day 24 :: 30 days of beauty

a magical summer night with The Swell Season - absolutely perfect

better get to livin'

Just saw this and loooove eet! How many times do we want to say this to a friend or even wish our friends would stop coddling and say this to us?? Dolly, as annoying as your endless chippery is (and as fake are your boobs are for that matter), your cheerful spirit does seem genuine and it's contagious and I can't help but like you.

a glimps of my childhood

Last Christmas my brother dug out some albums from my dad's record collection. What a trip to our childhood that was! Among the eclectic assortment of musical memories, we found The Point by Harry Nilsson. Oh how our family loved that album!

Yesterday, my brother put it on a cd for me. I've listened to it 3 times already. Including on the way to work today. Certainly made a Monday commute most awesome.

Here's a clip from the 1971 movie version of The Point with one of my favorite songs from the album, Think About Your Troubles. I love, love, love the animation. Beautiful!

fascinating

I saw this clip on my bro's facebook feed a few weeks ago. It's from the World Science Festival 2009: Notes and Neurons. Bobby McFarrin is a guest panelist.

Watch the whole thing if you can. It's a little over an hour long but broken into 5 parts. Fascinating!

my face is smiling

due to these happy thing...

• fresh garden bounty

• my james rescuing a dragonfly drowning in our pond (He pulled this little guy out of the algae. The dragonfly flew to james' chest as if to say, "My hero," rested for a few minutes, wiped his eyes and then flew off into the cool night air.)

• fresh jam just made from apricots from a friend's 100 year old tree
  
  
• the music of Bearkat

• surprise gifts from far away friends
  

• Lisa's love for snails
  
  
• warm Summer nights filled with good beer, games of cornhole, and lovely friends
  
  

• my sleepy little dog

a good song i don't mind being stuck in my head

This song has been residing in my being since we sang it at church on Sunday...

"Give me your hand and we'll walk, walk down together.

Lift up your hands and we'll sing, sing here together.

How good it is to know you God, how lovely is your Bride.

How blessed we are to have each other.

You hold us all close by your side.

Come with me now and we'll dance, dance here together.

Lift up your heart and we'll dream, dream here together.

There's none too poor, too dirty, too broken, too naked,

too stupid, too drunken, to be thrown outside His love."

I just can't get it out of my head and I love it! It's by Aaron Strumpel written from the Psalm 133 & 134. I love the last two lines when everyone is singin' it at the top of their lungs. Just beautiful. Thanks Halen for initiating it :)