Wailing

Song - Amazing Grace by Carlos Reyes

In 2011 I heard this man Carlos Reyes for the very first time at Doobie Brothers concert

H e    b l e w    m y    m i n d

And if you listen to the song above "Amazing Grace" you will understand why 

He can wail on that violin...

And a fun fact is that he lives in my home town of Walnut Creek!

"One of the most popular performers to grace the Sierra Nevada Big room stage, Carlos Reyes, returns Tuesday.

Paraguay-born harp and violin artist, Reyes will be backed by his hot band, Electric Symphony, as he plays sweet Latin American ballads to lowdown blues and jazz.

“Chico’s been just wonderful to me,” Reyes said in a recent interview. “It’s great that Sierra Nevada keeps putting on such nice concerts. I’m very happy they do such a great job of bringing such a variety of people.”

Known as a recording artist, producer, engineer, harpist and violinist, Reyes has been breaking musical education at the age of 3 on the violin. He was declared a child prodigy at an early age when his father, a musical and national hero in Paraguay, urged him to learn the complicated 36-strings native Paraguayan harp."

--Enterprise-Record

Illegal Entry

Song - Take It Easy by The Eagles

This morning a little Chickadee flew into our bedroom through our open door.

He just stayed for a moment to say "Good Morning" and then flew back out.

Ten minutes later I went outside to look at my garden and spotted a squirrel....

I called to Mr. B to see if I was seeing this properly....

Yep......Speedy was trapped inside the "squirrel-proof" bird feeder

Speedy was panicking trying each square to see if he could get out.

TRAPPED

I ran and got my camera and Mr. B was going for the wire cutters

As I approached him, he panicked and squeezed through one of the openings and ran up the tree

RELIEF

***no birds or squirrels were harmed during this adventure - the bird in the above photo was happily resting in our Japanese Maple last spring and the squirrel in the above photo was done by me in Photoshop as I wasn't quick enough to capture a photo of the actual crime.

"The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they

human beings or animals-are here to contribute,

each in its own particular way,

to the beauty and prosperity of the world."

--Dalai Lama

Just Chillin'

Song - Classical Chillout - Pachelbel, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Janacek, Bach, Handel

My son's dog Chewy just chillin' on our bed in the morning light.....sweet.

"Live in the sunshine

Swim the sea

Drink the wild air."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks

Song - Loch Lomond by Pere Hollens featuring David Archuleta

Luss is a tiny village on the shores of Loch Lomond in Scotland and this is were I saw this beautiful Clematis happily growing.

"The world is a book

and those who do not travel

only read one page."

--St. Augustine