"Long as I can see the light!"

Beautiful butterfly!

Hard Sun by Eddie Vedder and guests

"May the beauty of nature fill your heart with love" That was my senior yearbook quote. I was so deep when I was 18;) 

Find the beauty in nature when it's hard to find beauty else where. I want to be someone's "sun". "When she comes to greet me, she is mercy at my feet...Once I stood to lose her when I saw what I had done, Bound down and threw away the hours of her garden and her sun..."

When I walk beside her, I am the better man
When I look to leave her, I always stagger back again
Once I built an ivory tower so I could worship from above
When I climbed down to be set free, she took me in again

There's a big, a big hard sun
Beating on the big people
In the big hard world

When she comes to greet me, she is mercy at my feet
When I see her bitter charm, she just throws it back again
Once I dug an early grave to find a better land
She just smiled and laughed at me and took her blues back again

There's a big, a big hard sun
Beating on the big people
In the big hard world

When I go to cross that river, she is comfort by my side
When I try to understand, she just opens up her hands

There's a big, a big hard sun
Beating on the big people
In the big hard world

Once I stood to lose her when I saw what I had done
Bound down and threw away the hours of her garden and her sun
So I tried to warn her, I turned to see her weep
Forty days and forty nights and it's still coming down on me

There's a big, a big hard sun
Beating on the big people
In the big hard world

http://youtu.be/m8NPNKZ9jB0

"I picked up my smile and put it in my pocket..."

Long As I Can See The Light by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Happy Sunday! Perfect song to have stuck in my head for so many reasons:) "But I won't be losing my way, no, Long as I can see the light!"

Put a candle in the window, 
'cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon,
'Long as I can see the light.

Pack my bag and let's get movin', 
'cause I'm bound to drift a while.
When I'm gone, gone, you don't have to worry long,
'Long as I can see the light.

Guess I've got that old trav'lin' bone, 
'cause this feelin' won't leave me alone.
But I won't, won't be losin' my way, no, no
'Long as I can see the light.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

Put a candle in the window, 'cause I feel I've got to move.
Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon,
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.

http://youtu.be/Q1809vqz3zA

When I Paint My Masterpiece by The Grateful Dead

K and Z, you will forever be the most amazing masterpieces I could create;) "Someday life will be sweet like a rhapsody, when I paint my masterpiece!"

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seeing double
On a cold dark night on the Spanish Stairs.

Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece.

Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum,
Dodging lions and wastin' time.
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle,
I could hardly stand to see 'em,
Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb.

Train wheels running through the back of my memory,
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese.
Someday, life will be sweet like a rhapsody,
When I paint my masterpiece.

Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola,
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

I left Rome and landed in Brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried.
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside.

Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police.
Someday, everything is gonna be different
When I paint my masterpiece.

http://youtu.be/D6EirqCsMhA

"One good thing about music, When it hits, You feel no pain!"

http://youtu.be/wIpOvGbyVBU

Tangerine by Led Zeppelin

"Friends are around to give us some strength when we are a little bit down...A song of love in it's most innocent of stages..." Words Wisdom on a Wednesday morning. Not the best version of this song, but his speech in the beginning makes up for it being on the slow side.  "I was her love she was my queen..."

Measuring a summer's day  
Only finds it slips away to grey  
The hours they bring me pain.  

Tangerine Tangerine  
Living reflection of a dream;  
I was her love she was my queen  
And now a thousand years between.  

Thinking how it used to be,
Does she still remember times like these?
To think of us again? And I do.

Tangerine Tangerine
Living reflection of a dream;
I was her love she was my queen
And now a thousand years between.

http://youtu.be/W5c5870ztSg

"The grass ain't greener, the wine ain't sweeter, either side of the hill..."

Steal your heart...

Let My Love Open The Door by Pete Townshend

In a perfect world..."When tragedy befalls you, Don't let it drag you down, Love can cure your problems, You're so lucky I'm around, Let my love open the door to your heart!"


When people keep repeating
That you'll never fall in love
When everybody keeps retreating
But you can't seem to get enough

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
To your heart

When everything feels all over
When everybody seems unkind
I bring you a four leaf clover
Take all the worry out of your mind

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
To your heart

I have the only key to your heart
I can stop you falling apart
Try today, you'll find this way
Come on and give me a chance to say
Let my love open the door
It's all I'm living for
Release yourself from misery
There's only one thing gonna set you free
That's my love

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door

When tragedy befalls you
Don't let it drag you down
Love can cure your problems
You're so lucky I'm around

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door

http://youtu.be/cTJc9M1GF_w

Let it Grow by Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend

I am making an executive decision to stop "trying to read the signs" at this point in my life:) What will, be will be. Love these words! K and Z, all I wish for you is love and happiness!!! "Looking for a reason to check out of my mind, Trying hard to get a friend that I can count on...LOVE IS LOVELY, let it grow..."

Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs 
To tell me which way I should go to find the answer, 
And all the time I know, 
Plant your love and let it grow. 

Let it grow, let it grow, 
Let it blossom, let it flow. 
In the sun, the rain, the snow, 
Love is lovely, let it grow. 

Looking for a reason to check out of my mind, 
Trying hard to get a friend that I can count on, 
But there's nothing left to show, 
Plant your love and let it grow. 

Let it grow, let it grow,
Let it blossom, let it flow.
In the sun, the rain, the snow,
Love is lovely, let it grow.

Time is getting shorter and there's much for you to do. 
Only ask and you will get what you are needing, 
The rest is up to you. 
Plant your love and let it grow. 

Let it grow, let it grow,
Let it blossom, let it flow.
In the sun, the rain, the snow,
Love is lovely, let it grow.

http://youtu.be/7bjU8EyaRCc

"Why won't you run into rain and play, And let tears splash all over you..."

Kitchen Mural thus far...

Back to work. Snow needs to GO! Taking a painting break. Far from complete but a solid start:)

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain!"

"Live for yourself and you will live in vain, Live for others and you will live again..."

No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Happy Birthday Mr. Bob Marley. Your music has brought so much joy to my life! I teach my students your songs of peace in the beginning of the school year. Your music fills my home, car and classroom every single day:) This song says it all this morning! "My feet as my only carriage, So I've got to push on through...EVERTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT! "

No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.

I remember when a we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown,
Observing the hypocrites as the would
Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way, yeah!
In this great future, you can't forget your past;
So dry your tears, I say!

No, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry. Eh, yeah!
A little darlin', don't shed no tears:
No, woman, no cry. Eh!

I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown, yeah!
And then Georgie would make the fire lights,
As it was, logwood burnin' through the nights
Then we would cook only porridge,
Of which I'll share with you, yeah!
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through!!!!
But, while I'm gone,

Everything's gonna be alright!
Everything's gonna be aright!
Everything's gonna be aright, yeah!
Everything's gonna be alright!

So no, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
O little darlin', don't shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry, eh.

No, woman - no, woman - no, woman, no cry;
No, woman, no cry.
One more time I got to say:
O little - little darlin', please don't shed no tears;
No, woman, no cry.

http://youtu.be/SV2hshsChlk

"Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the Eastern glow..."

In Bloom by Nirvana

Listening to this very LOUD!!!!!!! Ironic how you can hear a song one day and it can mean something totally new! Like a discovery:) You have to love music for putting it in words for you!!! "He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs, And he likes to sing along, And he likes to shoot his gun, But he knows not what it mean......."

Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands

Hey -
He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means!!!
Don't know what it means, when I say...

He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means when I say aahh ...

We can have some more - 
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit 
Tender age in bloom

Hey - He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Don't know what it means, when I say:

He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means when I say aahh ...

He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it mean's when I say:

Knows not what it means when I say aahh ...

http://youtu.be/D742dNm1f8Q

Love the One You're With by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -

It's a painting and music kind of snow day:) Love being a teacher! Starting the day off with this song. If only it were as easy as it is in a song... "Turn your heartache right into joy...Get it together and make it nice..."

If you're down and confused
And you don't remember who you're talking to
Concentration slips away
Because your baby is so far away

Well there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with

Don't be angry, don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you've had
Well there's a girl sitting right next to you
And she's just waiting for something to do

Well there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with!!!!
You gotta love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with

Turn your heartache right into joy!
She's a girl and you're a boy
Get it together and make it nice!!!
When you ain't gonna need anymore advice

Well there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with

You gotta love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with
You gotta love the one you're with

http://youtu.be/RKBLGJSnWms

"What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is ALL around me..."

"Gonna rise up, Turning mistakes into gold..."

http://www.musiclyricsmartiloves.com/2013/12/rise-by-eddie-vedder.html