Welcome! I hope I bring a spot of calm and happiness into these uncertain times. I blog about my photography adventures, flowers, gardening, the importance of chocolate in a well lived life, or anything else on my mind.
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.
Not from the United States? No problem! I would love your input, too.
Anyway, for this flavor, Yea or Nay?
The other is a limited edition flavor. Again, I don't know how much outside the United States you can find these multi flavored ice pops , but these are vanilla cookies with a filling of lemon, raspberry, and cherry. I haven't tried them yet. Do they appeal to you? Yea or nay?
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 (oh, that outdated slang in the song, but it's still a nice, mellow song).
Here's another song you can dig, so to speak. Saturday in the Park was a hit for the group Chicago in 1972, but I am going to use the cover from Leonid and Friends. To me, Leonid and Friends covers sometimes outdoes the Chicago originals.
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.
Taken May 31, 2026.
Of course, the trees already in the park cast some shadows, too.
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.
Note, for this and the next Skywatch I may be a little late getting back to commenters and posters, but I will get back to you. Thank you for your patience.
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?
(Bakery building is to the right side in the picture).
If I lived nearby, I would just ask the bakery people (they make amazing baked goods, by the way) but I think it's more fun to make a WordlessWednesday post about it.
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.
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.
