Tripping down memory lane...

I was over at East Gwillimbury Camera Girl's blog and seen this post...well that part of the title that says 'Slays the dragon' kicked off a search.  For a song.  I could not remember the exact phrase...but knew there was one with something about slaying a dragon.

I did searches for the phrases 'slay the dragon' and 'slayed the dragon' at all kinds of places and could not find what I was looking for.  I ask Roger could he think of a song that has the phrase 'slay the dragon' in it...he couldn't.  And I could not even tell him anything about it.  All I could hear in my mind was 'sl... the dragon'  I could not quite make out what form of the word slay was used.

So I looked and looked and looked some more.

He mentioned the Superman Song which is by Five for Fighting.  Well, that wasn't it but it did lead me to looking for artists similar to Five for Fighting.  And I found the mention Colin Hay, who was a member of Men at Work--are you old enough to remember them?  Anyway,  it led me back to this song:



I don't remember how I originally found this song, but it is one of our favorites.  We have sat here and listened to it two or three times.

Along the way I happened to bump into The One I love/David Gray,  which made me want to look up Shatter/o.a.r,..along with All I Want/Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Then I found this...I think you will enjoy watching it.  One little boy is really shy, but the other end up having a good time.  I had not seen it before but am sitting here with a big old smile on my face:


...so thanks to EG's post, we have had a really enjoyable evening.  I first saw her post at about 8:00 p.m.  and it was about 11:30 before I zeroed in on it.

Does any of the songs bring back memories for you?  And doesn't it feel good to bump into a song you haven't heard in a while?

Going back in time...

Sometimes I get to wondering what I took a year ago this day....what ever day the day is currently.  Or I will wonder how many years I will have to go back to find pictures taken on a particular day.

To find pics taken on November 15, I had to go all the way back to 2009!

This is sort of faded out, even after fiddling with it in Picasa.  Ever since I saw this, I have wanted to find some old barbed wired to use to make a wreath.  And yet I have not made a real effort to find any.  I need to at least try to find some...I even have an idea of where I might could get some.

And next I am showing you a couple pics of weathered buildings..

as long as I can remember, I have loved old weathered, wood buildings.  Or anything that is old.

And chickens!

I think they are just so photogenic...

There's nothing quite like a handsome rooster...and hens give a place such a homey feeling. 

I could not find where I took these pics, but I do know they were all taken in Parke County, Indiana.

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The pics above show that it was a gray sort of day back in 2009.  Today has been bright and sunny.   We did have our breakfast on the front porch.  A late breakfast I might add.  I was totally surprised for it to be warm enough to enjoy sitting out there.

I have spent the entire evening sewing and messing with fabric.  A perfect kind of afternoon.

Time for a little bit of randomness

1.  Have you actually thought about how close it is to Christmas?  Even with seeing decorations out, I still had not paused to think.  And I still refuse to think much about it.  I want to wait till after Thanksgiving.

2.  This kind of cornbread is one thing I crave every so often...I have been craving it this week, but have still not taken the time to make a pan.  However, I did make a big pot of potato soup today and it is wonderful.  I love soups of any kind, any time, but they are especially good once there is a chill to the air.  How about it--do you like them any time or only after it has turned cold?

3.  I think this is the first year I have ever missed being in the woods and seeing ginseng.  I usually want to go just to see it and to take a fresh pic of it.  It now has a season to dig it, but when I grew up, you could hunt it any time.  Even then, our favorite time to hunt it was in the fall when it turned cold and had seeds to leave behind.

4.  I don't know why, but the Amish fascinate me, do they you?

5.  Don't you know that walking out into a yard with all that gold would cure about any sickness?  Or at the least, make one forget it for a bit. 

Linking to Tanya's Willy Nilly Friday 5....then it is back to get another bowl of potato soup!