Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

It’s late in the season but humming birds have shown up at our feeders the past couple of weeks.

Somehow, you just never think of a humming bird hanging out in a tree, but the love our Red Bud tree that is located only a few feet from the feeders.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

Sometimes a song takes on a life all it’s own. The following song was written by John Denver as a bit of a lament of an entertainer’s life on the road and time spent away from family. However Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song, during the Vietnam war and it took on a whole new identity as a protest song. When a combat soldier is deployed he/she doesn’t know if they are coming home in a seat or a box. Fortunately, I came home in a seat and only a little worse for wear. Here is Leaving on a Jet Plane.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

School days are fast approaching and for some reason a pencil sharpener in a flea market reminded of my school days.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This is a “Whatever Music Moves You” week at 4M. I am moved by a wide variety of music genres and some days it’s hard to choose which one I want to feature here. I heard a song the other day that I had not heard in years. It prompted me to feature this legendary country artist this week. While Roger Miller wrote and recorded this song originally, Randy Travis recorded the song later and I swear it is a good as the original. Randy didn’t try to create a whole new sound, he just tried to do a classic song justice. Here we go.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

This is a Yellow Swallowtail butterfly. I captured this image last year. It turns out that they like parsley and dill. We had some of those plants in a raised flower bed and the caterpillars laid them to waste. This year my wife planted some more parsley and dill and this past week it was evident that we are going to have yellow swallowtails again!!! Here are a few images of this year’s caterpillars. In a couple of weeks, I will have a whole new crop of butterflies to photograph.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week the theme at 4M is Songs about get-a-ways to chillaxing or anything that makes you think of summer fun. Buckle up…here we go.

Aww…some Monday’s Music Moves Me

Aww…some Monday

Looking back through my files, I found this image from October 19, 2020. The leaves were dropping pretty fast and I was a few days late to photograph my favorite tree in all of it’s autumn glory. I captured this image, downloaded the file and created a more vintage looking photo. I need to do more of this. I’m one of those who like playing with the image in PhotoShop almost as much as capturing the image.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

This week at 4M the theme is whatever music moves you. I am moved by a variety of music but the music that truly touches my soul is the music that draws me closer to the Creator.

We live in a world filled with distractions, scams, and people telling us how we should talk, think, and act. It is easy to become confused about what is the right path to walk in this world. We have to focus on the truth and follow the teachings of those who speak the truth. Christ told us that He is the way, the truth and the life. In order to live the best life, in this life, I just need to turn my eyes upon Jesus. Have a blessed week.