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Today, I sat down and worked on some videos of me and my two friends playing recently at the senior center. Every week we get together and play different music. It's laid back, and we don't really have a goal of performing or playing anywhere. We just do it for fun. Usually, we get there early before anyone else does, and it's nice and quiet, but as the morning progresses, people come in (some with their walkers) and stomp around and talk, or play cards, or listen. So we made an attempt to videotape a few songs before the natives arrived.

My friend D. likes to sing, and I think she has a beautiful voice, so she brought this song to sing, called "Bury Me Beneath the Willow." I know, the title sounds morbid, but it has a beautiful catchy melody. Note: She brought the lyrics only with no notes. So I had to learn the tune as we went along. So in the video, you will hear me (violin), G. (guitar), and D. (singer). Later in the video, you can hear some sounds in the background, and that's the people arriving, lol. I will share it here with you. Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7dELPvsad4&list=RDw7dELPvsad4
 

hollydolly said:
KSav.. I don't want to sound patronsing..difficult on a forum ... but I wish you everything you wish for yourself.. xx
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Thank you, @hollydolly; I appreciate that. You don't sound patronizing. :)

I wish for myself (1) sobriety; (2) a return to the person I was a couple of years ago; and . . . (3) a way to accept the loss of my relationship with my beloved son, an effective way of coping with the grief at that loss, and the ability to hold my head up and soldier on.

I'm quite certain that, with AA and a very strong desire to not turn back into 2019, Xanax-addicted KSav—which I swore I'd never be again (ha)—I can achieve the first two. But I am stumped as to how to achieve No. 3. And that, of course, puts me at risk for Nos. 1 and 2.
 
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As seen on our today's morning walk.

Left: Like tumble weed, this flower seems to take its water from moist air; it blooms without any obvious water source in 100+ degrees.
Right: Blue flowers are not very common in nature.

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The biggest surprise this morning: signs posted that 300 new houses will be built near our house and adjacent to my coyote hiking land.
When we bought our 2 1/2 acres for $18K fifty years ago, our small unincorporated town had only one-quarter as many inhabitants.
Los Angeles suburbs are stretching out more and more into the wilderness, inhabited by coyotes, mountain lions, bears, rattle snakes, etc.

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Left: A unique mailbox stand, welded horse shoes. Right: Washing machine lye on what street maps call an "avenue," LOL

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-Oy- said:
Well - today I'm being sent back up to the central Lake District to retrieve Mrs Oy's handbag that she left at the restaurant we had our anniversary meal in on Monday! And of course I'll take my camera. And of course the weather forecast is dull and overcast. Then again mountains and lakes can look great in moody weather. Particularly in black and white :)
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I look forward to your moody shots.
 
palides2021 said:
Today, I sat down and worked on some videos of me and my two friends playing recently at the senior center. Every week we get together and play different music. It's laid back, and we don't really have a goal of performing or playing anywhere. We just do it for fun. Usually, we get there early before anyone else does, and it's nice and quiet, but as the morning progresses, people come in (some with their walkers) and stomp around and talk, or play cards, or listen. So we made an attempt to videotape a few songs before the natives arrived.

My friend D. likes to sing, and I think she has a beautiful voice, so she brought this song to sing, called "Bury Me Beneath the Willow." I know, the title sounds morbid, but it has a beautiful catchy melody. Note: She brought the lyrics only with no notes. So I had to learn the tune as we went along. So in the video, you will hear me (violin), G. (guitar), and D. (singer). Later in the video, you can hear some sounds in the background, and that's the people arriving, lol. I will share it here with you. Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7dELPvsad4&list=RDw7dELPvsad4
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thanks for sharing that Palides..I kept hearing ''what a friend we have in jesus'' melody in there 🥰
 
packleader said:
As seen on our today's morning walk.

Left: Like tumble weed, this flower seems to take its water from moist air; it blooms without any obvious water source in 100+ degrees.
Right: Blue flowers are not very common in nature.

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The biggest surprise this morning: signs posted that 300 new houses will be built near our house and adjacent to my coyote hiking land.

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Left: A unique mailbox stand, welded horse shoes. Right: Washing machine lye on what street maps call an "avenue," LOL

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talking of Horseshoes.. in Nottingham England the worlds largest stack of used Horseshoes was built between 1945 and 1965 by the Village blacksmith who'd being shoeing horses in the village for 51 years... The stack stands 17 feet high and contains 50,000 Horseshoes..

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hollydolly said:
I just had a call from the hospital , I have to have an ''urgent'' ultra sound scan... appt is on Wednesday :unsure:
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Is "urgent" a cause for concern? When I had my hip replacement I had one of those urgent calls. It turned out to be the opportunity to fill a cancelled appointment, for which I was grateful, but the terminology, urgent, can be a cause for concern. I do hope that all is well for you Holly.
 
StarSong said:
Is that the name of the series? I can't find anything with that title. Sounds fascinating
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Breaking Amish is the name of the series. It's been on tv for years. Now we only get repeats here so I no longer watch it ...it's basically following Amish teens and older who are breaking away from their Amish lifetstyles and the affect on their families, and their new lifestyles in the cities...
 
horseless carriage said:
Is "urgent" a cause for concern? When I had my hip replacement I had one of those urgent calls. It turned out to be the opportunity to fill a cancelled appointment, for which I was grateful, but the terminology, urgent, can be a cause for concern. I do hope that all is well for you Holly.
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it is... I know what it's for , it's something they discovered when they gave me a full body ultrasound scan immediately I arrived in A&E Resus... the doctor told me there and then what they found and that this call would come, but because of the waiting lists.. it could take 6 weeks.. and it is exactly 6 weeks...
 
hollydolly said:
it is... I know what it's for , it's something they discovered when they gave me a full body ultrasound scan immediately I arrived in A&E Resus... the doctor told me there and then what they found and that this call would come, but because of the waiting lists.. it could take 6 weeks.. and it is exactly 6 weeks...
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Hope it's not something serious and can be remedied in a quick manner, Good Luck, Blessings be with you
 
Sliverfox said:
At least it wasn't Amish shopping day.
Those ladies can fill a shopping cart or 2.
Always surprises us when you see them buying carts full of commercial made bread, boxes of cake mixes.
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Seeing the Amish shop at the grocery store, especially for processed food, surprised me too.

Finding out that puppy mills are often owned by the Amish horrified me. I worked for a nationwide breed-specific rescue that started with the main mission of finding mill dogs good homes, after the mill dogs were retired and the choice was to either take the dogs or they would be killed. Those are extremely damaged dogs - mentally, and often physically too. The stories about what had happened to those poor dogs were sickening.

Seeing a man (older guy, so father or grandfather) pulling on a small child's (4-ish) arm so as to force him to walk much faster than he could on his own, angered me. It also angered my dog. Luckily we were in my car. Aidan snarled and barked when he saw how that man treated the child. If we had been outside, I doubt if I could have controlled him on the leash. He was always very strong, and he was protective of children.

Frankly, I think a lot of the Amish have a good cover story, but for them it is a big, fat lie.
 

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