Calne (Monday 28th December 2020)

When I came across this in the pop-up Pocket Park it caused me to reflect that perhaps we don't give enough consideration to the plants that are able to flower for us in the Winter months.

L.
28.12.2020 (1411 hr)

Blip #3343 (#3093 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #006
Blips/Extras In 2020 #193/266 + #075/100 Extras
Day #3929 (841 gaps from 26.3.2010)
LOTD #2486 (#2327 + 159 in archived blips)

Calne series 
Flora series
Macro series

Taken with Nikon Coolpix P900 (24-2000mm equivalent bridge camera)

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice (Soundtrack Version) (recorded 2 May 1967, Ciné-Tele Sounds, Bayswater, London)
When Nancy Sinatra was invited over to London to record a Bond film title track, having heard only a piano-led demo sung by Lorraine Chandler, it was the first time anyone outside England and Wales had been offered such an honour. She was so intimidated by the thought of singing with the 60-piece London Philharmonic Orchestra that the arranger and conductor John Barry arranged for the orchestra to be recorded separately, almost unheard of in those days. Even so, it took 30 or so vocal takes and the version on the soundtrack was compiled from sections from 25 of them.
I was reading about this in the current Mojo (Feb '21) this morning.
The rights to the soundtrack were owned by Capitol, not Reprise, the label owned by Frank Sinatra to whom Nancy was contracted, so she later had to record in Hollywood a different version for the single release, which was arranged and conducted by her regular arranger and guitarist Billy Strange using the Wrecking Crew studio session musicians and no orchestra, so that is most likely the version everyone is familiar with.
Ironically much of the film was made at Pinewood, which had been set up and named as a rival to Hollywood.

One Year Ago:
Calne (Two swans)