image link takes you to info on the cover art I was first introduced to Soundgarden by my older son. After, “Spoonman” became a hit and got radioplay, he bought the album it was on, “Superunknown,” their fourth album, released in 1994. Another song that got a lot of radioplay from the album was, “Black…
Month: July 2025
Esther Chilton’s Writing Prompt 73 — Birds — Dream
Dream “Every night is the same dream. I walk outside into a cloudy blue sky day. Then I hear their piercing cacophony and turn towards it. As I look at them, they go silent. One by one, they glide down and land near my feet, until every one has formed a circle around me. The…
#FF — First Fourth
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot First Fourth Stars in the sky tonight come from bridge globes, cell phone glows, and gunpowder concoctions. It’s as if the real ones have gotten the night off. I stand shoulder to shoulder with strangers at the rail, watching the spectacle. Turning left and right, I see shining, smiling faces….
Dawn Redwood at fmg
Anybody who has read my blog for any length of time has heard me go on and on about the gardens and feeding the koi at the waterfall pond. Last Tuesday I realized the whole area around the pond has a stand of dawn redwood trees. How could I have failed to see them before?…
Birdhouse Gourds
Dotty had surgery yesterday, to remove a mammary tumor. She wasn’t recovering as well as they wanted so they suggested she spend the night there. I picked her up this morning, but when I saw all of the open blossoms on the birdhouse gourd plants I had to take a pic. This is more blossoms…
Doodads — walk around the yard on 070525 update: milkweed milkweed
Seems like it has been awhile since doing a doodads post — and that is because it has been! I’ve got a whole post planned about the dawn redwood update — and it’s going to be a good one — but for now here are pics taken today on a stroll around the yard. What…
Music that strikes a chord — “Groundhog Day” by Double Trouble
I was listening to Doyle Bramhall II’s playlist this afternoon and Spotify played this after the playlist was done. First time hearing it and ooh boy this song strikes a chord, both in lyrics and the badassery of the musicianship. Looking little further into the context of this song, I learned that Groundhog Day (aka…
Tao Talk 