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The first (few) pics from back home, including our favourite place ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hope it was as enjoyable as it looked (the vacation, and the food). Floquenbeam (talk) 20:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We've finally got spring flowers here, too. I dumped some trellises in the backyard last fall, forgetting I'd planted daffodils in the same place. I went out to backyard to do a little early garden thinking, and discovered the daffodils had come up thru and around the trellises in a matter of days. To the point that if I tried to move the trellises, I'd be unable to avoid damaging the daffodils. So now I'm trapped, trellisless, until the flowers die off for the year. Floquenbeam (talk) 20:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Trellisless" should definitely be a word. Silly spellcheck. Floquenbeam (talk) 20:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yes - should be a word - both vacation and food were enjoyable - less enjoyable was a cold that kept me from singing in choir for Easter - at the same I had three articles on the Main page at the same time because they died, a sad record - yesterday's is a problem: I worked on the article in 2010 when I was impressed by his playing and dedication, but later others did the same, and without adding references, sigh - On a brighter note: which of the three appearances of Hildegard do you like best? I couldn't decide. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like the composition of No. 1 the best. Floquenbeam (talk) 13:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marian Anderson is my top story today (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful. Floquenbeam (talk) 13:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. For a short while last night, I had again three RD articles together on the page, including the Finnish organist who is probably the person having played most different organs, ever. He came to our church because it was a "free" day between two with a concert, and our conductor was afraid that he would have to entertain him, but no, he turned to the organ, fell in love with the instrument and played for the rest of the day, into the concert. I took photos but not good enough to share. I'll make him my story tomorrow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My story today is about a piece composed for the Second Sunday after Easter 300 years ago, and I just returned from a (long) opera about the same age, with soprano Pretty Yende --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

relief: the last of six RD articles in one week is now on the Main page - yesterday a great recital with many anti-war songs by Jewish composers whose music was banned by the Nazis. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good evening to you, Floquenbeam. I hope you are well and recovering from your period of "meh"! I know what real life stress is like, and it's a pain in the hiney. Anyway, I'm writing to you tonight, concerning an action which you very kindly undertook for me, around two and a half years ago, which was to remove my "extended-confirmed" right.

At that time, as I noted in the request, I thought I was never going to need it, or use it - (see here). However, I've recently come across an article on here, which I wish to chime in on, and unfortunately, it's restricted for editing to users holding the extended-confirmed right. It's a very contentious article, and the talk page which goes with it is under the same restriction, as well as there being active ARBCOM enforcement in place.

Would you please be kind enough to re-grant the right to me? I never imagined it would be used to stop people from editing things they want to talk about, but here we are. I'm so sorry to mess you about, but I've realised I do actually need it.

Many thanks,

Dane|Geld 20:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DaneGeld:  Done. No worries at all, I don't think I'd call 2.5 years "messing me about". Wield your new superpower carefully :) --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]