Sunset, Muriwai Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. Image: Su Leslie, 2015
I’m in need of soothing today, so my trip to the the archive is a search for tranquility.
Two of my neighbours are having building work done, which is kinda noisy in itself, even without the contractors’ loud music.
To add to the cacophony, my kitchen extractor fan is jammed on and the fridge has developed a new humming noise. I’ve tripped the circuit breaker on the extractor fan, but unfortunately that also turns off the kettle, toaster, stove and worst of all the coffee machine. But not the fridge!
Impatiens flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
So I’m seeking refuge in quiet beauty and relaxing music.
Zimmerbitch 
The impatiens is such a lovely colour.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie. 🙂
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I thought a similar experience with construction noise decades ago had actually driven me mad … I kept hearing Ricky Ricardo over and above the hammering, sawing, shouting, etc. It turned out the contractor’s son was bringing a small television to work every day in the crawl space beneath the house, and was an I Love Lucy fan. Good luck on weathering whatever sounds come your way!
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Oh, that would drive anyone (except an I Love Lucy) fan insane. Luckily it is friday and they have finished early, probably to go to the pub!
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Ahh, feeling much better now, too.
janet
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Wonderful pictures, Su!!! And I do share your feelings about the constructor noise! I´m also suffering from it right now!! The neighbours are just in the process to having smashed their bathroom into pieces and the noise is unbelievable! It really drives me mad. And when it has stopped for the day, my other neighbour is busy letting me share with his awful taste in music and turning on the bass so everything sounds like BOOM!BOOM!BOOM! It really take´s one´s last nerv!
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Oh no. The construction noise is unavoidable I guess, but people who play really loud music make me really grumpy. And why is it that it’s always the people with terrible taste in music? Hope it quietens down soon. 🙂
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Too right, it´s always the ones with the bad taste, isn´t it? I tried re-educating him with my taste in music, but fear that I´m loosing this battle 😉
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Have you ever tried playing really cheesy music, very loudly. I once spent a morning churning through hits of the 70s so loudly that my neighbour couldn’t help but hear. I think “chirpy chirpy cheep cheep”http://youtu.be/HSNSTerj2Kc was my coup de gras!!
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Hahaha! Yes, that sounds definitely promising!! Will try it as soon as he wakes up! 😉 Thank you, Su! 🙂
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Very nice Su, I appreciate your tranquility! Happy Friday! 🙂
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I hope things have quieted down. I hate noise. To be honest, I don’t even put music on when I am home alone. I love silence!
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So do I. I have phases when I like having music on at home, but generally I prefer silence. It is so nice that the builders are taking today off.
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Enjoy it while it’s quiet!
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Oh, I feel for you….
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Don’t you just hate those sort of days. Your images are stunning and I love that song
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Thanks Raewyn 🙂
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That sunset is just amazing!
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I love the purple impatiens. My front porch is covered in impatiens, they are one of my favorite. I planted fibrous begonias for the first time this year and they are a new 3rd or 4th favorite. 😉
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Lovely! I have never really planted flowers before. My gardening focus has always been on food plants, but I’m beginning to realise how important flowers are to attract bees — and how nice it is to have colour, scent and some extra beauty in the garden.
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Love the Impatiens, such a dreamy color.
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I should have visited your blog on Friday. I decided to work from home and forgot that was the day that a construction company would come to fix a leakage, and some other issues that were created as a result of it.
I was not only distracted but irritated with the noise.
The images are magic! The sunset is my preference.
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Thanks Luvile. It seems that noise is a real curse of modern living. I shouldn’t complain; even though the city is surrounding me, it’s still relatively quiet in y neighbourhood (generally). 😃
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I also live in a peaceful neighborhood of Amsterdam, which is a busy city all year long.
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Can’t you just unplug the fan switch?
And about tranquility : aren’t we all looking for it?
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No I couldn’t. The switch is inside the cowling, so it has to be dismantled and I didn’t have the right tools.
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A bit of Joni Mitchell will usually help but, oh, you’ve chosen the song that plays in that scene with Emma Thompson in Love Actually that always makes me cry. Excuse me while I go find a hankie.
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I always think of that too, but I have an older memory of school camp and each hut being asked to perform “an item” in the evening. Our hut sang ‘Both Sides Now’ with me on guitar. If it weren’t for the (extremely heavy) mists of nostalgia for a nice time in my life, I’d be grinding my teeth at the thought of four 12 year old girls committing an act of musical massacre. But you’ve reminded me I haven’t watched Love Actually for a few months. Time to hunt out the DVD!
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