Inspirations and Favorites~Music

Summer is quickly coming to a close

and that will bring...kids back to school

 (a dirty word in our house at the moment)

and of course after that will follow holidays

which bring out the festivities in all of us...

so until then...

I thought it would be fun

to share things that inspire me

and/or my favorite things.

Hopefully you will all leave comments with what

inspires you or your favorite things...so we can

all share and learn from each other

For instance this picture is from one of

my favorite moments of this summer...

 it was taken at my favorite place in all the world.

But more about that on a later post...

today we are talking about music!

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Nothing sets the mood quite like the music...

One type of music that makes me the happiest is the

steel drums...maybe it's because it represents

relaxation...and of course the beach.

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If you've ever been to my house

you know you will be sick of Jimmy Buffett

music by the time you leave!

Actually I never realized how some sort of music is

always playing in our house till a good friend

was over one day and I didn't have it on...

and she asked where the music was.

How funny...

I never realized how music was always playing until then!

Normally, I have playing what my husband

likes to refer to as...."Silence of the Lambs" music

(yes he gets a big kick out of his humour)

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I absolutely ADORE

Yo-Yo Ma...

and Bach...

and Beethoven...

and well you get the idea!

I actually think I make better dinners

when I cook while listening to this...okay well maybe not..

but the atmosphere is really cool...

My list of favorite artist and albums is very long...

I love just about everything...from the 20's till now..

so I won't bore you with that list.

However...I did want to share with you

some of the new albums that have

caught my attention this summer.

You would have almost had to have been living

under a rock to have missed Adele...

My son says he will have to leave

if he hears Rolling In The Deep

one more time...guess I play it too

much and probably way to loud

for his taste...

This is a very interesting album...

a little bit country...a little bit jazzy..

and a little rock and roll

worth a listen to.

I love the song "Bound for Glory"...

makes me want to catch a train

and I don't even know why but

head for Memphis????

This is a another really cool new album...

while they are playing Cello..and I

understand that may not be your thing..

they are doing it while performing some

of your favorite hit songs...very interesting..

and I kinda like it...haven't played it

for sweet husband yet...I can ONLY

imagine what he will say about them

playing Nirvana...cause in his eyes

you just don't mess with that...

and I probably couldn't even repeat

his words on here.

But I like it!

If you do nothing else

(except listen to Adele and Ray LaMontagne)

you have to hear this album....

It's called Barton Hollow

and it's by The Civil Wars

A very beautiful album

"Music takes us out of the actual

and whispers to us dim secrets

that startle our wonder as to who we are,

and for what, whence, and whereto"

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Remember....it's not all about the design and the decor...

Music sets a mood, a memory, a meal,

a moment in time....

I hope you always have a song playing in your

home and in your heart!

So tell me what song speaks to you?

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