Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mr Dylan


Mr Dylan has a very large repertoire of songs I have been listening to on and off for more than 30 years. Strangely enough, many of his songs I didn't care for then, but love them now. Here's an example:

http://www.4shared.com/account/file/57066864/29b22ac4/05_Ill_Be_Your_Baby_Tonight.html

I guess musical taste does mature with time. It must have been a popular piece since it features in several of his albums (http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/ill-be-your-baby-tonight ).

Friday, July 4, 2008

Fernwood Garden: Yellow Lily


Yellow Lily or more exactly:
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Liliaceae
Genus:
Lilium
Species:
?
Bloomed in the first few days of July 2008, surviving the annual grazing of the local deer herd of Rockaway Township, NJ. I usually free fall into anger and depression when the deers come and take away my crop of yellow and orange lilies. Good pictures of the survivors help.
Taken on July 4th, with my Nikon D40, Sigma DC 17-70 mm 1:2.8-4.5 Macro HSM lens.

Tears in my eyes


On frequent trips to work in Cambridge, I have been listening to a lot of stuff from Joan Baez's "Very Early Joan" CD. The classic and little known title "Tears in my eyes" finally hit home, it's just so simple but great, the guitar is divine. The lyrics, and possibly the music, was written by her older sister, Pauline Baez Marden. It was recorded live some time between 61-63. It's just amazing how one could be so talented as a young 20 year-old. Oh well! she came from a very talented family, genes do matter.



The picture above is the cover of the original LP of the same title.