No.189

This is not me. I don't need a walking stick - - - yet!

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WISE MEN SAY

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.
(Charlotte Bronte)

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THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS

Black-backed Kingfisher, Thailand

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POETRY FOR PLEASURE

Stella’s Birthday - March 13th 1719
by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Stella this day is thirty-four,
(We shan't dispute a year or more:)
However, Stella, be not troubled,
Although thy size and years are doubled,
Since first I saw thee at sixteen,
The brightest virgin on the green;
So little is thy form declined;
Made up so largely in thy mind.

Oh, would it please the gods to split
Thy beauty, size, and years, and wit;
No age could furnish out a pair
Of nymphs so graceful, wise, and fair;
With half the lustre of your eyes,
With half your wit, your years, and size.
And then, before it grew too late,
How should I beg of gentle Fate,
(That either nymph might have her swain,)
To split my worship too in twain

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JOHN’S GALLERY

Boat-building near Flatford Mill
by John Constable (1776-1837)

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Uploaded by faydog2010music, this is the famous clip of Laurel and Hardy singing "In the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Virginia"



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A QUOTE FOR 80 PLUS

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
(Mark Twain)

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On 1st March MY KIND OF MUSIC is moving to a new site 80 PLUS MUSIC MIX where the music will range from popular classical items to the dance band tunes of the 30s and 40s.

You can have a look at the new site now at -
http://80plusmusicmix.blogspot.com

The 80 plus blog will continue, normally on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Thanks to http://www.office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/ for the clip art

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