Virginia Is For Families

This morning was pretty nice with a cool breeze and overcast skies. So I headed out to the botanical gardens here in Richmond and took some photos to share with you. While walking around the grounds I ran into another retired guy with a camera who was also admiring the scenery and we chatted for awhile. He told me that he takes a photo each day and sends it out to several hundred folks on his email list.

So now there are several hundred and one eager recipients waiting for the next photo and I will also share the link here when it arrives.

And why not add some music to this post?

“But David the music and the photos are not synchronized! The photos end before the music and then they start over again! “

Well, yes, this is true. But if you notice the words in the songs sometimes repeat as well. There’s often a chorus. And if we like the music generally we are happy to hear it again. I’m optimistic enough to believe you might want to see the photos a few more times before you move on to your next activity.

Also you can click on the thing and stop the photos from whizzing by if you would like to slow things down and hang out with one or two for awhile.

So if you do please click on the music. Then click on the thumbnail for a slide show. And hopefully all will be well.

Play Good Vibrations

botanical garden sept 09

Leona Lewis

I Will Be

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I feel the tiredness that tells me it will only be a few moments after resting in the bed before the sleep train will pull out of the station.   It feels so good.  And here is a flower photo because it has been awhile and flowers are our friends.  I should appreciate them more.  Maybe have some growing here in this room.   But now. . .sleep.

And then it is morning again.  Just like that!  And so dependable.  Never once has it failed to arrive although, of course, people don’t make it through the night all the time.  I hope to be one of those someday.  Just let me drift off in a dream and not return.

Here is a photo that struck me as being sort of interesting this morning.  Apparently we are heading back to  botanical garden mode as far as photos are concerned.  We are leaving the tropics behind.  We are leaving poetry and writing behind too.  I hear the sighs of relief.   Where are we going?  Not sure yet.  This weekend there is an air show around here.  But it’s supposed to rain?  Saturday is not going to be a good day for the US Open I hear.  Last night they said something about it during the Andy Roddick match.  I went to bed as they began the fourth set.  Who won?

So it’s maybe not going to be a good weekend to be outside.   But we shall survive.  Maybe I will read and write about some really good authors and poets.  I strayed too far outside my comfort zone in those areas and need to retire for awhile.  Maybe watch Craig Ferguson for a few hours.  He is so hilarious.  He has more energy than all the other guys put together and he is so funny.  In my opinion anyway.  Everyone has their favorite.  Beth really likes Dave.  The guy who has been distributing meat and cheeses to the Tri-state area for how long?  I don’t get it.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.  ~e.e. cummings

Here is a flower photo I am sure some of you have seen before this moment.  I need to isolate it in a post in order to present it in the Lens Day Challenge.  So here it is again!