Just outside Norwich, New York (where Pepto-Bismol was invented in 1901) there is a wonderful French bakery and cafe called La Maison Blanche, which I will blog about another time.
For now, I want to solve a mystery. What is this structure that is on the grounds of the bakery?
Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.
It's Monday, it's the first of June and it's time for music!
Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers? We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! We are brought to you by Cathy of Curious as a Cathy, Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts, Marie (Xmas Dolly), and myself, plus other music loving bloggers.
Why not join us? Our theme this week is "You Pick"
Yesterday was one of those days. Unexpected things, and I didn't get time to myself until after 4pm. So I'm going with a song that's been stuck in my head for a couple of days now. I don't even know why, except for seeing Paul McCartney on a couple of TV shows recently. He didn't even perform this song but, instead, another one from the same album.
I happen to love this song Paul did with Wings in 1973: Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five. This is possibly my favorite McCarney/Wings song except maybe for Live and Let Die.
So I decided to go with songs that have numbers in the title.
Dolly Parton and 9 to 5 from 1980-81.
Stevie Nicks and Edge of Seventeen, also from 1981.
I will take the last two songs from my childhood. First, Love Potion #9. from the Clovers. Yes, I know one of the words in this song is considered offensive, but it wasn't back in 1959.
Let's wrap it up with the Vogues and their 1965 hit Five O'Clock World.
And yes, that's a wrap!
Join me again next week (it may be a Sunday post as it will be a busy week for me) for another episode of Music Moves Me.
Today, I spotlight an unusual allium in my front yard.
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| Taken May 29 |
Allium Bulgaricum, also known as Sicilian Honey Garlic, is an unusual ornamental allium currently in bloom where I live, and is apparently used as an herb in some parts of Europe (especially Bulgaria) but I have never eaten it and don't recommend any of my readers try to eat it without a lot of research. Here is more information on its use as a flavoring.
I've had this plant for years and like its unusual blooming habit.
Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog, for her #ShadowshotSunday.
A peaceful Monday afternoon in the Southern Tier of New York.
Nature seemed to be drawing a line.
Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.
Last week, we heard something moving around the outside of our living room air conditioner.
I went outside to investigate and it was a fledgling American robin, fresh out of the nest. (A note to my European readers, this is a totally different species than your European robin).
I tried taking a picture without getting too close. Look right in the middle of the picture.
But how had it gotten up on a window air conditioner?
I looked up and saw my answer (middle left).
I had never seen the nest, high up below our eaves. I had seen a robin's egg shell on our driveway, perhaps at the beginning of the month. This fledgling may have been the end result.
Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.
It's Monday and it's time for music!
Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers? We are a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! We are brought to you by Cathy of Curious as a Cathy, Stacy of Stacy's Random Thoughts, Marie (Xmas Dolly), and myself, plus other music loving bloggers.
Why not join us? Our theme this week is "In the US, May is National Barbecue month. It’s time to go hog wild! Share music that make you think of a great cook out."
I saw this as two ways to go. One way, is songs mentioning barbecue, or, as many of us write it, BBQ. I've lived in several parts of the United States, and have experienced some of the various interpretations of what a sauce should consist of.
The BBQ Song from Rhett and Link gives us a rundown of those variations.
A favorite food at many BBQ's is sausage. Or, in our area, white hots. In many other places, hot dogs.Next up is Hot Dog from Led Zeppelin from 1979, and it's not about the food. Fun fact, the album this came from (In Through the Out Door) is my favorite Led Zeppelin song.
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett because there is nothing like hearing Jimmy Buffett music at a BBQ.
BBQ's are all about having a fun time. From Ray Stevens, Barbeque.
As for the music, let's listen...Listen to the Music - Doobie Brothers
Finally, let's end this virtual BBQ with Whisker Brothers and Good Ol' BBQ.
Well, not so fast. Today, in the United States is Memorial Day, a day that was originally intended to honor the war dead of our 1861-1865 Civil War. Originally called Decoration Day, this holiday evolved into honoring the war dead of all wars. Sadly, this holiday has also evolved into a major shopping day.
So I will end this with a song from Freda Payne, Bring the Boys Home, from 1971. That was our wish then as it is now.
And that's a wrap!
Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.
Wednesday, I posted a couple of pictures of a storage building where someone thoughtfully posted a sign warning of a bunny nest.
Here is a picture of the building, with accompanying shadows. The sign is on the lower right.
Joining up with Lisa and This and That: A Blog, for Lisa's #ShadowshotSunday.
