tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post889438519710518185..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Birds and their haunts: Suffolk, Iceland, FifeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-11466302251024412582016-07-25T08:49:26.573+01:002016-07-25T08:49:26.573+01:00You would love Britten's setting of Tennyson&#...You would love Britten's setting of Tennyson's 'The Kraken' in his Nocturne, my favourite of the song cycles (each song has an obbligato instrument, the Kraken's being the bassoon). <br /><br />I grew up with Doctor Who, used to cower behind the sofa when the theme music came on. One series in the 1970s, The Devils, gave me nightmares.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-69447985172263762042016-07-25T03:35:28.756+01:002016-07-25T03:35:28.756+01:00And of course I am so ignorant I had to look up th...And of course I am so ignorant I had to look up the Kraken rising and have never seen Dr. Who (although I'm certainly aware of it). On reflection, I was thinking of something benign--perhaps the closest analogue is a llama, absent the long neck.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-67372700807104432942016-07-23T22:26:42.919+01:002016-07-23T22:26:42.919+01:00The Kraken rising, perhaps? Very Doctor Whoish (fr...The Kraken rising, perhaps? Very Doctor Whoish (from my memories of the 1970s, at any rate).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-58792307772301143732016-07-23T21:47:16.336+01:002016-07-23T21:47:16.336+01:00This is a visual feast, David! Love the way you u...This is a visual feast, David! Love the way you used the Hepworth as a peephole through which to view the world beyond--and the rock (draped with seaweed, is it?) I first registered as an odd prehistoric mammal of some sort.Susan Scheidhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com