My spouse and I eat whole wheat bread. Over the past weekend, I purchased my usual store brand from a discount market.
It's good but sometimes the whole wheat bread...
...is more "hole wheat bread".
Joining up with Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.
(If you are looking for my Music Moves Me post, please click here).
The countdown is on. This is the last spring Garden Bloggers Bloom Day hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens, who invites flower gardeners from all over the world to display what is blooming in their homes and/or gardens.
Carol won't be hosting this meme after the end of this year.I've participated for years and it's been a great way to keep a garden log, at least for the 15th of the month,
Anyway, here's what is blooming in my zone 6a garden in the Southern Tier of New York. Our weather has been so up and down, and a period of hot weather and no rain stressed my plants.
Most all of my perennials have either finished up or are waiting to bloom. Some of my dallies have buds - too soon for flowers, alas. I should have some in July, So, much of what I'm showing you are either containers or hanging baskets.
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 "You Pick" and I'm going to pick several songs that I heard recently, and a couple I didn't. No, you don't have to guess which is which.
Elton John and his 1975 hit Philadelphia Freedom, written in honor of tennis great Billie Jean King.
Unforgettable, from Nat King and Natalie Cole, was a duet made possible by the technology of 1991. Here, Natalie Cole sings her late father's 1961 hit as a duet with her late father, who died from cancer in 1965. Natalie was just 15 years old. Who can listen to this without a tissue or a tear?
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
I'll end this with 1970's So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright, a song written by Paul Simon and sung by Simon and Garfunkel. The song was written as a tribute to Art Garfunkel, who studied architecture in his youth. I love every song on this album (which I owned on vinyl) but this one has a special spot in my heart.
And that's a wrap! Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.
And, if you like flowers, join me again later today for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
Today, on a day promising storms this afternoon, I decided to post a couple of shadow pictures from yesterday.
Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog, for her #ShadowshotSunday.
Last night and this afternoon, we had thunderstorms and brief deluges of rain where I live in the Southern Tier of New York State.
I was unable to get photos of the beautiful sunset we had last night but here are some pictures taken around 5:30 this evening once a humidity front came through.
Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.
It's Wordless Wednesday on a Tuesday!
Let's dig into Oreo cookies: specifically, limited edition flavors. I blog about them from time to time. I know Oreos can be found outside the United States so I hope you like the basic Oreo (chocolate cookie with white filling) wherever you live.
But there are two flavors I like even better than the original. One of them has been brought back as a permanent Oreo flavor. Time to celebrate!
First up, Reese's Oreos. They are the iconic Oreo chocolate cookie with a filling made with Reese's peanut butter filling and chocolate Oreo crumbs. I know many people outside the United States aren't big fans of peanut butter as a sweet (it's used in savory dishes, which I love also) but this American loves peanut butter. And these Reese's Oreo cookies score a 10 of 10 in my scoring.
It's Sunday, and it's time for music!
I'm posting a little early this week.
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 "June boasts the most daylight hours. Share music about long sunny days. Express yourself in song however this prompt moves you! "
How about a visit to local parks, or somewhere you can appreciate the warm weather, the clouds, and other things. I grew up in an apartment building in the Bronx (a borough of New York City) and we did not have a terrace. We didn't have a backyard. Or a car. But we did have our parks.
The first song that came to mind is Grazing in the Grass from the Friends of Distinction. Can you dig it? (oh, that outdated slang in the song, but it's still a nice, mellow song).
The Cowsills and their 1967 song The Rain, the Park and Other Things (which enough people think is named I Love the Flower Girl) was a part of the Summer of Love. Here's a live performance of the remaining Cowsills from 2025 including that song and Indian Lake, another one of their hits.
I have to include one Beatles song: Strawberry Fields Forever, not because it's about New York City's Strawberry Fields area of Central Park, but, rather, the innocence of childhood and John Lennon escaping into the gardens of a local children's home with friends to find peace. As you may have guessed, the Strawberry Fields of Central Park was created as a tribute to the late John Lennon, who lived close by at the time of his assassination, dedicated in 1985 to his memory.
And that's a wrap!
I may be late getting to you this week, but I will get to you. Thank you for your patience and enjoy the music!
Several years ago, trees were planted in several local parks along rivers or streams under a Trees for Tribs program. Here's more information (from 2022) from my blog on this program.
It's been interesting seeing these trees grow.
Of course, the trees already in the park cast some shadows, too.
Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog for her #ShadowshotSunday.
I was going to post some pictures of streaky skies that I took on June 3, when my guest photographer sent me some of her own.
I'm going to use some of her pictures and save mine for another day. So please enjoy these pictures from early June in a rural part of New York State.
