Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Rainy Days


Rain, rain go away, come again some other day... although this is a children's nursery rhyme I am sure many adults have hummed or sung this song in their head if not out loud!


Here in our little area of the south, the rains seem to come with the Fall/Winter season, so not only is it cold, its dreary.


This morning as I sit and listen to the silence around me it's peaceful and quiet; the fog has gobbled up all sounds except for the clicking of my keyboard and the little rumble that Becki and Althea make as they sleep.


This photo was taken on a dreary but happy and peaceful day... on my trip back home to Port St Joe Florida. Frank, Andy, Julie and I were at a little place looking out of the windows at St Joe Bay as we (not Andy) dined on some of the best shrimp I had ever eaten in my life.


Many people say you can't go home again, but Bon Jovi said you could so I decided to give it a shot. While I didn't get to see any old school friends, I did talk to several neighbors, discovered our old home had been torn down (yes I cried) and that some things never change... like the footpath to the beach where 30 years before I had walked across the burning sand to plunge into the peaceful waters of the bay.


I miss PSJ, and Ocala and Jasper, AL the not so little anymore town where I was born but am content to call my little spot in SC home as yes I've learned "home IS where the heart is".


Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Times of Your Life



In 1976 I hated our senior class song. It was by Paul Anka, who was old by our standards and used by Kodak for a tv commerical! The class before us chose We May Never Pass This Way Again by Seals and Croft... so much cooler...
after looking through boxes of old photos this week I thought back to this uncool song of my youth and of the times that have passed by and well, I can honestly say that I finally understand the lyrics of "The Times of Your Life"

Camella, Jeanne and Brad... Haines City, Fl




So thank you Paul for writing this beautiful and touching song...







Good morning, yesterday


You wake up and time has slipped away


And suddenly it's hard to find


The memories you left behind


Remember, do you remember




The laughter and the tears


The shadows of misty yesteryears


The good times and the bad you've seen


And all the others in between


Remember, do you remember


The times of your life (do you remember)




Reach back for the joy and the sorrow


Put them away in your mind


The mem'ries are time that you borrow


To spend when you get to tomorrow




Here comes the saddest part (comes the saddest part)


The seasons are passing one by one


So gather moments while you may


Collect the dreams you dream today


Remember, will you remember


The times of your life




Gather moments while you may


Collect the dreams you dream today


Remember, will you remember


The times of your life


Of your life


Of your life




Do you remember, baby


Do you remember the times of your life


Do you remember, baby


Do you remember the times of your life