R to @ueenchile: Recorrimos el Telescopio de 3,6 m de ESO, que alberga el instrumento #HARPS, el mayor cazador de exoplanetas del mundo, y el Telescopio MPG/ESO 2,2m, operado con el Instituto Max Planck y destacado por su gran calidad de imagen.

¡Un patrimonio científico global!
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Serenity

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Hello, all.  I didn’t have any exercise or other post ready for this weekend, so I thought I’d just share something pretty, and… serene.  The day before, I had made the Night Cafe image above. ( I wrote the descriptive prompt “at twilight a harp stands beside a pond where two swans swim. The ruins of a monastery are in the background. Inspired by the style of Abraham Pether.”  Okay, my description was a lot more detailed than that, but you get the idea.)

When I decided to include harp music with the image, I realized that I didn’t recall seeing any videos of men playing the harp.  I went looking, and here are a few that I found.

Xavier de Maistre – Leyenda (Asturias) YouTube

The video below is Séamus Ó Flatharta at Ballintubber Abbey | Harp Day 2021

For fun (although it’s a pretty amazing rendition), let’s top things off with a Queen cover.  Here’s Alexander Boldachev performing Bohemian Rapsody.

Oh heck, go ahead and read a romance novel now.  I get it.  Or maybe makeup one of your own… maybe set in Scotland of the 1800s where two people are reunited at sunrise, with an ancient abbey on the other side of a stream…

Thanks to my Night Cafe models.  I hope your weekend is going well.  Friendly comments are welcome.  Hugs!

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Anon. "Esperance qui en mon cuer s'embat"
#LesDélices (Debra Nagy, dir) in collaboration with #BlueHeron (Scott Metcalfe, dir)

Performers:
Jason McStoots, tenor
Scott Metcalfe & Debra Nagy, #harps
https://youtu.be/-Pc3e7Exh2A?si=uyqumeGnWut8u1ku (4:41)
Performed Live on January 18, 2016
in Cleveland OH

#FotoVorschlag 'Instrument'

Reiseetui für Freunde des Quintenzirkels...

#Music #Acoustic #Bones #Harps #FootTambourine

November 17, 2025

I've been taking a day off. From writing my journal. I fixed a harmonica! Tried to find my pistol grip SM56 but I found my Conrad DM-9 instead. Sounds great. I put it in a black velvet bag. Cooked Hoppin' John. Read. Took a nap. I have a big weekend coming up. Delta Legends Friday night. Two gigs on Saturday.

#harps #harpmics #music

#AIP:
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Ein Blick in das pulsierende Herz eines Sterns
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"Ein Forschungsteam des Leibniz-Instituts für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) hat den magnetischen Herzschlag eines fernen Sterns entdeckt, der unserer Sonne bemerkenswert ähnlich ist – allerdings viel jünger und aktiver. .."

https://www.aip.de/de/news/heartbeat-of-a-star/

10.10.2025

#Astronomie #Astrophysik #ESO #FarBeyondTheSun #HARPS #IotaHorologii #Magnetfeld #Magnetzyklus #Schmetterlingsdiagramm #Stern #Sternentwicklung #ZDI

#Oxford Lots of #FolkSessions coming up this week.
#EuroSession at the Half Moon on Mon
#harps on Tue
Oxford Blue on Thursday
Lamb & FLag on Sunday (TBC)

#folk #session