patsylabrador Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 There are sounds that are cosy, make you smile and feel good even if in themselves they're not necessarily nice. I was having a lovely day gardening on my own with just the chickens for company - bliss. Then some kid began their trumpet practice - it was wonderful and awful at the same time. He/She absolutely murdered the National Anthem but I loved it. I've heard all sorts of instruments being practiced over the years and it always raises a smile. I might have muddled my practice with my practise but I'm too lazy to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I was a mum of a teen who took up brass instruments and even today I love the sound of brass - whether they killed the lyrics or not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I was watching Amy in Corrie muller a Beethoven piece - reminded me of recorders, clarinet and trumpet the boys played. Recorder is by far the worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I thought I played the recorder well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Oh and in answer to your question patsy, lawn mowers. I find them strangely relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I like lawn mowers too, but not next door, he gets out his petrol strimmer, then the mower, then the leaf blower, very noisy weekend mornings. The distant hum of a lawn mower in a warm day is a sign of summer though. I also love a good cheerful busker too, again on a warm day. I think that I just like warm days and birdsong really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 It's the squeaks Catie which make my teeth edgy with the recorder. I like the birdsong, gentle clucking of the girls, and lawn mowers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Whoever decided that it was a good idea to let small children loose with recorders and violins did no one any favours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I had 10 minutes relaxing in the garden this afternoon, closed my eyes and enjoyed listening to birdsong and the leaves rustling in the breeze. Always a treat when the new leaves appear... The breeze sounds so much softer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Ok I'm a weirdo but the theme tune to "little house on the prairie" or "the waltons"...I know I'm in for a treat when I hear them:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I like the sound of a cork leaving a bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonFamily Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I live quite close to a primary school and I love hearing them out to play....just makes me so grateful that they still get a chance just to run around and play. Also living close to woodland I love the early morning birds, dawn chorus is a great way to start the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I like the sound of a cork leaving a bottle. You and me both, Olly I love standing outside YS room in the evening listening to him snore........I know he is tucked up safe and happy! My boys laughing together makes me laugh too! Lawn mowers are oddly soothing. The best sound of all, though, is the sea - most especially when I am on Bigbury beach with the boys (which I will be in 4 weeks time ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I like the sound of a cork leaving a bottle. I love the 'gur gur gur' noise you get as you pour a new bottle of wine, before the wine comes out And the sound of waves on a shingle beach as they pull back out to sea....shusssssssshhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Whoever decided that it was a good idea to let small children loose with recorders and violins did no one any favours The only thing worse than an over-enthusiastic school recorder band is a solo bagpiper, IMHO. It's an instrument best listened to through binoculars... A massed pipe band, however, is completely different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Content cat purring! Most birds, including the garden ladies. And: Distant sound of the motorway. Strangely soothing when I'm still in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 OH likes the sound of distant traffic. I find it intensely annoying because it means that at night I can't hear what's rummaging about in the garden! Complete quiet except grasshoppers is my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Yes the sea in lapping or crashing mode is the best sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Oh I totally understand the traffic. We have the house to ourselves and are decorating the front bedroom to move into because it faces onto a main road. I love the noise of traffic, the tubes and planes from Northolt and Heathrow.....I find the dark quiet of natural places very unsettling!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 We live by a main road which is only quiet in the dead of night and on a Sunday night, we find it weird when we are away somewhere quiet and dark. I grew up in the deepest countryside but my OH doesn't like the deep quiet and darkness of it at all. I love the change, but you never feel isolated where we live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Patsy you best not come for a stay then, half a mile from the nearest house in total silence and PITCH black, cant even reverse out of my drive sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Bird song is my absolute favourite noise and sheep. I like lawn mowers too but really long to hear one of those old pushy ones - when I was small one of the neighbours always used to cut his grass as I was trying to go to sleep and it reminds me of lovely summers. Another noise I like is those Greek cricket things that make a noise at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 CatieB that sounds like heaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 CatieB that sounds like heaven I was thinking the same. I wonder where she is ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Patsy you best not come for a stay then, half a mile from the nearest house in total silence and PITCH black, cant even reverse out of my drive sometimes Do you do B&B ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
