DowagerLadyUrsula

Music, Johann Sebastion Bach. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Written in 1723 as part of a 4 part cantata, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" Heart and Mind and Deeds and Life. Verse one of words attributed to the poet laureate Robert Bridges: Jesu, joy of man's desiring Holy wisdom, love most bright; Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring Soar to uncreated light. :) Comments Welcome

Walking Sticks are related to grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches. They can be green, grey, brown or in between. They can be pests if in great number as they eat hardwood tree leaves. They are fascinating to watch : ) Comments Welcome

TURN UP THE VOLUME! Who doesn't love the Zamboni? Best part of a hockey game except for the fights of course. Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr. was an American inventor and engineer, whose most famous invention is the modern ice re-surfacer. Born: Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr, January 16, 1901 to July 27,1988 :) Comments Welcome

"Let's go look at some lights!" With Johnny Mathis "We Need A Little Christmas" :) Comments Welcome

Just sitting watching chickens. To the classic "Country Capers" a longtime country standard recorded by Buddy Merrill in the '70s. This piece done by The Sundowners years ago in the country western bar beneath The Woods Theatre in Chicago :) Comments Welcome

Babysitting chicks in my garage. Una Furtiva Lagrima" (a secret tear) was composed by Gaetano Donizetti for the opera "L'elisir d'amore" ("The Elixir of Love"). The most popular of Donizetti's works and first performed in 1832 in Milan. Very relaxing to sit and watch the chickens and listen to pretty music. I think the chicks like it, too :) Comments Welcome

Snowblowers! Don't you love that sound? Ha Ha Ha! Time to make sure it starts before you really need it :) Comments welcome

God Bless America . . . and all the ships at sea! :) Comments Welcome

Just eggs frying. Eggs from a variety of healthy, happy hens in an iron skillet with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. If you close your eyes it sounds like rain :) Comments Welcome

Peaches ripening in the warmth of the sun. All the same but each one different. Pleasing to see and it feels good to hold one in your hand with your eyes closed. Paired with Beethoven's Piano Sonata #14 in C Sharp Minor Opus 22 "The Moonlight Sonata" :) Comments Welcome

Just see this happy young lady! Spin n Skip! Never misses a beat. To Franz Liszt "Transcendental Etudes" Liszt was a Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist. :) Comments Welcome

A pair of Cardinals and a flock of Sparrows feeding under the yews. Paired with The 12 Days of Christmas :) Comments Welcome

A clear, warm, moonlit night on the Fox River. With friends, music and only a few mosquitos :) Comments Welcome

Look what the Black Cat brought in . . . literally. I'm guessing a tree frog from his ability to hang onto the glass walls. I returned him to the garden. He seemed no worse for the wear. To Chim Chim Cher-ee :) Comments Welcome

Always a welcome sign that Christmas is near. I've been dazzled by the Rockettes since I was a little girl :) Comments Welcome

Enjoy a taste of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" and a drive by John Gotti Jr's place on Casey Key Road, Sarasota. Gotti was an American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985. He took over the family shortly thereafter, becoming boss of what has been described as America's most powerful crime syndicate. This home on Casey Key Road is over 9,000 sq ft and last listed at around 8 million $$ :) Comments Welcome

Male frogs announce their presence in early Spring. At the Fox River, Kane County, Illinois, hundreds of small voices announce the passing of winter and call to attract a mate :) Comments Welcome

No Spiders Allowed! Not even a female spider with an egg sac. Get out! Noone wants you here! :) Comments Welcome

These clocks were made in America by several different companies during the mid to late 1800s. They were sold as "kitchen clocks" for 3 for $12.98. You have to wind them up every couple of days and they strike the hour and then strike once on the half hour. As with everything there were more expensive ones. This was an "everyday" household clock. Video set to Tchaikovsky "Andante Contabile" :) Comments Welcome

Summer of 2020 :) Set to Bon Jovi intro to "Wanted Dead Or Alive" :) Comments Welcome

The falls were created from a "hanging valley" by the Missoula Floods about 15,000 years ago and are fed by underground streams from Larch Mountain. According to legend from the Multnomah tribe, the waterfall was formed after a young woman sacrificed herself to the Great Spirit to save Multnomah village from a plague. Jumping from the cliff, she gave her life for the Multnomah people. After her death, water began to flow from above the cliff, creating the waterfall. Film taken fom the "pool" and set to "Music In The Time of Shakespeare . . . The Witty Wanton" :) Comments Welcome

What's more fun than a spring day with a wagon on a grassy hill? : ) Comments Welcome

Sunshine and a red wool bathrobe is PURRRFECT! :) Comments Welcome

Lovely. Listening out my bedroom window at night in New South Wales :) Comments Welcome

Party! Party! Party! Summer on the Chicago River. A Chicago cruise boat heading under the Adams Street bridge just outside of Union Station :) Comments Welcome