What a beautiful evening celebrating our nation’s 250th with friends and family on the shore of Flathead Lake.
Reeling In The Big Ones
I know it is impolite to brag, but as you can see, we were reeling in the “big ones” on Flathead Lake this 4th of July Eve morning.
And I wasn’t even cheating by holding this fish close to the camera.
I Like You, Just The Way You Are
This is easily my favorite 3-string cigar box guitar song (combined with a one-handed, muted trumpet). Okay, truth be told, it is my only known 3-string cigar box guitar song (combined with a one-handed, muted trumpet). But, I still “like it, just the way it is.”
Angus & Julia Stone (siblings) have been performing, intermittently, since 2006. They are from a musical Australian family where Julia, at a young age, started out with a trumpet and Angus with a trombone.
Below is a more recent live performance where they play a number of songs (including another version of the above).
SYML
SYML (Seattle’s Brian Fennell) does a live version of Where’s My Love with Carla Morrison, in a Mexico City recording studio. His accompanist beautifully sings some of the lyrics in Spanish (a language seemingly designed for song).
Looking At The Rain
The third consecutive day of rain reminded me of this song and the late great singer/songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot.
I wish I had found a decent “live” version of him singing it.
Fair Winds & Following Seas 2
My son has always been more of a thrill seeker than me — even when I wasn’t an “old man.” Though not depicted in the carefree photo above, he enjoys tweaking his sails and “pushing the envelope” in challenging conditions.
Me? I’m more of a “fair winds and following seas” kind of guy.
But I take credit for instilling his love of sailing. Had I not made the reach out of my comfort zone and (then) financial zone, all those years back — purchasing and winter-residing on Florida sailboat — he would probably be wasting his time golfing today.
Recently, he launched his formerly Midwest-based sloop into Chesapeake Bay. New home, new mariner-orientated job, new CSN sailing t-shirt, and now, new water — with unlimited global potential for his family and his boat.
Needless to say, my Skipper-son now finds himself in the sailor’s equivalent of “hog heaven” — going further with sailing than Marlene and I would have ever dreamed.
