Ballade #4 in F minor, Op. 52

I think that's an 11-foot Steinway. This is a favorite piece of mine, performed by someone recommended by a YouTube stranger. It turns out her Chopin interpretations agree with me, so it's lucky that three of her Chopin recital albums are on iTunes. It's bread-baking day again, using some better yeast I ordered from King Arthur Baking Co. What could be nicer than listening to Chopin and doing Project Gutenberg biblical exegesis pages with lots of Greek while waiting for dough to rise? The weather's beautiful, too, finally cooling off a bit. There are storks in the pond, rare visitors.