Heroes #MusicMovesMe

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? Here's our optional theme for this week: 

"The first sandwich was allegedly made on August 6, 1762, and was given the Lord of Sandwich’s name.  The dish consisted of meat placed between two slices of bread, which he requested because he was in the middle of a gambling game and did not want to interrupt it.

This week’s prompt is sandwich. Build a sandwich (acrostic) with your favorite song picks, find song titles, lyrics, or band names with sandwich or items found on a sandwich. This is a lite assignment, the object is to have fun!"

There is a type of sandwich that has many names here in the United States, depending on where you live. It's a sandwich made with a long Italian or Italian style bread, and can contain deli meat, tuna, meatballs, or other sandwich fillings.  In New York City, these sandwiches are called hero sandwiches (at least, that's what we called them in my New York City childhood.)  Just north of New York City, where my spouse grew up, they are called wedges. In New England, grinders.  Others call them hoagies.  Much of the country now calls them subs.

I'm going to go in a different direction for my first four songs.  These are songs mentioning the names of these sandwiches, although they aren't written about them.

Hoagies (a commercial) for a maker of deli meat and cheeses. You'll see what the sandwich looks like, and the song is...well, listen to it.

A live performance of Heroes - David Bowie.

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner, released in 1985 as the theme song for the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.  

Turning to subs:

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles, originally released in 1966.

For grinders, Judas Priest and Grinder, from 1980.

 Finally, a song mentioning bread: 1964's Bread and Butter - the Newbeats

And that's a wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me. 

Milkweed Shadow #ShadowshotSunday

Today, I am digging into the near past archives for this milkweed photo.

Taken July 4 at a local park.

Although this doesn't have shadows, I wanted to share it with you today because it is important.

I wasn't able to get close to this monarch butterfly so it isn't the best quality but it is the only one I've seen this year.  I took this picture July 26 and cropped it as much as I dared.

I can only hope there are more butterflies out there.  I see fewer and fewer butterflies each year.  My small yard can't support milkweed, but milkweed is so important to them.  If you do want to plant milkweed, you may be interested in knowing that some types of milkweed grown in warm areas can be dangerous to monarch butterfly migration.

Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog for her #ShadowshotSunday.
 

Two Sides of the Sky #SkywatchFriday

On Wednesday, our area got a lot of rain.  We broke a rainfall record where I live in the Southern Tier of New York, but it was nothing compared to the Hudson Valley of New York.  Our state capitol, Albany, received almost seven inches (17.78 cm) of rain, in two days, and many roads and areas were flooded.

Meanwhile, yesterday, we had intermittent rain showers.

It was interesting, if you faced different directions, the sky looked so different.

This was so much like a winter sky - this is a color picture, not B&W.

Now turn around and see the mostly blue sky.

Well, the mostly blue sky.

Joining Yogi and other sky watchers for #SkywatchFriday.

 

 

 

 

 

Wildflower Variety Pack #WordlessWednesday

For today's Wordless Wednesday, I bring you assorted wildflowers near where I live in New York State.

Wildflower bouquet of Queen Anne's Lace (white) and what I assume is purple loosestrife (an invasive plant).

Taken July 26, my phone identifies this as Canada goldenrod.

Taken July 28, chicory.

Yellow jewelweed.  I wouldn't be surprised if poison ivy was growing nearby.

Finally, my phone identifies this as swamp milkweed.

 

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.
 

Plas Johnson #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday and it's time for music! I also apologize for the assortment of font sizes.  I don't know why this is happening but, not knowing html, I can't seem to fix it.  Anyway...

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".  So, sadly, it is time for another induction into Rock and Roll Heaven.  Today we celebrate jazz musician Plas Johnson, who passed away July 15 at the age of 94, six days before his 95th birthday.  This talented musician played flute, clarinet , tuba, and saxophone.  He started out, as a youngster, singing with his father's family music group and, when given a soprano saxophone as a gift from his father (a professional saxophone player) taught himself to play it. 

You can find out more about his career, and listen to some of his jazz pieces at this site. 

He was perhaps known for his sax sol in 1963's Pink Panther Theme.  He performed on several other movie soundtracks and a number of rock songs (some of which I feature below).

Johnson was a session musician for over 20 years.  Here are some of the songs you can hear him on.

Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys, from 1963, with Johnson on tenor saxophone.

1966's Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys, from the iconic album Pet Sounds. Johnson also played tenor sax here.

The Platters - The Great Pretender, 1955, with Johnson on tenor sax.

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs from 1976.  Johnson on tenor sax and contributed to the horn section.

Aja - Steely Dan from 1977, with Johnson on flute and tenor sax.

And that's a wrap! But first a bonus track:  The Pink Panther Theme. Note, you will have to go to You Tube (following link within the video) to play this. 

 

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.

 

 

 

 

More Lily Time #ShadowshotSunday

Some lily shadows from the past week today for your pleasure.

Two of my daylilies, July 19. 

A neighborhood lily, July 24. 

Joining Lisa at This and That: A Blog for her #ShadowshotSunday. 

Puddle Before and After #SkywatchFriday

 It's been a while since I've posted puddle pictures, maybe because it's been a while since I've seen a puddle.

But these aren't just any puddles.

Last week, we, along with a lot of the United States, were dealing with bad air from wildfires.  But help was on the way July 18, in the form of a powerful cold front that brought rain, wind, and a possible F1 tornado to our area.  My neighborhood wasn't that impacted (except for small branches down) and s we were a lot more fortunate than many.  So, here are two puddles, one rain apart.

After rain number one, during which the bad air was still greatly impacting us, I was mystified to see a puddle with strange white bubbles.  Here is a picture.  You can barely see the sky, over to the left, as it is still so clogged with the bad air.

What is that white stuff?  Its residues from the wildfire smoke, brought down by the rain. When the rainwater hits the ground (so I've read), the water combines with oil from the road, breaking surface tension and resulting in that white stuff.

After the second rainfall, with better air behind it, I went out and took this picture.  Finally, we could see clouds again.

So much better!

I don't think I've ever had a puddle before and after.

Joining Yogi and other skywatchers today for #SkywatchFriday.  You'll note the URL for the linkup is different - Yogi had to use a different website and hopefully, the linky will work.

Have a good week ahead.