Is It Spring? #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday, and it's time for music!

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Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky above). 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! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post link may be labeled "No Music" or even removed.)   

Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.

Every other week we have a theme.  This week's theme is "Spring Time Again"

Of course, where I live, I would have to say "not so fast!". The weather in March is so variable - spring one day, winter the next, lots of wind - but my crocus are blooming, the birds are singing, and I'm counting the days until winter leaves for good.

So, how about some appropriate music?

The Association and "Windy", from 1967.

 April in Paris, from 1932, here here done by the Count Basie Orchestra in 1956.

A Johnny Cash song from 1965 - When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's 40 below), a duet with June Carter.

For musical lovers, here is It Might as Well be Spring, from the 1945 film State Fair.

Let's wrap it up with a song that makes me think of spring - The Rain, the Park, and Other Things, from the Cowsills.

And that's a wrap!

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

Early Spring Shadows #ShadowshotSunday

Many of our native trees are blooming.  Soon, leaves will appear and you won't find shadows like this.

Bare trees have a certain beauty, as do their shadows.

And, the crocuses are blooming.

This is the nice parts of spring.

But, our changeable weather struck again - a handful of hours after I took this picture, it clouded over, rained, and the temperature dropped.  Winter still won't let go but at least there were no severe weather events.  We've been fortunate so far.

Joining Lisa at Lisa's Garden Adventure for #ShadowshotSunday.

False Spring Skies #SkywatchFriday

Where I live in the Southern Tier of New York, it takes several weeks for winter and spring to fight it out.  True, spring officially began at 5:01 AM yesterday, but that doesn't mean anything to the weather.

Wednesday and yesterday, we had blue skies.

Wednesday, I went for a routine preventative test.  The hospital where it took place used to be a Catholic hospital and the new, secular owners have kept this grotto dedicated to the Virgin Mary.  I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Later on Wednesday, I was in Owego, New York.  Last week, I had become aware of a bald eagle's nest near the Susquehanna River.  A gentleman  pointed it out to me, and I took this picture.  You can't see it, but it's in the evergreen tree on the right, about two thirds of the way up.  I'm thinking there is a nesting pair in there as there is an eagle occasionally flying back and forth.

Finally, a blue sky from Thursday morning. 

The one bad thing about this weather - fire danger. Breeze and dried leaves are a bad combination. In fact, on Wednesday, there was a brush fire a few miles from here and several roads had to be closed for a time.

So why did I call this post False Spring Skies?  Because our short series of beautiful spring days ended yesterday, and winter has made a comeback.  It's going to be winter probably all next week, too.

It was nice while it lasted.  Hopefully, Spring will return soon for another try.

Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.

Hooded Merganser #WordlessWednesday

Today, I am borrowing a photo from my guest photographer, who (unlike me) has a high quality DSLR. 

She's taken some great bird pictures lately.

Hooded mergansers are a small fish-eating duck.  I have never had the pleasure of seeing one (knowingly) but my guest photographer, who lives out in the country, got this capture earlier this week in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania.

Enjoy!

Next week I hope to feature other of her photos.

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Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for her #WordlessWednesday.

St. Patricks Birds and Spring #MusicMovesMe

 It's Monday, it's St. Patrick's Day, and it's time for music!

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1. Joy Comes Back	2. Songbird’s Crazy World
3. StacyUncorked	4. Ramblin' with AM
5. Driller's Place	6. Adventures in Weseland
7. Yogi's Den	8. CAAC
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11. An Irish Vibe	12. Birgit

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Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky above). 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! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post link may be labeled "No Music" or even removed.)   

Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.

Every other week we have a theme.  This week's theme is "You Pick".

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I am going to start with some Irish/Celtic singers/groups.

The Pogues and the Dubliners with The Irish Rover. 

I can't resist the Dropkick Murphys - my selection is I Wish You Were Here".  You may want to have tissues at the ready. 

Now, let's lighten the mood.

U2 and Beautiful Day. 

Dexy's Midnight Rummers and Good Night Eileen in the song's TV debut on, of all things, a children's show.

Couldn't resist a short Irish Spring commercial.

Finally, time for something different.

 It's also near spring, and the birds are singing.   

The land is coming alive where I live and I can't resist something Disney with a song from my childhood - actually it predates it, as the song was written in 1932.

Finally, speaking of Disney, how about this vintage commercial combining the original Disneyland in California and the advertising song Come Alive! 

I'm counting the days to spring.

And that's a wrap!

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

Shadows On the Street #ShadowshotSunday

Spring is almost here, and I know this because our gloomy sky days are diminishing.

 

Shadows are reappearing, like this tree shadow.

And shadows across the road.

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day - would love it if you join me tomorrow for some musical selections. 

 Joining up with Lisa at Lisa's Garden Adventure for her #ShadowshotSunday.

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day March 2025

Beware the Ides of March, as the saying goes.  Well, hopefully not here in my zone 6a garden in the Southern Tier of New York.

The weather has swung from spring to winter to back again, as it does in March, but today is supposed to have beautiful, spring like weather.  Today is also Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, the 15th day of each month, and is hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens.  Gardeners from all over the world show what is blooming in their yards and/or homes.

The most important thing about today is that I have both indoor and outdoor flowers to show you.  Again, I don't have much, but I think April will solve that issue.

Outdoors, my early white Lenten Rose is still blooming with new flowers opening up (top flower).  

In a few days, our purple Lenten Rose will join with its blooms. Right now they are only buds.

On the side, early daffodils are coming up.  Sadly, these rarely bloom as they are in almost full shade now (they came with our house, almost 40 years ago).  They need to be dug and relocated. Our crocuses should be coming up any day now, too.

Indoors, an African rose is putting out occasional blooms.   

A couple of the impatiens I rooted last fall are also still blooming but none of the flowers are open right now.

Hopefully, there will be a lot more to show you in April.

If you want to see more flowers from all over the world, why not click the link above, go to the linky and see what else is in bloom?

Just Ordinary Skies with no Pi? #SkywatchFriday

On this Pi Day,3-14 (as we write dates in the United States) I have no pie or Pi) to offer you, only skies.   (But if you click on the link, you'll see a recipe).

Maybe to you these are ordinary skies, but to me, they announce the coming of spring and the end of ceaseless (or almost ceaseless) gloomy days.  Enjoy these pictures from earlier in the week.

Wispy skies.

Trees and river.
 

Trees in a row.

Sometimes, ordinary is so welcome. 

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate.

Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.