Shape of Things to Come - The Yardbirds

Trawling through my fairly extensive music library last evening, all too long absent,

we came across the thought lost 

Joe Bonamassa - “Live at the Albert Hall”.

We believe the clip will bring joy to those already familiar and those not alike! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IctWoZmcV8g

The Ballard of John Henry

(Spike Driver when building US Rail-Roads out West)

Lead Guitar / Vox - Bonamassa, Bass Guitar - Carmine Rojas, Drums - Bogie Bowles (no hat), Keyboards - Rick Melick and Anton Fig - also Drums.

A personnal view is that second only to Jimi Hendrix this man has to be the most accomplished Rock / Blues Guitarist in the world which, with the passing of Jimi, who now lies at rest at the

Greenwood Park Cemetery in Renton, Seattle, Washington State 

Joe, by definition becomes the best 'Living Guitarist' in the World!

and what a start to the day, 803 HITS which smashes the previous recor by a Royal Mile. Now if each of those readers recruits another we would double the readership!

Please enjoy what is on offer today - Thak You!

Enough of that, so let's get back to Tuesday evening when driving to the Heath a lone

WOODCOCK 

was seen flying in figure-of- eights around the Solar Panel Compound.

Something of a milestone as this is the first and only since mid-Spring and worryingly as we see or hear them every evening under normal circumstances during that period!

As if that were not enough arriving at the gateway a

BARN OWL

was performing similar aerobatics across the Moor. 

To make up the prial 'the', or maybe another?

NIGHTJAR

was taking to the air and then grounding with some frequency. 

The images are of last years nesting bird.
In addition there were also an unusually large number of 'free-flying' Moths, which didn't reflect in the traps the following morning. In fact something of a 'record breaker' as there were more 'egg-trays' (18 in each of the 5 traps) than there were Macro Moths, such as

an always most welcome

VESTAL

along with an equally smalt looking

BURNISHED BRASS
Otherwise, and reaching again for the 'archive' there was a fly-over

WHIMBREL

which, had it not been calling / singing

would likely not have been seen at all. This unfortunately is yet another of the previously annual species which always used to alight here, but these days finds no need?

Finally, and right at the last knockings of its flight period,

(May to Septenber)

GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE DO NOT LIKE THE NEW FORMAT THAT THE PROVIDERS HAVE FORCED UPON US! IT LACKS UNIFORMITY AND IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND LESS NEAT! WE ALSO FEEL IT TO BE SIMPLY A CHANGE FOR CHANGES SAKE RATHER THAN FOR PROGRESS OR IMPROVEMENT!

IT IS MIGHTILY DISCONCERTING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE 'COMPOSE PAGE' WITHOUT ACCESS TO A 'SAVE' FUNCTION!!!!