I have been “overwintering” in my studio with hot coffee, a warm radiator and the melodious encouragement of Radio 3. 

Aldeburgh Festival

With the Aldeburgh Music Festival in full swing there's still time to catch a medley of my musos rocking out in the 

Snape Maltings Gallery....http://www.snapemaltings.co.uk/event/mary-woodins-musical-selection-in-the-gallery/

Another string to my bow

With the music festival season almost upon us, I've been tapping to the the beat with my brush!