I only have a couple more hectic days here before thing2 has her 8th grade finale and says goodbye to middle school…and then thing1’s year is over, with a little break before summer school starts for her…

and i hope to be around more once things (and ‘the’ things) settle a little…

but for today, another cut-n-paste pony just to say good morning, and an open thread wherein we can prove once again that we’re NOT morning people 😉

Pickin’ up on 73rd’s Chillin’…

I like this version on Waitin’ for Columbus (sic)

And if you give me: weed, whites, and wine

and you show me a sign

I’ll be willin’, to be movin’

~Lowell George~

ok, so i really, really meant to find an interesting item to discuss this morning, and post the most inviting pony evah!!!….even though the morning population doesnt necessarily notice or care what i actually put in  😉  (for which i thank you profousely)

i didnt make this video, and find it an imperfect tribute….but any memorial day tribute seems to ring false somehow…

Four Tops

Baby, I Need your Loving

Tommy

Overture

Please don’t ask me why this stupid song was going through my head….

Went kayaking ( that is a pretty loose description ) last weekend on a much under utilized lake nearby. Got my first sunburn of the year and yes I was wearing sunblock.

Taking pictures while kayaking. Not so easy…. try sticking your camera ( my crummy back up camera I might add ) in a waterproof pouch and snapping…

View from the boat…..

Unflattering look at me…..

Turtle and snake action. I freaked out thinking I was accidentally banging into a water moccasin. The turtles were less than pleased about being disturbed.

Thanks for looking at my crummy pictures. Tell me what cool things you are doing for the holiday weekend. Hang out, chit chat and then go read some of the excellent offering on our recent and rec’d list.

I slept in! It was a bad week at work.

Here is your dose of art.

And a bit of poetry….

Poetry by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy – I Bless You, Forests

I bless you, forests, valleys, fields, mountains, waters,

I bless freedom and blue skies.

I bless my staff and my humble rags.

And the steppe from beginning to end,

And the sun’s light, and night’s darkness,

And the path I walk, pauper that I am,

And, in the field every blade of grass,

and every star in the sky!

O! if only I could encompass all life,

And join my soul with yours.

O! if only I could embrace you all,

Enemies, friends and brothers, and all nature,

And enfold all nature in my arms

Hope y’all are going to have a lovely holiday weekend. Hang out, chit chat and then go read some of the excellent offerings on our recent and rec’d list.

This week and probably one more…but i really am running on empty here…it’s a live performance with not-so-great audio…i used it because it has jackson browne AND bruce springsteen…a bonus…