The Accordion of Time: Ducks and Weeds
It occurs to me that time can be a little like an accordion; it seems to compress itself bringing to mind fragments of conversations, together with sounds of music and 'pictures' of places.
The older you grow; the greater the compression; making it difficult to sequence when these things actually happened.
Try thinking of a song from the past. Now try putting a date to when it first occurred. Check your guess and depending upon your age and whether your song has a time memory 'tag'; you're probably going to be wrong.
The other day, armed with the knowledge that the wicket was damp, the atmosphere redolent of imminent drizzle; and the north wind was starting to blow; being, clearly, the first day of summer.
Into my mind came unbidden the song "Here Comes Summer"; the one that goes # Oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home #.
For the rest of that morning I tried in vain to remember who had originally recorded the song, to no avail.
Stumped, I turned to Mr. Google and found out it was a Mr. Jerry Keller (who he?) and amazingly it was dated 1959. How could this be? The song, surely not over fifty years of age; but it was. Enough said!
Visited the local wetlands recently. The ground was 'rock hard' but there was a pleasant amount of avian life about, including two herons in a corner of the lake, which I viewed from the Hide.
I also spotted these two ducks, on the canal , just inside the entrance to the wetlands.
Further along the canal, near to the footbridge, where one can gain access to the other bank, I noticed, in a small area how choked up the canal was. It reminded me that you can't let Nature off the lead for long.
Well with June starting this Wednesday, let's hope for a return to higher temperatures and those warm, summer nights. Oh, I feel a song coming on......
Time to leave.
Ciao4now
Ck.
The older you grow; the greater the compression; making it difficult to sequence when these things actually happened.
Try thinking of a song from the past. Now try putting a date to when it first occurred. Check your guess and depending upon your age and whether your song has a time memory 'tag'; you're probably going to be wrong.
The other day, armed with the knowledge that the wicket was damp, the atmosphere redolent of imminent drizzle; and the north wind was starting to blow; being, clearly, the first day of summer.
Into my mind came unbidden the song "Here Comes Summer"; the one that goes # Oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home #.
For the rest of that morning I tried in vain to remember who had originally recorded the song, to no avail.
Stumped, I turned to Mr. Google and found out it was a Mr. Jerry Keller (who he?) and amazingly it was dated 1959. How could this be? The song, surely not over fifty years of age; but it was. Enough said!
Visited the local wetlands recently. The ground was 'rock hard' but there was a pleasant amount of avian life about, including two herons in a corner of the lake, which I viewed from the Hide.
I also spotted these two ducks, on the canal , just inside the entrance to the wetlands.
Further along the canal, near to the footbridge, where one can gain access to the other bank, I noticed, in a small area how choked up the canal was. It reminded me that you can't let Nature off the lead for long.
Well with June starting this Wednesday, let's hope for a return to higher temperatures and those warm, summer nights. Oh, I feel a song coming on......
Time to leave.
Ciao4now
Ck.
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