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this week,
“Your Favorite Music Style”
suggested by Living_Embers

I like a lot of different music.  I have experienced listening to everything from Country / Bluegrass to fifties Rock and Roll to Jazz and a bit of Hard Rock in my home.  I have favorite country singers like Willie Nelson and Hank Snow but my orders if I am ever in need of being wired for sound, while off somewhere in a state of unconscious is to, wire me to the classics.  http://www.classicalarchives.com/

A recall of an Austrian folk song for children which we sang in school choir, called, the Orchestra song and I only remember our use of set 1, 2 and 4 below.  The song was sung in rounds, children were grouped according to the number of sets being used then each sang their set and then all voices combined to sing all sets at the same time.  It was a lovely way to learn music appreciation of an orchestra.

Violins:  set 1
The violins ringing like lovely singing.
The violins ringing like lovely song.

Clarinets:  set 2
The clarinet, the clarinet
Goes doodle doodle doodle doodle dat.
The clarinet, the clarinet
Goes doodle doodle doodle dat.

Trumpets:  set 3
The trumpet is braying,
Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta.

Horns:  set 4
The horn, the horn
Awakes me at morn.
The horn, the horn
Awakes me at morn.

Drums:  set 5
The drums playing two tones
They’re always the same tones.
The drums playing two tones.
They’re always the same.

 

My Photos

1- I have a preference for music that has possibilities of undulating like the twists and turns of a road.

 

2-  I enjoy music that can sound as soft as the wings of a bird in flight hundreds of feet in the air

 

3-  or voice and notes that can reach the deepest of blues,

 

4- or the most tumultuous of stormy grays,

5- with the ability to reflect all emotional possibilities.

6-  The colorful notes of the Fiddle playing Bluegrass and otherwise can be exciting and fun

7-  but the sounds of a Violin within a full orchestra accompanied by a concert Piano and Oboes and Cello and ??? are more likely to reach into the deepest of my sleeps to medicate me.

Thanks always for your comments and enjoy taking those photos.

 

 

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this week,
“Textures”
suggested by JayneBug

Everything is more exciting when textured.  Textures create light and shadow that give color “shape, form and feel” to our views and even words we voice are textured by inflections or change in sound.  Texture is in every emotion from pleasant excitement to heart pumping terror and in the books we read and the pictures we hang we elevate excitement with texture.  There is no terror in my photos but hopefully there is some interest from contained textures and views around my home.  My photos span from April 2009 to September 20, 2009.

My Photos

1- This is the back of our little house, enriched with a great brick texture in a nice earth tone.  This image was taken in April and the sunshine brought up the color.  I have Hosta and Lilies well up at the right hand side along with a bumper crop of Peppermint because of a poor planting decision but it all gives texture and the Peppermint textures the breeze, with a nice smell.

 

2- This is the front or our house and it’s June.  We got a late start at some of the things I wanted to try out.  The upright is one of 5 John seated specifically for Morning Glories.  We have a lot of texture just from the variety of mess and things needed to keep up with the growing textures.

 

3- We planted a very small bit of garden for tomatoes and some okra and summer squash and fenced it to keep the deer from eating it.  Nothing in the vegetable line did well but the Okra plant is lovely.  The spot is too shady and our Summer had record cools.  The flowers managed and the Ajuga is thriving so I’ll set cuttings taken from it next year.  The flowering plants are giving us enjoyable texture and color.  My Morning Glories took their time but finally took off in all spots.  You can see a second upright behind the fence to the left of John.

 

4- Here you see all textures being watered.

 

5- A third upright planted where we can see it from inside the house.  The Morning Glory leaves are beautiful and the flowers opened clear to the top even on the roof.  The reflection is in my picture window and John is the steadiest with the camera so he got to take this photo.

 

6- This is my view from inside and I took the photo today (September 21), just for this challenge.  Next year I’ll plant several kinds of vine including Clematis. 

 

7- A close up from John’s good camera eye.  The Glories give us a lot of pleasure plus color and texture.  I’m hoping the photos shared give you some as well.

 

Thanks always for your comments.

Wishing you some mind boggling textures for your photos and your conversational blogs.  Have a super week.

 

 

 

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this week,
“Something Old, Something New”
suggested by MattBarber

I had visitors over the Labor Day Weekend.  My son-in-law “the old or older”, my daughter, “the new or newer” and my only grandchild Eden, “the newest”.  All rationalizing of titles is based on their ages. 

My Photos

1- Mitch on the left, Halie center and Eden sitting on our porch bench, saying their goodbyes as this is a going back home photo. 

 

2- From the first set of photos after their arrival, Saturday eve, Mitch the older and Eden the newest are waiting as Halie the newer backs her motorcycle out of the drive.  They are visiting us for the weekend and Halie’s 20th high school reunion is this evening.  All three are attending.

 

 

3-  Minor adjustments and maybe some instruction going on here before they drive off.  Mitch the older is a seasoned rider but Halie the newer has been riding by herself for only a few months.  My nerves got the best of me during their drive as it’s about 700 miles from theirs to ours.  Total the trip back and its 1400 or more, the planned drive taking 4 days of driving and stopping for the night, shortning the time spent on the road each day.

 

4- All three ready to go, Eden rides with her dad.

 

5- They have an audience while starting out.

 

6-  This is Monday morning and the older and the newer are bundled up for their return trip to Virginia.  It rained all night and is still drizzling.  The rain and slippery roads gives me more to worry about.  They called us from each of their stops.

 

7-  I know this is a pastime for a lot of people but when your daughter gets on a 750 pound Harley by herself and takes a trip of 1400 plus miles when she hasn’t been riding long, tell me you won’t worry!  No matter how old or new, novice or seasoned I can’t help but feel a lot of mixed emotion.  Halie has a mind of her own and has passed it along to Eden.  Eden flew in from Maryland where she is now attending university, her first year.  She flies back later on the day of these last two photos.

To be honest I have had a case of nerves and tried to come up with something else to post but this trip wouldn’t abandon my mind where it kept rotating “old and new” rider.  So there you have it.

 

Have a good week and thanks always for your comments.

 

 

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this week, “Reflections” suggested by Czolya & myself, Photographics

“Reflections”, are to me, some of the most exciting photos I take, and as reflections of any kind always catch my eye, on other pages, I believe they appear to me as some of the most exciting photos other people take.  I look for reflections wherever I go and have taken reflection photos in water, on plate glass, mirrored glass and in the sides of highly polished cars.  I have taken photos of reflections in Summer, Winter and otherwise finding reflections in any season equally appealing.

My Photos
For the Week

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Plate glass windows are everywhere especially at food establishments.  This window is situated in the wall of a White Castle Hamburger fast food.  I was situated in the car beside my husband who was in the payout line waiting for our order.  It was nearing 4 in the afternoon in April and clearly we were sitting in the shade of the building with the sun catching colors elsewhere and reflecting in the restaurant window.  I had to take the pic and am always glad I carry my camera EVERYWHERE.

 

The plate glass face of Cici Pizza is a great spot for photos weather you are outside looking in or inside looking out as the glass plates stretches across the complete front of the Cici exterior.  This family sat two tables in front of us as we ate.  Their baby persisted in crawling out of his chair onto the table to stand nearly in the families food.  After we left, I sat in our car hoping to catch him on the table again and while waiting I took a few other photos.  What you see here is from the inside of my car through the windshield through the plate glass and across the table.  Trees are well behind me but reflected in the glass along with other colors from business caught by the reflection.  Catching what looks to be a satisfying bite of pizza helped make this photo a fun one. 

 

The baby is up and ready to climb on the table but dad slowed him down.  The window framed it all including the reflecion from the outside world as the baby sequence unfolded.

 

Another day but the same windows at Cici looking from the inside at the night sky and evening lights.  The reflection of the lights at top are inside restaurant lighting that appears as a squadron of UFO in the glass.

 

One of my portraits hiding in the shadow of reflections.  I think we were at the Honey Baked Ham store and I was ready to get into the car but noticed the beautiful reflection in the window.  I love seeing the views captured when I load them into my computer as there is always more than I realized when taking them.  It’s fun and getting a bit of an exposure of myself, I don’t mind sharing, is fun too.

 

Thanks always for your comments.

Have a great week and keep taking those photos.