Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Songs You've Heard,But Don't Know The Name

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Drum Major Bill Barclay, Master of the Mace

Happy, Little, Time Wasters

 

Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk

 

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

OSU Marching Band Tribute to Blockbuster Movies

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

19 Sound Effects on a Violin

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Mozart Group: The Difference Between a Fiddle and a Violin

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on the Glass Harp

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1.  Went on a Target run with the Eldest. Was nice to have her company.

2. Due to a family emergency for Teague, Camp Newport turned into a Day Camp Newport. We visited Blythewold, had lunch at the Judge Roy Bean Saloon, and dipped our toes in the ocean at Easton Beach.

3.  When I got home from day camp, Himself had planned Tony's (take-out) for supper. No cooking for me.

4. Errands, fried clams, and a raspberry lime rickey at Harry's.

5. For my commute to teach my last class, Himself had tuned the car radio to my favorite classical music station.

How was your week?

Music Game

 

Ok music lovers, here are the rules…

Answer each category with a SONG. No repeats and DON’T USE THE INTERNET (it's tempting but DON’T). Go with the first song that comes to mind, change the answers to your own (Can’t steal mine!😉). 

* Something to Wear -Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis

* A Place - In My Room, The Beach Boys

* Animal - Alley Cat , Bent Fabric and his piano

* A Number - One (is the loneliest number), Three Dog Night

* Color - Blue Hawaii, Elvis

* A Girl’s Name -  Gloria, Van Morrison

* A Boy’s Name - A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash

* Profession -The Doctor from Put De Lime in De Coconut, Harry Nilsson

* Day of the week - Monday, Monday, The Mamas and The Papas

Your turn.

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

From 1998, the official state polka, Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts, written by Lenny Gomulka

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

Massachusetts has an official ode titled Ode to Massachusetts , words and music by Joseph Falzone. The ode was designated in 2000.

"Ode to Massachusetts"

Freedom, Freedom, Freedom

From the Freedom Trail in Boston

To the dome on Beacon Hill

To Framingham and Worcestor

And Springfield if you will

From Concord on to Lexington

No matter where you roam

There's a not so common Commonwealth

It's the place that I call home

 

You are the heart of New England

Old Ironsides and Bunker Hill

Where JFK once paved the way

To the day the world stood still

Your one by land and two by sea

Helped set our country free

You can't get better Massachusetts

You'll always be sweet home to me.

No, you can't get better Massachusetts

You'll always be sweet home to me.

Freedom, Freedom, Freedom

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 This week's fun fact is that Massachusetts has an official Glee Club song.

"The Great State of Massachusetts"

Words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley

Adopted on November 24, 1997.

"The Great State of Massachusetts", words by George A. Wells and music by J. Earl Bley, was designated by Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 43 on November 24, 1997.

I couldn't find a live version of the song or sheet music. Instead, have a listen to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glee Club singing "Wake, Freshman, Wake" from the 2011 Alumni Weekend

Inktober 2022

10/13 Challenge prompt: kind

Always try to be nice

But never fail to be kind - The Twelfth Doctor 

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, Gelly Roll pen

10/14 Challenge prompt: empty

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space;

everything else is opinion - Democritus

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers

10/15 Challenge prompt: armadillo

Micron Pigma Pen

10/16 Challenge prompt: fowl

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. - Abraham Lincoln

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, White Gelly Roll pen.

10/17 Challenge prompt: salty

Salty Girl

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, Clear Gelly Roll pen.

10/18 Challenge prompt: scraped

"I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, 

10/19 Challenge prompt: ponytail

Chantilly Lace had a pretty face

And a ponytail hanging down

a wiggle in her walk

a giggle in her talk...J. P. Richardson

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, 

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

From 1981, the official state folk song is Massachusetts by Arlo Guthrie. 

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

In 1985, The Road to Boston became the official state ceremonial march

I think The Dropkick Murphy's Shipping Up to Boston should be a march from the modern era

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

In 2006, musician, Taj Mahal (nee Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr) was named the state's Blues Artist. Mahal was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1960s.

T Stands for What You Can do With Simple Glasses of Water

 

From Minatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, a model train plays classical music as it moves along its track. 

Sit back with your favorite beverage, relax, and enjoy this happy, little, time waster.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s blog to find out what the rest of the T gang is up to. If you want to play, include a beverage or beverage container in your post. Don’t forget to link your blog from Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s page.

Little Bitty Tear

 

A journal page, when feeling sad. It took me a little bit to remember the date. The 8th anniversary of Ma's passing. And then the shock to realize how long it's been and how fast time has moved on.

The lyrics are from a song sung by Burl Ives:

"A little bitty tear let me down

Spoiled my act as a clown

I had it made up not to make a frown

But a little bitty tear let me down

Sharpie pen, watercolor pencil, pearl bead

T Stands for Yes, We Have No Bananas

I hate grocery shopping. Himself did the grocery shopping for his mother so when we got married, he was already trained for grocery shopping. He didn't seem to mind so that became his chore. Having difficulty walking makes a circuit around the grocery store fatiguing for Himself. He's been a good sport, but the walking takes a lot out of him.

I decided I would do the grocery shopping online. A perfect solution for me since I hate to go to the store. Point and click, point and click, and the groceries are delivered a few days later. Online shopping is fine if you don't need items right away as it seems lots of people are doing their grocery shopping online and it may take a few days before you can get a delivery time. I don't wait until I'm out of Half n'Half to put my order in so I don't mind the wait.

Shopping online is a bit different than shopping in store. Produce items are selected by the each and not by a pound or a bunch.  I ordered 6 bananas, finished the rest of my list and waited for the text the driver had arrived with the groceries. 

Himself sits by the refrigerator and will put away the items that need to be refrigerated or frozen. As I go through the bags in the porch, I bring those things in first. I found the first bag with the bananas and then another bag, and another bag. Bags and bags of bananas.

Six hands of bananas! Over 40 individual bananas! Somewhere between my placing the order, and the order being shopped and shipped, bananas went from each to a hand.

The driver must have thought we needed a diet to curb "the runs" or we were running a primate center!

Fortunately, bananas can be frozen. I peeled the bananas, individually wrapped some of them whole in plastic wrap, tucked them in freezer bags and laid them in the freezer. A few bananas I cut into coins. Froze the banana slices on baking sheets in the big freezer (the sun room) and then placed the coins in small bags and into the freezer. Whew! So, who wants a smoothie?

I know some of you like to use ephemera in your art. I saved the stickers and have enough to send to two people. If you would like some banana stickers, let me know in the comments and I'll randomly draw two names. I'll announce who gets the stickers on Monday, 1. February 2021.

And to end, a favorite, audience participation number at Harry Chapin concerts. 30,000 Pounds of Bananas. You can read the lyrics here

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s blog to find out what the rest of the T gang is up to. If you want to play, include a beverage or beverage container in your post. Don’t forget to link your blog from Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s page.

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