tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post6776024753723246241..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: ObbligatoLaurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-79314708129813597552009-07-21T03:39:37.655-07:002009-07-21T03:39:37.655-07:00Great photography..different photos..well done..
...Great photography..different photos..well done..<br /><br /><br />Thanks for sharing...<br />___________________<br />Andrew<br /><a href="http://www.directstartv.com/jump.html?referID=oa-0-173189" rel="nofollow">Lock in your price today for Your favorite channels - and keep it there until 2010!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-28327587193594341992009-03-19T13:34:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:34:00.000-07:00I too love your post, Laurie, and Yak Pate is fabu...I too love your post, Laurie, and Yak Pate is fabu. Seeds of moviemaking... all over the place.Patrizzi Intergarlicticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047084173908563600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-65167899278930426942009-03-17T00:00:00.000-07:002009-03-17T00:00:00.000-07:00Hey kids,Judy, you summed it up perfectly. For an...Hey kids,<BR/><BR/>Judy, you summed it up perfectly. For anyone who has played music -- or loved and obsessed over music -- an instrument is more than its materials. I just hate seeing that piano out on the driveway! I remember when I lived in Venice Beach, a man would roll a white upright like this around the boardwalk, stopping every few yards and playing ragtime. I video of it somewhere. <BR/><BR/>If I'd been more pushy -- or in the park in Australia that Petrea mentioned -- I'd have gone up to this piano and tried to plunk out Scott Joplin or, my other recital favorite, Clair de Lune.<BR/><BR/>Shanna would have been welcome on her Irish drum!<BR/><BR/>Yak, I LOVE your story. In fact, I know I can present any setting and you will fill it in with possible plots and interesting characters. One of Yak's and my favorite pastimes in days past was to skip out on work for an afternoon, drink wine in a restaurant and write stories back and forth on bar napkins. <BR/><BR/>Farmgirl, you cracked me up with your comment about the baby/piano trade!<BR/><BR/>Finntipivot, I agree!<BR/><BR/>Altadenahiker, I didn't study it close enough to see if it looked like it had been rained on recently. The whole scene was just so ... literary. Ya know? A piano in a driveway. It's not quite Cheever but definitely John Irving.<BR/><BR/>Leslie, I like your optimism. Here I've been mourning the slow decay of this piano and you make it an opportunity. Well done. :-)<BR/><BR/>Pasadena Adjacent, I thought of you, I really did. For all of you who haven't visited PA's blog, she has some amazing trash finds posted on Tuesdays. Check it out.<BR/><BR/>Margaret, do your kids play instruments? My daughter will be 4 in a few months and really loves all things musical. She has an electronic keyboard, a harmonica, a toy saxaphone and any number of rattles, chimes, Xylaphones, a tamborine and a triangle. She really wants a guitar. Both of her cousins are musicians so I wouldn't be at all surprised if she ended up following suit.<BR/><BR/>Ben, I really wish I HAD tried to play this. I mean, what's the worst that could have happened? I could have been chased off and humiliated. (Wouldn't be the first time... ha!)<BR/><BR/>DBdubya, you give me food for thought...<BR/><BR/>And all of you give this blog great flavor and substance. Thanks for the comments and conversation. Until tomorrow!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-34863294064005713032009-03-16T21:03:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:03:00.000-07:00It reminds me of an outdoor piano I read about in ...It reminds me of an outdoor piano I read about in a park in Australia. It's there for anyone to come and play.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-63551955256796653592009-03-16T19:34:00.000-07:002009-03-16T19:34:00.000-07:00I think some Irish music would be memorable too. I...I think some Irish music would be memorable too. I'll accompany on my bodhran. Someone could dance a jig in the driveway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-73056724355673919312009-03-16T18:52:00.000-07:002009-03-16T18:52:00.000-07:00I think you should lick it and see if it tastes li...I think you should lick it and see if it tastes like vanilla ice cream. :~PJudy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-89797698501701147922009-03-16T14:21:00.000-07:002009-03-16T14:21:00.000-07:00What a great idea, dbdubya ! Adopt it! Maybe try p...What a great idea, dbdubya ! Adopt it! Maybe try playing it for a minute first and let it speak to you and to little one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-69612999347844608662009-03-16T13:34:00.000-07:002009-03-16T13:34:00.000-07:00Don't give up on the piano! My wife inherited a 1...Don't give up on the piano! My wife inherited a 1912 Baldwin upright. It sat in a garage for many years. It wasn't as bad as this one, but was still pretty ragged. We had it restored by a craftsman in Long Beach, or somewhere in that general area. It cost a lot, but is now worth much more than than it cost to restore.<BR/><BR/>Laurie - you should go back and offer to haul it away and then see about having it restored so your little one can become a prodigy.dbdubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462665006132459258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-40848422087235559882009-03-16T12:42:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:42:00.000-07:00Awesome image! Makes you want to go over and see ...Awesome image! Makes you want to go over and see how the piano sounds outside.ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-68346648147825033182009-03-16T09:22:00.000-07:002009-03-16T09:22:00.000-07:00Nice link. It is especially sad to see such thing...Nice link. It is especially sad to see such things when there are so many families who would be so happy to take a piano for their budding pianists.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-76407577424632650982009-03-16T08:17:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:17:00.000-07:00Ours is not to reason why...but to grab and post o...Ours is not to reason why...but to grab and post on TuesdaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-22948407687539402342009-03-16T08:15:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:15:00.000-07:00Who said it is being abandoned? Perhaps they bough...Who said it is being abandoned? Perhaps they bought some new living room furniture and decided to move the "music room" outside? The weather ahs been relly nice in So. Pas. this past month. Hah!Leslie Saetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12117990337430054782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-28095566109897337842009-03-16T07:37:00.001-07:002009-03-16T07:37:00.001-07:00Now the question is, will they just leave it there...Now the question is, will they just leave it there to let the elements do their thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-62847401080899587422009-03-16T07:37:00.000-07:002009-03-16T07:37:00.000-07:00I want to wrap it in a blanket and take it home.I want to wrap it in a blanket and take it home.Dinah Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955999511641386889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-49928584670367363592009-03-16T07:21:00.000-07:002009-03-16T07:21:00.000-07:00If they traded that piano for a baby, they got the...If they traded that piano for a baby, they got the raw end of that deal IMHO. ;o)San Diego Farmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561103211171226430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-32724083278986975292009-03-16T07:16:00.000-07:002009-03-16T07:16:00.000-07:00Oh Pat!! What a lovely and bittersweet tale you j...Oh Pat!! What a lovely and bittersweet tale you just weaved. I love it. And I can picture the dress too. Cotton, with a bit of a puff sleeve, small flowered print. Aaaaah - I love your imagination.Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-65044741083452048712009-03-16T06:46:00.000-07:002009-03-16T06:46:00.000-07:00Maybe it's a ghost piano... left behind by a famil...Maybe it's a ghost piano... left behind by a family that moved away under mysterious circumstances and inherited by new owners of the home. <BR/><BR/>At a certain time every afternoon, the piano begins to play the same haunting, old-fashioned tune, spooking the expectant mother who now lives in the home. Her husband thinks she is imagining it, or that it is a hormonal delusion caused by her pregnancy.<BR/><BR/>When she finds lovely vintage dresses in the attic and begins to wear them while dancing to the tunes the piano plays, her husband sends her to visit her mother and puts the piano out for a bulky items pickup.<BR/><BR/>Late that night, as he is sleeping alone, he hears the key notes of a slow, mournful tune playing at the end of the driveway.Yakpatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788658793693064873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-41821891486405179732009-03-16T06:06:00.000-07:002009-03-16T06:06:00.000-07:00For anyone who appreciates music or even one who h...For anyone who appreciates music or even one who has dabbled in playing, the piano is more than just a box of wood with some strings. It has soul. Yet there are those that just see it as another big piece of furniture. I predict that it isn't exactly playable in this condition, but maybe with some loving care... then again, maybe not. Reminds me of the one Mom and Dad had in the den when you used to play "The Sting" with your legs too short to touch the ground from the bench. It's rather sad to see it like that isn't it?Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.com