Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

This week-end our local airport sponsored a visit from a WWII B-25 Mitchell bomber. For a fee you could take a 30 minute flight! I did not opt to go flying. If they had a Vietnam era Huey helicopter I probably would have been first in line.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

The theme is whatever music moves you. I am going to revisit one of my favorite groups Home Free. The first song is a John Mayher song and ponders the age old soul searching question, what is my personality going to look like and can I change it. Am I going to think and act more like one parent than the other, will I have characteristics of another relative. If I don’t like something about myself, can I change or is it ingrained in my DNA?

As a child of the ’60’s, I grew up with hot rods and muscle cars. Big engines, big horsepower and the ticket to our independence. When I came home from Vietnam I bought a Ford Mustang and everything about this song was a part of my relationship with my car.

A classic associated with the original queen of country music, Patsy Cline gets a great refresh.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

This week will feature some flea market birding. One can find a myriad of ceramic birds at the flea markets. Here is just a sampling.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week the theme at 4M is about baseball. April 2nd America’s favorite past time for many started up again for professional baseball players.  You don’t have to be a fan but it could be fun to pick songs that include the teams’ mascot. Stretch this prompt to fit your play set however you want! Back on March 24th I posted images from our trip to Major League spring training in Arizona. I still have a few to share, so here goes.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Mondays

Some Days My Joints Can Relate

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week the theme is whatever music moves us. As I mentioned recently, I listen to the Chris Stapleton channel 63 on Sirius XM when I am in my truck. It is perhaps the most diverse playlist available.

Occasionally a song will just strike you in a funny sort of way. In music there are several basic themes that are the inspiration for lyrics. There are boy meets girl songs, break up songs, failed marriage songs, childhood memory songs, etc. Within these themes, there are anthem songs, inspirational songs, emotional songs, audience participation songs. Every bar band in country music has a BEER DRANKIN’, audience participation song. Here is a tune from this last example sung by one of country music’s icons.

Moving right along, here are a couple of more tunes that have found my ears from the Chris Stapleton channel.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Arizona, Finale…Frank Lloyd Wright

On our way from Mesa to Sedona, we passed an exit that said, “Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd” in Scottsdale. I remembered Frank Lloyd Wright built a home/studio, Talesin West,to train students in architecture. On our way back from Sedona, we took a detour and spent several hours at the site. For an architect, this is absolutely a bucket list item. FLW is undoubtedly the most famous american architect of all time. He practiced for nearly seven decades prior to his death in 1959. He fathered the “Prarie Style”, Unisonian Homes, and Organic Architecture. He was using passive solar design in 1937-38 during the construction of Talesin West. Ready for the tour, here we go. Please note, the images are of things that I found interesting and not necessarily in the order encountered nor did I capture everything.

As you can see, organic is the word here. Wright was a known for using local materials and designing structures that seemed to grow from the landscape or live in harmony with the surroundings. As a very private man, the entrance to his buildings was not always a prominent feature of the design.

Welcome to the personal office of Frank Lloyd Wright. The roof here is made of canvas panels that bring natural light into the space. They can be opened and closed to control natural breezes and cool the space. What about rain you ask, well when you only get about seven inches of rainfall per year, it’s not a big deal…apparently.

I never thought I would ever find myself standing the office of Frank Lloyd Wright!

Stay tuned for Wordless Wednesday, featuring interiors.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week is a freedom of choice week. When I’m in my truck my radio is on Sirius channel 63, The Chris Stapleton station. I believe it may be the most diverse playlist available. There is everything from Bob Dylan to Jelly Roll. There is classic country, modern country, blues, 50′-60’s pop, rock, big band, folk and bluegrass. Almost every day I hear an artist, band or song that is new to me or I haven’t listened to in a long time, so here are a few things I have heard recently.