![]() Someone scratch my tummy?” … KFA 1:45 p.m. Little Red Schnooks: Kausfiles Special denizen Imhotep remarks that “I used to be a Maoist until I came here. James Traub’s “Confessions of a Chess Dad” can be found here. Positronicus, who is somewhat familiar with Memphis Oakhaven, agrees here. The team’s coach is the school’s math teacher. Which by the way does NOT have a stable of grandmasters. Prole, for one, is indignant that Slate couldn’t spare a single sentence for the team that won? The team from an inner city Memphis school. A couple of Fraysters criticize Traub for failing to mention the feel-good story of the tournament. ![]() ![]() What’s Worse? A Patzer or a Sheister?: Fellow chess dad rob_said_that cautions fellow parents that come tourney time, “you never want your kid to be playing the child of a New York lawyer.” His near-litigious nightmare is here. A slightly more studied look at the issue by Daniel Gross can be found in Moneybox. China will be crushed! America will rule forever!For more ravings from your Flight Captain, go here. citizens flush with new cash, and at the same time, the rush of new dollars will deflate the dollar-pegged yuan to levels not seen since 1930s Germany. and China (and Europe and Japan, they can come, too), this will leave U.S. Even better, because of the widely-disparate rates of airline-mile ownership between the U.S. This will have the initial salutary effect of taking huge airline debts off their books. AAdvantage Getting Slammed Against the Skymile: Yuan, Yuan, Yuan- CaptainRonVoyage, self-proclaimed “evil econ genius,” doesn’t understand why everyone’s so verklempt over the falling dollar when “the answer is ingeniously clever, and simple” because the real issue is “the world’s second-most-valuable circulated currency: airline miles”: The U.S., starting tomorrow, needs to start buying frequent-flyer miles. It doesn’t exactly a demand a Where’s Waldo effort to find it, but the review is essential reading even if you’re a Neo-partisan who’d like to contort Slate’s critic with a not-so-virtual vise. ![]() DeMille, I’m Ready for My Fluffer: Keith_M_Ellis gives David Edelstein a lifetime pass here, destor23 raves “that line can’t be topped,” and AT0MICPunk gushes, “killer copy” for Edelstein’s piece de resistance in his pan of The Matrix Reloaded. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The title got a closer look at weapons, first person combat and more in a recent gameplay trailer which showed off the power glove and abilities. Use ice to freeze enemies in place and stop the robots as well as mutants from wreaking havoc. It’s up to an elite soldier to try and stop the robotic uprising before it gets out of hand. But when Collective 2.0, a new upgrade is sabotaged, the robots become violent and attack. Facility 3826, a top-secret military base, is producing robots that could replace manual labour and help society reach new levels of culture and progress. ![]() In the alternate past of the Soviet Union, Atomic Heart explores the possible dystopian consequences of a robot future. Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Feb.Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Feb.Cities: Skylines – Remastered (Cloud and Xbox Series X) – Feb.Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Feb.SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Feb.Madden NFL 23 (Console and PC via EA Play) – Feb.You can check out the full list below including dates and platforms: Other titles such as the sim city build Cities: Skylines Remastered and the fast-paced gunplay title Shadow Warrior 3 will also be joining this month. More gems joining this month include medieval simulator RPG Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord. Xbox Game Pass is adding some fresh titles this February including the alternate-history Soviet Union set Action-RPG Atomic Heart. What’s New For Xbox Game Pass in February 2023 Want to know every Xbox game available on Game Pass in February 2023? Look no further! From console games to PC and cloud games, we have a comprehensive list of all the titles you can expect throughout the month. Pillars of Eternity 2 Guides Pillars of Eternity 2 Guides.Party Combinations Guide: Magic, Physical and Mixed.Divinity Original Sin 2 Guides Divinity Original Sin 2 Guides.Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Guides Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Guides.Baldur’s Gate 3 Guides Baldur’s Gate 3 Guides. ![]() God of War Ragnarok Guides God of War Ragnarok Guides.Midnight Suns Guides Midnight Suns Guides.Hogwarts Legacy Guides Hogwarts Legacy Guides.Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Guides Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Guides. ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll want to know whether the seams show, and the answer is they don’t, at all. from what was an essentially finished film and replace him with (the more age-appropriate) Christopher Plummer. As soon as the floodgates opened on stories of Kevin Spacey’s alleged sexual predations, the director, Ridley Scott, made the unprecedented decision to expunge all traces of Spacey’s Getty Sr. It’s impossible to divorce the film itself from its offscreen drama, which also turns on the abuse of wealth and privilege. The kidnappers’ spokesman - who phoned her regularly with demands and threats - was actually more courteous to her than was her billionaire former father-in-law. Getty was adamant in refusing to pay ransom or even to discuss the matter with his daughter-in-law Gail, who was divorced from Getty’s alcoholic, drug-addicted son, Paul II, and had no funds of her own. The film centers on Getty’s apparent indifference to the life of his 16-year-old grandson and namesake, Paul III, kidnapped by Italian radicals who would, after several months, sell the boy to the Mafia. He was also an infamous skinflint who installed a pay phone for his guests at his baronial English mansion. In 1973, when the movie is set, the octogenarian billionaire was regarded as the wealthiest man in the history of the world. The kidnapping drama All the Money in the World is an elaborate demonstration of the idea that the very rich are not like you and me - and also that the oil magnate J. ![]() Michelle Williams in All the Money in the World. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hadid and Malik have since managed to maintain a healthy co-parenting relationship making their daughter their main priority. TMZ reported that Malik said, "I adamantly deny striking Yolanda Hadid." However, he allegedly told her to "stay away from f***ing daughter," according to Vanity Fair. Unfortunately, the couple split ways in October 2021 due to many different conflicts including one between Malik and Hadid's mom, Yolanda Hadid, where they got into a huge altercation with sources alleging Zayn pushed her. That same year, Hadid and Malik shared that they were expecting their first baby, Khai Hadid Malik, who was born in September 2020. ![]() Over the years, the couple went through the classic on-and-off cycle - one major reconciliation being in 2020 after their breakup in Jan 2019. Initially, Hadid does the driving and pretends she has no idea who Hamilton is by asking questions like "What do you do?" while attempting to appear as a professional race car driver herself, but once it's Hamilton's turn to drive, he puts Hadid's skills to the test, giving her quite the memorable joy ride. In the campaign, Hadid and Hamilton take turns driving around the race track together. However, despite things not working out for them romantically, it appears the two still remained good friends after appearing in a lighthearted Tommy Hilfiger campaign together in 2018. #TEAMLH." Although they didn't make their relationship official to the public, the two were often seen cozying up together and attending events with each other, but their otherwise casual relationship eventually fizzled out. The caption read: "We love you Everyone knows you da champ. The Instagram post featured a group photo of the two with Hadid's sister Bella Hadid and close friend Kendall Jenner. This article has been updated with new information about the baby’s sex.During that same month, Hamilton was spotted wrapping his arms around Hadid at the Monaco Grand Prix. Hadid even gushed about Lewis in a sweet post on her Instagram. She’s helped me to look at things from a positive angle.” That might have been adolescence or testosterone or whatever the fuck was running through my body at the time. “I had a very negative outlook on things. “I’m really thankful that I met her,” he added to GQ. I lean on her a lot.” They also share a horse together named Cool. “It helps that she can get things together for me a little bit. ![]() She’s super organized and I’m really not,” he once told British Vogue. Hadid and Malik, who first began dating in 2015 after a chance meeting at a party, have generally eschewed media attention except for a few fawning interviews from Malik through the years. (Hadid’s most recent photos were all about how she celebrated her 25th birthday.) With the pregnancy, Malik is now the third of his One Direction bandmates to become a father, following Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne. The couple are currently quarantining with Hadid’s sister and fellow model, Bella, and family on their Pennsylvania farm and have been posting periodic social-media updates, but nothing that would indicate a baby on the way. Various “family sources” told the outlet that Hadid, a savage model of international renown, is reportedly about 20 weeks along and having a girl. TMZ reports that Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik, whose on-and-off romance has been a tabloid fixture for years, are expecting their first child together. Photo: Matt Baron/Shutterstock/Matt Baron/Shutterstock ![]() ![]() ![]() The aforementioned body has to be disposed of, and that subplot veers nearly into farce. The threat of a teacher-student affair is treated with Lifetime-style melodrama. Accent aside, Tom’s concern is straight-forwardly serious. Are these stumbles or clues? I’m curious. The party Jenny goes to is almost out of a John Hughes movie, and the young characters’ use of social media and texting is hopelessly antiquated. The show feels like somebody watched a “kids out of control” news report 10 years ago and did nothing to update their behavior. Might Tom turn out to be a Russian spy or a masquerading undercover American? Probably not. His British accent feels like it could almost be a sleight of hand, the distraction from the intensity of his concern and questions about what Tom was doing when it wife died. What keeps it watchable is the sense of unease or maybe inconsistency. It’s not overwhelmingly shocking, perceptive or funny. It’s a genre that can be freshened by the extremes of the secrets, by a perceptive sociological critique of some sort, by an exaggerated satirical bent. There’s also a burgeoning sex scandal at the local school, and then there’s a dead body.Ĭoben is the series’ credited creator, but the two episodes sent to critics were written by Danny Brocklehurst ( Shameless) and directed by Daniel Nettheim ( Dance Academy), and they all presumably recognize they’re not blazing fresh ground. Some of the secrets are small, like the couple avoiding telling their kids that they’re getting divorce after the school year. Helping in the investigation are Tom’s new girlfriend Sophie (Amanda Abbington), a local detective, and the unprepared force’s newest investigator Emma (Hannah Arterton), a transfer from the big city.Īgain, the conceit here is that Tom lives in an enclave built for the express purpose of safety, with cameras distributed throughout for both protection and to negate secrets, and yet everybody he comes in contact with is hiding a secret. When Jenny goes out to a raging party and never returns, Tom is forced to turn amateur gumshoe in a mystery in which everybody, including his best friend Pete (Marc Warren) and his various seemingly upstanding neighbors could be a suspect. Hall plays Tom, a pediatric surgeon still grieving the death of his wife and struggling to relate to his two daughters, particularly rebellious teen Jenny (Amy James-Kelly). ![]() In this case, it’s an enclosed community and, in the opening credits, the show’s title is written in the severe metal gate that offers residents the illusion of security. The eight-episode series, created by American novelist Harlan Coben, fits into several tried-and-true TV genres, starting with the story of a quiet suburb in which behind every carefully manicured hedge or pristinely skimmed swimming pool lurks a festering secret. Hall’s accent, reasonably consistent and yet rarely believable, is one of many things on Safe that are askew and, the more I think about it, the more I can’t tell if it’s intentional if not particularly satisfying, or merely bad. In Netflix’s upcoming thriller Safe, Hall is a primary selling point, and it’s impossible to listen to him say “privacy” or “uni” in a proper British accent without losing concentration for the next two or three lines of dialogue. ![]() ![]() Download our Sample scene for Vray and 3DSMax here sample scene.If you want to contribute to this site too just follow these simple steps: Them to our site to help and inspire others. People from around the world put there knowledge and love into their materials and uploaded This site wouldn't be such a great vray material resource without the help of our community! We encrypted the passwords in md5 + and Upload He sent me the whole dump - email, password hashed and in clear text. 09:30: I opened an E-Mail about a potential data breach, including samples (email and hashed passwords), got in contact with the sender to proof the data.10:05: Website has been taken offline to prevent further access.10:17: Changing SSH- and Database passwords again (134bits, as usual).11:35: Reporting to the local data protection authority ().19:00: Still analysing the data, comparing users and timestamps, also hoster prepared the e-mail server for sending out the information mail.Information-Mail goes out to all records from the dump, soon. Last email entry has "" as registration date. 02:00: The dump contained only "email:password" (some are hashed and some are dehashed only) but not in chronological order so we had to rearange the records first while mapping them to the affected database.08:00: Start sending out mails to all addresses contained in the leak. ![]() 10:32: Our hoster scanned our site but found no known security hole.Getting A LOT of bounces back, but also kind replies. We will bring back all the materials as before for free, but the community features and personal data wont come back. Between the bounces we receive also some very kind replies. 10:15: All mails to the records we found in the breached data were sent out.12:50: Got also in contact with cybercrime law enforcement. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() It also includes a rainfall and soil calculator to help you plan how much soil and rain you will need for certain parts of your garden. This tool bases your plans on the square footage, not traditional gardening rows. Just drag and drop plants to your desired locations on the customized map.Īfter you’re satisfied with the plan, simply print off your map and start planting. Gardener’s free garden planning tool (still under construction in January 2023) is ideal for people with limited gardening space. Learn about the many physical, emotional, mental, and environmental benefits of gardening before reviewing the many free garden planners available. Since this helps you create a garden and landscape from scratch, it’s ideal for people who are planting and building a garden for the very first time.Īnd if you're on the fence about gardening, don't be. It’s very easy to use for beginners and allows you to see your potential garden from all angles. It allows you to plan out every aspect of your garden, including size, trees, retaining walls, walkways, greenhouses, etc. This free garden planner from Marshalls (UK) looks a lot like an early rendition of Minecraft. You can save and edit plans as you go, as well as export and print out the list of plants needed for ordering your seeds or seedlings. It has some pre-made garden planner templates to give you ideas and hundreds of different plant varieties to drag and drop to your desired location. This free tool from Better Homes & Garden allows you to plan your garden in a 3D setting. Better Homes & Garden Plan-a-Garden App Pin Source: Better Homes and Gardens 10 Free Garden Planners for Beginner Gardeners ![]() Here are the ten best free garden planners to help get your garden started this spring. Some planners have more detail and customizable features than others, but they all have specific uses. There’s a wide variety of free garden planners available online. Learn about permaculture design principles to make the most of the space you have.) ![]() (Note: you don't need a perfectly flat, sunny backyard for a good garden. To achieve a healthy, abundant garden, use garden planners to organize everything you want to plant. There are a lot of variables that go into planting the perfect garden. You may also make the mistake of placing two plants near each other that don’t grow well together. Or you could run into issues trying to calculate how much to plant per person if you're growing all your own food. Without a plan, you could run out of space for all the seeds you hoped to plant. Keep in mind a combination of high-growing and low-spreading plants each season that can work together.Before you get outside and start planting your garden this spring, take some time to use garden planners to organize exactly what you want. "When plants compete for soil nutrients, airflow, and sunlight you’re welcoming in a variety of pests and diseases. "The mature height and size of a plant is the most important thing to consider to avoid overcrowding," she says. Guy also notes that overcrowding can cause a major headache later in the growing season. “Carrots, however, grow really well next to beans-but they don’t grow well near their fellow root vegetable, parsnips.” “For example, beans and onions are not compatible, as beans can hinder growth thanks to the biochemicals they produce,” Davis explains. Certain plants also attract certain non-beneficial insects, which may attack other vegetables if planted together. Plants release different compounds, which can have a negative impact on their neighbor if a garden is not planned correctly. If you want to ensure a happy, peaceful vegetable plot, there are several seeds that should not be sewn near each other, she explains. As Davis explains, you might want to be very intentional with where you plant each crop. Once your land or planters are ready, it’s not as easy as just tossing your seeds into the soil, watering, and waiting. The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Read a full recap, and hear what else the EPs - and Rodriguez - had to say about making the finale. The announcement didn’t include Stephanie Szostak, who plays Delilah. A flash-forward at the end of the episode then revealed what all the characters were up to 15 years later. In November 2022, A Million Little Things ’s main cast David Giuntolli, Romany Malco, Christina Moses, James Roday Rodriguez, Allison Miller, and Grace Park gathered around the Dixon home set to announce that Season 5 would be its last. The ABC drama wrapped its run with the death of James Roday Rodriguez’s character, Gary, who chose assisted suicide over waiting for his terminal lung cancer to kill him. Had the scene made the cut, it would’ve provided a moment of levity in an otherwise grim (yet moving) hour. “Between Episode 12 and 13, we could’ve probably had four episodes if we’d had the extra airtime,” he said. “We have to find a way to release that online, if they’ll let us,” he said.Ĭoli explained that Eddie and Delilah’s stolen, sexy interlude wasn’t the only scene cut for time. ![]() And then we see that she’s stopped the elevator for them to have some love in the elevator.”Ĭoli laughed. And the elevator stops, and at first Eddie thinks it’s stuck. But there was a scene of Eddie and Delilah in the elevator. “The episode was long, and it felt like just the group being together was enough. “There was a scene that we cut,” Nash said. So when TVLine spoke with executive producers DJ Nash and Terrence Coli on Monday, we asked what happened. And, as the episode aired Wednesday evening, it became clear that the scene they were talking about… was nowhere to be seen. His co-star Stephanie Szostak, who also was in the interview, immediately asked, “Do we even know if that’s in there?” At the time, neither had seen the final cut of the show’s finale. ![]() Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1. The Wonder Years Unveils Guest Star-Studded Trailer for Delayed Season 2 Stephanie Szostak is one of the main actors of A Million Little Things, portraying the role of Delilah Dixon. ![]() “So we wrote her out for, thinking, ‘Oh, she’ll be back.’ And then she said, ‘I really need to be with my family more, I don’t want to do all the episodes.Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, With Home Edit Duo as Hosts, Eyed at ABC Her ability to work a few days and then fly home for the rest of the week “went away with COVID, because the second she stepped out of Canada, there was a 14-day reset,” he adds. “She has, for the first two seasons, lived away from her boys and from her husband,” executive producer DJ Nash told TVLine at the time. (Szostak lives in Connecticut the show shoots in Vancouver, British Columbia.) The move coincided with Szostak’s move from series regular to recurring guest star, which had a lot to do with travel and Canada’s then-stringent COVID-quarantine protocol. That terrible news cemented the plan that she’d floated in the Season 3 finale: She’d move back to Europe for good, with her and Eddie’s daughter Charlie, in order to have a fresh start after the death of her husband Jon. In the Season 4 premiere, Delilah - who’d come home from France to attend to Sophie in the wake of her assault - learned that her father (who was still abroad) had suffered a stroke. On a related note, Rome will spend significant time looking for the best possible place for his dementia-suffering dad, Walter, to live. The episode, titled “Father’s Day,” will take place around the June holiday and will find Gary dealing with the emotional implications of his first Father’s Day both as a dad and without his own pop. In next week’s installment, though, she’ll be with the other Friends of Jon in person when she flies back from France and immediately becomes involved in a stressful situation that has her spending time at the hospital. We saw Delilah previously this season, via a video call on the day of little Javier’s birth. Stephanie Szostak Actress IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 646 Play trailer 0:31 A Million Little Things (20182023) 22 Videos 99+ Photos French-American actress, Stephanie Szostak (show-stack) never thought of becoming an actress. Grey's Anatomy Showrunner Teases Meredith and Nick's FutureĪmerican Idol Shocker: Why Sarah Beth Dropped Out During Hollywood Week Stephanie Szostak’s character returns to Boston in the Wednesday, April 5, episode of the ABC drama (10/9c), and we’ve got your exclusive first look at the hour.Īmerican Idol Ends Hollywood Week With Another Shocking Dropout Would it even be A Million Little Things if Delilah’s long-awaited homecoming weren’t marked by worry and trauma? ![]() ![]() ![]() TowerMadness 2's biggest issue, aside from a general lack of originality, is its IAP system. The game also balances its cheeky humour well with stages that will seriously challenge your forward-planning abilities, mixing things up just enough to keep you moving on. Watching your last-ditch ram defence sending a whole line of aliens packing is also a treat. TowerMadness 2 has a couple of neat touches of its own, too, such as the environmental effects that the second and third worlds have on your towers (overheating and icing up respectively). Its chunky graphics aren't immediately impressive, but when you start zooming in and out with dozens of attacking units on screen at the same time with nary a hint of stutter (even on our 'old' iPad 3) you'll realise the strength of the engine. ![]() TowerMadness 2 might be unoriginal, but it's still good fun. Of course, familiarity doesn't necessarily breed contempt in the world of video games. The upgrade system, too, will be familiar to genre enthusiasts. There's the one that fires area-effect mortars, the one that slows the enemy down, the one that burns through multiple units simultaneously, the one that zaps them. This approach is very Fieldrunners 2, as is the selection of towers. Stages vary between fixed-path trench runs, whereby you must position automated gun turrets along the enemy's predicted path, and freeform stages that allow you to lead the enemy a merry dance using the towers to erect makeshift mazes. Hyper-vigilant animal husbandry aside, though, we should stress that this is tower defence by the numbers. The premise sees you defending a pen full of helpless sheep from alien abduction with a futuristic arsenal more suited to protecting a city. Hmm, that crazy gene must be be buried a little deeper.Īha. Initial inspection reveals that it's both a tower defence game and a sequel. Transfer any in app purchases made in the iPhone version of TowerMadness to TowerMadness HD for FREE! Visit for details.Okay, so let's cut straight to the question that really matters here. Two-player split screen battle mode featuring RoboSteal, the sheep stealing alien robot you can unleash upon your opponent. Replays let you learn new strategies or share your games with the world through Twitter, Facebook, or email. Global leaderboards, Game Center achievements, and Friend Scores so you can compare scores with your friends and the millions of players worldwide. Think fast to defeat the 17 different types of alien enemies intent on stealing your sheep.Įndless mode lets you see how many waves you can withstand. Over 100 maps in diverse environments (35 available as expansion map packs). ![]() Play from an aerial view or zoom down to first person and get close to the action. FINALIST, Pocket Gamer Awards, Best Strategy/Simulation Game.WINNER, Best App Ever Awards, Best Strategy Game."It would be madness to miss this comes highly recommended." "If you’re a fan of Tower Defense games, do yourself a huge favor and check out TowerMadness." There are plenty of tower defense strategy games out there, but TowerMadness brings the genre to a new level." ![]() The most downloaded 3D tower defense strategy game on the iPhone has been enhanced for the iPad and includes split-screen multiplayer! Winner of the prestigious Pocket Gamer Readers' Choice iPad Game of the Year Award!Įvil aliens are coming to turn your beloved sheep into intergalactic scarves! Protect the flock using only quick thinking and the arsenal of upgradeable weaponry at your disposal. The classic iOS game that started it all, TowerMadness is back and better than ever with iOS 11 and iPhone X support! ![]() ![]() ![]() It is played out on piano, harp, and flute accompanied by singing birds and midway through, a gentle rain shower in the background. This album's first arrangement "Zen Garden" is variations on "Reverie" by Claude Debussy. David and Steve Gordon bring this wisdom to their CD album Garden of Serenity II. It is then reflected back out into the culture with such direct simplicity that everything, even backyard gardens with stones strategically placed in streams to create harmonics in the sounds of a waterfall, can help us remember the quiet stillness of the inner worlds. The daily world is approached through the quiet contemplation of the essence of an object or action. The peaceful balance that is so much a part of Zen Buddhist meditation is woven into the very fabric of Japanese identity. Thirty-minute cuts are included for full relaxation benefit, while those on a time budget can sample the five-minute versions. The "Reverie" variations on piano are even more relaxing, like floating down a gentle stream overhung with trees of songbirds. The Zen series, with its shakuhachi flute and refreshing brook, inspires images of the solitude of a formal Japanese garden. This recording alternates between two calming "Zen Garden" variations and a pair of romantic arrangements of Claude Debussy's "Reverie," inspired by paintings of Monet. ![]() ![]() No track stands out from the rest, they all work equally beautifully, offering another instant classic that is destined to do even better than Garden of Serenity.īrothers David and Steve Gordon were pioneers in composing relaxing music set to nature sounds, and with Garden of Serenity II, they return to territory charted ten years earlier, music which mixes environmental recordings (their own) with silver flute, shakuhachi flute, harp, piano, temple bells, koto, and wind chimes. The expertly and lovingly played instruments dance so precociously with the sounds of nature that it all seems to flow into one harmonious, healing whole, offering a welcome respite from the rigors of our days. I think I can safely say, without fear of contradiction, that Garden of Serenity II really ought not to be listened to while operating heavy machinery, it's that relaxing. Monet's Garden features several gorgeous variations on Debussy's Reverie, which will be instantly recognizable to many of you. Total time is nearly 70 minutes of music. Garden of Serenity II is divided into four parts, Zen Garden Parts I and II, and 'Monet's Garden Parts I and II'. Woven lusciously into the nature sounds are Shakuhauchi and silver flute melodies, temple bells, harp, Koto, piano and wind chimes, creating an earthy relaxing ambiance that is absolutely perfect for meditation, quiet contemplation, massage or as soothing background music while working or studying. The deeply peaceful sounds of flowing water and exotic songbirds graces this CD like beads of dew quivering and shimmering on a blade of grass as the dawn's sun shines gently down. Ahhh.Ten years after the release of their wildly popular Garden of Serenity, the Gordon's returned to this paradise and brought back stories of their journey, told with loving detail and exquisite beauty on Garden of Serenity II. ![]() |