Loki, God of Mischief (Sunday 17th December 2023)

I made an effort to throw off recent lethargy (and put off dealing with computer matters) by driving over to C's. Loki was watching TV and learning about sabre-toothed tigers in the Pleistocene era, but was momentarily distracted by his current favourite toy. I had to use flash because the images I took without it looked like the Extra.

L.
Sunday 17.12.2023 (1831 hr)

Blip #4009 (#3759 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #000
Blips/Extras In 2023 #214/265 + #091/100 Extras
Day #5014(1197 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day #3149 (#2989 + 160 in archived blips)

Taken with Panasonic/Leica DC-LX100M2 M4/3 compact

Cats series
C's Cats series

Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day:
The Moody Blues - Boulevard De La Madeleine (recorded April-May 1966, Advision Studios, London)
R.I.P. Denny Laine (29 October 1944, Tyseley, Birmingham - 5 December 2023, Naples FL)
Most people probably know Denny Laine best from his long term membership in Paul McCartney's band. Prior to that he had toured with the Beatles as a member of the Moody Blues, and the band had all formed close bonds with the Beatles. I was introduced to the Moodies via their second single and huge hit, Go Now, and followed their career with great interest, buying all the singles, which I loved, especially for his soulful voice..
His passing led me to order a new copy of their one album, The Magnificent Moodies, in an expanded 2CD edition that included everything they recorded during Denny Laine's tenure with the band, between July 1964 and September 1967. The liner notes say this was recorded during their final session in September but as it had been released in France and America in June that can't be right. It has a strongly Parisienne flavour with what sound like accordions adding to the flavour, but unless there were some uncredited session players I think they must be chromatic harmonicas, played by Denny Laine and Ray Thomas from the band. To my mind it was their finest work (I have no interest in the band's afterlife with John Lodge and Justin Hayward).