Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Dog Day Summer Blooms

In ancient times, “Dog Days of Summer” was connected with bad luck, mad dog attacks, unexpected thunderstorms, heat, and drought.  These days gained the “Dog Days” name because they are connected with a star in the Canis Major (Greater Dog) star system known as Sirius. Nowadays, “Dog Days of Summer” is associated for summer’s long hot days. Based on these interesting tidbits use your imagination to find music that’ll make us howl on the dance floor!

Arkansas is entering the “Dog Days of Summer” this week. In Northwest Arkansas the air temperature will reach 97 while the heat index will climb to 105. The Southern part of the state will experience temperatures approaching 105 with a heat index exceeding 110. Rain will become scarce while irrigation and air conditioning systems will be working over time. That brings me to my take on music. Here we go.

There is nothing more pleasant after a long hot summer day than a cool evening Summer Breeze. Originally recorded in 1972 by Seals and Crofts, Keith Urban brought the song to the 52nd American Music Awards.

It is the middle of July and the kids are enjoying their summer break from school, but back to school activities are just around the corner. The kids may have to sing this song just to remind themselves it is still Summertime, summertime.

For the urban dwellers, there is something unique about Summer in the City. The Lovin Spoonful gave us the top 40 hit, but Joe Cocker also had a video with his arrangement of the song.

Normally we think of baseball when we hear about The Boys of Summer, but there are those summer romances that happen and The Boys of summer are a component.

I have to admit, one of my all time favorite “Dog Days of Summer” songs comes from The Drifters. Have a blessed week.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

A few months ago I planted a package of random perennial flower seeds in a small flower bed on the east side of the house. The past few weeks the blooms have begun to appear and, to be honest, they’ve been a little underwhelming. A couple of days ago I checked the progress and this stunning bloom greeted me. I immediately went in the house, grabbed my camera and tripod to capture a stunning image and this is the result. As I write this post I have discovered that this is apparently very desirable bunny food as most of the blossom has disappeared and only one petal remains. Our neighborhood is filled with little cottontail vegans and this became a victim. I’m just glad I have this image to enjoy.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

Welcome to Monday’s Music Moves Me! This is a whatever music moves you week. I haven’t posted much inspirational music recently, however that is not because I don’t have a reason to be thankful to the Creator. In fact, this past week has given me another reason to Praise the Lord.

I have persistent Afib. My pacemaker is working over 95% of the time. Recently the remote monitor indicated to my cardiology team that something wasn’t working exactly as it should and they were going to have to make a revision to my device. That’s doctor talk for outpatient surgery. It turns out that the “revision” was to remove and replace my pacemaker with a new one and run an additional lead into the other side of my heart by placing it in a vein and running it through that vein until it reaches the wall of the heart, then attach it. I cannot begin to understand or explain how that is even possible or the skill required to do such a thing. But we live in a country with such great medical care that it is about an hour out patient procedure and you go home the same day.

I am thankful the technology exists to monitor my device 24/7/365 remotely. I am thankful God has given surgeons the equipment and skills necessary to do such a procedure. I am thankful my cardiology team is very proactive at monitoring my situation and taking action quickly. I am thankful God blessed me by placing me in these United States at a time in history when these things are possible. One of the greatest blessings in this life is to be born, raised, educated, and live my life in this time, in the greatest country on earth. I serve and AWESOME GOD!!! Thank you Jesus! Have a blessed week.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Great Week With Great-Grands

Recently the whole family was in town to celebrate our daughter’s 50th birthday. All four grandchildren and both great-grands were here most of the week. While in town the greats spent some quality time with Nana.

The youngest great-grandson spent time in the kitchen with Nana. They were making mini-pie shells for little lemon meringue pies…our daughter’s favorite flavor.

Needless to say, “There were good times in the kitchen!”

The new star of “Flavor town”.

Meanwhile, the older brother was crafting a special birthday card for our daughter, his Nina, and spending time checking the tomatoes and cucumbers in our garden.

Nana is a “hands-on” great grandmother and while the grands enjoy their quality time with Nana I get some awesome photo ops. Have a blessed week.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

Jul 6th Around the globe early July, World UFO Day is observed. Prompts this week you might consider is anything space related – stars, aliens, spaceships, galaxy, …. Get out of this world wild while having loads of fun discovering music to share! Now that you know the theme, here are my thoughts. Rocket Man, Sky Pilot and Moon River were just too obvious, so I headed to the country and found these tunes for your listening pleasure.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Celebrating Our Daughter’s Birthday

50 years ago you could not have convinced me that one day I would be celebrating our daughter’s milestone birthday…but here we are and the whole family was in town for the event.

Our Birthday Girl

This party is brought to you by Nana and the Sisters!

A Family Celebration

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week is a whatever music moves you week. Let’s give a listen to what is happening in Country Music these days.