Keep Your Sunny Side Up! ☀ Live from England

Oh, hello there.

Hi, everybody.

This is Mr.

Duncan in the garden. And yes, I'm late.

Before anyone says anything, I know I'm late, for which I apologise.

I had some technical problems.

Unfortunately, things

went a bit wrong, but it was nothing to do with me.

I think it was YouTube that had the problem, not me.

Honestly,

Mr. Duncan, you are making excuses.

That's what we think anyway.

So let's see.

Oh, we are on

Oh, I think you missed YouTube. Yes.

It looks as if I'm working.

Isn't that nice?

Nice to see you here. Hi, everybody.

This is Mr. Duncan in England.

How are you today?

Are you okay? I hope so. Are you happy?

Are you having more luck with your technology than I am at the moment?

Well, I hope so.

Here we go, then.

Yes, we are back together again.

And this is something a little different because the weather is lovely.

It really does feel as if spring is in the air

because I'm outside.

It's lovely.

Warm as well, I hope, where you are.

The weather is nice as well.

So I had some technical problems.

I could not connect to my live stream,

so I had to delete it all.

Everything had to be deleted.

And so I had to start again.

But finally, we are here.

It's very different.

You might notice there are some sounds around me,

some natural sounds and some

unnatural sound.

There is one thing that's happening in the garden at the moment.

There is one sparrow,

a male sparrow who likes to come into the garden

and he likes to sing all day long.

In fact,

there he is,

and he sits in the garden all day singing.

I think he is trying to attract

a female. I think so.

So that is what is going on.

But I can't remember

the last time I saw A Sparrow in the garden.

Normally they they nest in other parts of the village,

but at the moment, yes, I do have a lovely sparrow saying hello.

We also have robins, blackbirds.

In fact, they were blackbirds everywhere.

All over the place.

You can't get away from the blackbirds.

They are all over the place.

And the reason why they are everywhere

is because they are preparing to build their nests.

In fact, in the front garden there is a blackbird nest being built right now.

It really does feel as if spring is in the air.

Yes. This is the first live stream that I'm doing on my new computer.

If you were watching last Sunday,

you will know that I have just finished

building my new computer.

So I bought some parts, some new parts

and also I have used some old parts from my previous computer.

So that is what I've done.

I have never ever

built a computer before

in my life, so I can't believe this is working.

So you are you are now watching this through the computer

that I built with my own

hands.

Let's let's just see how long it lasts

for before it starts breaking.

Hello, Moser.

Nice to see you here today.

Yes, we are live outside Beatrice also.

Hello to you watching in Pakistan.

I hope you're having a nice day today.

We also have artists, v artists.

Who is V artists, I think.

I mean, v tests

there is a horrible smell near to where I'm standing.

There are some mealworms

that I've actually put out for the blackbirds

The only problem is they stink.

Have you ever tried to to smell a male worm?

Can I just say one male word doesn't smell very nice.

So imagine a hundred mealworms

by your feet.

And that is what is happening at the moment.

So here we are.

Yes. English and outside, it's a very short one.

So I'm not with you for very long.

Because we've had all sorts of trouble today.

Technical problems trying to connect to You Tube.

But here we are anyway.

I made it.

Hello to Richard.

Hello.

Also to Fatma Aziz.

Hello.

Also to Louis Mendez.

Hello, Louis.

I hope you are having a good day.

How is the weather in in France today?

Is it sunny like here I wonder.

Beatriz. Hello, Beatriz.

Hello.

Your garden looks wonderful under the spring.

Mr. Duncan, it does look rather nice.

I have lots of daffodils growing behind me.

You might notice there are some daffodils over there.

And also there are some lovely daffodils,

some yellow daffodils, and also some.

Some white ones. As well.

The thing to remember is that daffodils

come in all shapes and sizes.

And colours as well, and they all have their special names

Tomic is here.

Hello, Tomic. Also Serena.

Hello, Serena.

Nice to see you here as well.

We also have Gulu and Nora.

Nora, her Nora Hassan watching in Iraq.

Hello to you as well.

So many people here at the moment

to Ying who is watching in Hong Kong.

I have quite a few viewers watching in Hong Kong.

So a big hello to everyone watching there.

Apparently the sound is low.

Is it really?

Well, I've just tested the sound

I have quite a few viewers know the sound is okay.

I've just tested the sound here and it does sound perfectly all right.

Maybe you have a Build-Up of wax in your ears.

Perhaps you need to clean your ears out maybe.

Hello.

Also to Claudia. Hello, Claudia.

Nice to see you here as well.

I've had so many problems over the past couple of days

with this new computer, but also

with a very annoying sound as well.

That is something I will talk more about on Sunday.

I will be back on Sunday, don't worry.

Sunday from 2 p.m. UK time.

Hopefully things will be a little bit more normal on Sunday.

I really do.

I hope everything works all right.

The sound is perfect.

Maybe a bit flat

I don't know how that's possible.

I really don't know.

I can't make it any louder unless, of course, I.

I scream into the microphone,

which I'm sure no one wants.

Hello. Also to Fernando.

Yes, I am back with you.

Feeling a little exhausted because I've been trying to get this working.

I haven't prepared anything today because I was going to have

some fun and some games in the garden.

But unfortunately, because I could not get this started

on time, then

that's the reason why I'm so sorry about that.

You might notice the birds behind me

you might.

You might also hear some planes going over as well.

Lots of aeroplanes flying over.

There was someone flying over

the house yesterday in the air, a plane, and they were showing off

because they were going around and around the plane.

Was actually going upside down like that.

Looping the loop.

So we do get a lot of people flying overhead

and the aeroplanes

like that you see.

Hello Z Seeker.

Hello Z Seeker.

I'm glad that you've managed to find me because

I did have some technical problems.

I know I shouldn't keep mentioning it.

If Mr.

Steve was here now, he would say, Duncan,

stop mentioning your technical problems

and no one is interested in that.

Spring is here.

Something happy, something exciting for a change.

Because let's be honest, no one is feeling

very happy at the moment for all sorts of reasons.

And we know what they are.

You know what they are. I know what they are.

Even the birds flying around me

don't seem as happy as they should.

Even they know for some reason.

Mr. Duncan

I have low a sound.

Well, I'm going to try and put it right then.

I'm going to try and put it right just a moment.

I'm going to turn the sound up, and then I'm sure everyone will say it's

too loud.

Oh, there you are.

Is that better?

Is that better?

Is it working now?

Sir, I'm not sure if this is my problem or probably the YouTube,

because something very strange did happen earlier.

So can you hear me more clearly?

Let's just say I'm going to do a test. Is that better?

Is that better?

Is it working now?

See, I'm not sure if this is my problem for you.

Yeah, I can hear me now. Definitely.

So what about now?

Can you hear me is it okay?

Do I need to shout?

Do I need to climb up on the roof

and shout at the top of my voice?

By the way, if you do that, if you shout

at the top of your voice,

it means you shout as loudly as you can.

You shout at the top of your voice.

One of the things that I hate

about going to a place that's noisy,

especially if you go to somewhere like a busy bar

or maybe a disco, you have to shout.

I hate that.

I don't like shouting when I'm trying to talk to someone.

It's one of the reasons why I don't like going to discos or busy bars

because I often find that it's much too loud and then you have to start shouting

into the other person's ear and then they have to shout in your ear.

So I don't like that, really.

I don't like having to shout at the top of my voice.

Thank you, Beatriz.

Apparently the sound is much better.

Well, I'm still adjusting all of the equipment, so.

So I might have to make some changes.

We will see what happens.

Anyway, apparently you can hear me now.

It's always good when you can be heard.

That's what I say. Hello.

Do you grow vegetables?

In your garden? No, I don't.

Something we've thought about doing,

but we've never actually done it.

I suppose behind me,

I suppose I could grow some vegetables, but no, we've never done it.

I think one of the reasons why we've never tried

it is because in the local town,

there is a huge farmer's market which is open during the week

so you can actually get anything

from the farmer's market during the week.

Every single vegetable that you can mention

is available from the local farmer's market.

Thank you, Sandra.

Your garden is beautiful.

At the moment we are still waiting for many of the plants,

many of the bushes to come out

You might also be able to hear

there are people at the moment cutting their trees

as you can hear

Hello, Nora.

I'm not sure what is your accent?

My accent is British, I'm British, I'm English.

I live in England.

I'm English.

I can't express it any more than that.

So I am British. My accent is clear.

I do have a slight accent because I live

in the Midlands area of England and around here

there are many different accents.

Sandra says the best moment is spring time.

Well, I would agree with you.

I like spring.

I also like summer.

And I suppose I like autumn

because they are all different seasons.

They are very different from each other.

So quite often we talk about spring.

Is the time for birth when everything starts to come out.

And then, of course, we have summer when everything is flourishing.

And everything is in bloom.

You might say that summer is the peak

for all of the flowers and the trees

and nature, in fact.

And then, of course, we have autumn where everything starts

to wind down and go to sleep

in preparation for the cold days and also winter.

But I suppose really, I like all of them.

I like I like all of them.

I like all of the seasons.

We are very lucky here because we get four

very distinct seasons

Spring, summer, autumn, winter.

And they are all very different from each other.

This morning there were so many birds flying around here

and they were all singing and the sound was beautiful.

And now, of course, I've come outside.

Many of the birds have flown away.

I think I've scared them off.

Gulu says the British accent is the world's best accent.

Oh, thank you very much.

I feel rather pleased to hear that, to be honest.

Reginald Rajendra sing Hello to you.

Have you ever done an English addict episode on social media?

I have talked about social media quite a few times, eh?

In various ways.

But I suppose these days

with situations that are happening around the world, more

and more people are using social media not just as a way of keeping in touch

with their friends but also as a way of informing

and allowing other people to see

what is happening in their country.

And of course, what is happening

at the moment in Ukraine is a good example of people

using technology and also social media

to get their message

and also to show the reality of what is happening there at the moment.

Hello also to Hassan.

You have a good place.

Thank you very much.

We have sunshine, we have the birds,

we have some blue sky

and you have me as well.

So not everything is perfect.

I'm afraid

Lewis says my eyes like autumn, but my body doesn't.

Well, I have a similar situation during summertime.

Oh, late spring and early summer.

My eyes like to see

the beautiful season, but unfortunately, my body doesn't.

And already there are people beginning to suffer from hay fever.

So my hay fever, my sensitivity

relates to tree pollen and also grass pollen.

So when the grass starts to pollinate, the pollen is produced.

And for people like me who are sensitive to pollen,

I will unfortunately react in a very negative way.

My body does not like it.

And we call that hay fever

Hello to Jemmy from Hong Kong.

We humans are in many forms of culture

that have made all the Four Seasons

poetic and festive in their own way.

Yes, well, I suppose we can think of poetry and art

Those are the two types of

I suppose you might call it

a type of creative expression

we think of poetry stories and also art as well.

When we are talking about the way in which people

express us the seasons.

I think so.

I was watching a very interesting programme last night

about Renoir, a

very famous painter,

but also he had quite a lot of tragedy

in his life as well.

Hello, also to Amarjeet.

Hello to you.

Thank you very much for joining me.

I will be with you for a few more moments and then I'm going just to show one today

because I did have all sorts of problems

and I was only going to be here until 3:00.

So I will be going in around about 5 minutes from now.

It is a fabulous day.

Marwan Morales, it's

nice to see you here today.

Thank you very much for joining me.

There are people at the moment cutting some trees down.

They are doing lots of essential work

and that is the sound that you can hear at the moment behind me.

Over the past few weeks, we've had some terrible storms

and a few trees have fallen.

So I think there are people at the moment making all of those trees safe.

And that is the sound you can hear

Hello also to all we have who is here today

who haven't said hello to

hello to Perry.

Perry says autumn is not the season for sleeping.

Winter is well, I would say that Autumn is the period of transition

where everything begins

and prepares for the arrival of winter.

I think that would be fair to say.

It's okay.

Thank you. Kinzer. Kinzer.

I don't recognise your name.

Where are you watching at the moment?

Yes, we all live outside.

I'm only here for a few more moments, but I couldn't resist

sharing the garden and also sharing some of the

spring sites.

Keep your sunny side up.

That, by the way, is the title of today's live stream.

We often tell someone to keep their sunny side

up when we want them to stay positive.

Keep your sunny side up

stay happy.

Stay positive.

Sometimes you have to, even when things are going wrong all around you.

Maybe.

Maybe all sorts of things are going badly.

Do you have your own podcast?

Well, I suppose in a way this is my podcast,

my video podcast.

So one of the great things about doing this,

of course, is I can do it live

So many people who teach English

or talk about the English language, they often do it recorded.

But I'm one of the few people who who teaches English

here on YouTube, who actually does it live and talks

live and interacts

live as well.

Nor says for me, winter is the best season of all because

beautiful memories and love come with it.

Oh, interesting.

I'm not sure what you are doing during the winter months, but I like the sound of it.

One of the great things, I suppose, is that you can snuggle up

and hold someone close to you.

It's a very good excuse.

When the weather is cold.

Hello.

A little robin just came down

and landed by my foot.

I think of all the birds in the garden.

I think the robin is the bravest bird

because they will often come down and they will land very close to you.

So I think quite often Robin is very adventurous and dare I say, brave.

As well.

I will be going in around about one minute from now.

I hope you've enjoyed this rather unusual live stream

later than it should have been.

For certain reasons, which I won't go into

Hello, Palmira.

What a hell.

Today

Well, I suppose I can't really complain.

I mustn't grumble about my life because I know there are people elsewhere in the world

who are having much worse days than me,

so I am not going to complain

you like it

when you don't need a fan to get cool nor a stove to get warm?

Well, I suppose today is a little bit like that because it's not too hot

and it's not too cold.

It is quite pleasant.

In fact, it's very nice for standing outside in the garden.

I have to say, it is quite a nice day.

We are coming up to 3:00

and sadly it's almost time for me to go

just a short one today, but I will be back on Sunday. Mr.

Steve will be here hopefully the studio will be working 100%.

So we will be back indoors and everything almost back to normal.

And of course, Steve will be with us as well on Sunday.

Thank you, Beatrice.

At least we are all joined for a short time.

Have a good afternoon. Thank you as well.

I hope you have a good afternoon wherever you are in the world.

Take care of yourselves and I will see you on Sunday from 2 p.m.

UK time and of course, until the next time we meet here.

You know what's coming next.

Stay happy, stay safe.

Keep that smile upon your face as you walk amongst the human race.

And of course, you know what's coming next.

Yes, you do.

I will leave you with the sounds of the birds

and that sparrow

ta ta for now.

Duong Nugyenk

I'm sorry, but I do have to go

but I will be back on Sunday.

Don't worry. Enjoy the birds.