So here is one of Canada's (more specifically, Vancouver's!) treasures
doing what he does best.
Even better he's doing it at the 67th st Subway stop in NYC...
Michael, baby, you've got what it takes!
Have a great weekend all!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
East Sooke Park and all the pretty little ladies....
I've taken you here before in the height of summer.
East Sooke park is heaven at any time of year but especially in the spring.
The world is waking up after a long, wet, windy winter...
Spanish moss now just floats in the slight breeze...
Pathways lined with Arbutus trees just beginning to shed their bark...
These fields used to be home to the Aylard family and many many cows roamed these meadows...
The houses and barns long gone and all but an old power pole remain in the distance...
Burial mounds dot the landscape...
Long before the settlers, this land was an important place for the native Indians...
Through the grass, little English daisies smile up to the sun and me...
Wild strawberries crouch low on the ground, later to become the tiny but delectable fruit of June...
...and traces of new life can be found everywhere...
The beaches and trails here are magnificent...
This view looks south to Washington State and the Olympic mountain range...
Howdy neighbours!
While walking through the woods, just out of the corner of my eye, I spot them...
The tiniest bit of pink, poking her head through the moss.
And then a closer look...
The lovely Pink Lady Slipper orchid!
Like a dressed up opera star, singing her little heart out...
A bit of a rarity and this little patch gifted to me on this gorgeous spring day!
Thank you ladies!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Bluebells...
Bluebells.
Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
One of the prettiest spring flowers right now.
We've got them growing wild in places here and there and
seeing their little purple faces opening up after the rain
cheers my soul...
Nothing says spring like the colour purple...little lavender bonnets, nodding in the sun...
We used to jump rope to this little song and I still sing it when I see these flowers...
Blue bells, cockleshells,
Easy, ivy, over.
I like coffee, I like tea,
I like the boys and the boys like me.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Bonus Song for Saturday...for Ritchie
The first time I heard Ritchie Havens voice I was at a party and I had
to follow the music to the sound system to see who it was on the turn table.
His voice struck such a chord in me, deep, rich and full of soul
that I knew his music would be some of my favorite to listen to in years to come.
His iconic set at Woodstock blew everyone away with his
energy and bizarre way of using his giant thumb as a capo
on the neck of his guitar.
Years later Tom and I had the great pleasure of seeing him twice.
The first was in a club which was okay but the second
time was at a small festival here in our tiny town.
It was summer, it was intimate and after the show we went to introduce
ourselves to him. He was so gracious to every person who wanted
to say hello. He looked at each of us right in the eye and smiled
that big beautiful smile of his and then took my hand
in both of his great big hands to thank us for coming.
He was truly a genuinely beautiful person.
This song has always been my favorites.
It reminds me of the love and light that he was able to
put forth in his music.
Ritchie Havens died last week and will be missed
but his musical legacy will carry on.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Song for Friday...summery feelings
The other night I watched the movie "Duets".
It's sort of like male Thelma and Louise meets Karaoke night.
It was quite dark actually and I was a bit taken aback.
But there were some funny bits and some good singing in it.
One of the storylines is that of Gwenyth Paltrow
and Huey Lewis as estranged father and daughter.
They end up singing this song but I must say I prefer the original
by Smokie Robinson, although they did a good job too.
It gives me that A M radio summer feeling...transister radios by the water,
no cares in the world except how much more of a tan you'll get that day.
So here's to summer dreams...
Have a great weekend all!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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