Today is the absolute day, the only day in the eternity of time.
Every day is fresh and new, just as one’s life is new every day.
(Anon)
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Every day is fresh and new, just as one’s life is new every day.
(Anon)
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JOHN’S GALLERY
On the Threshold
by Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922)
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by Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922)
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE
The Market Girl
by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Nobody took any notice of her as she stood on the causey kerb*,
All eager to sell her honey and apples and bunches of garden herb;
And if she had offered to give her wares and herself with them too that day,
I doubt if a soul would have cared to take a bargain so choice away.
But chancing to trace her sunburnt grace that morning as I passed nigh,
I went and I said "Poor maidy dear! - and will none of the people buy?"
And so it began; and soon we knew what the end of it all must be,
And I found that though no others had bid, a prize had been won by me.
by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Nobody took any notice of her as she stood on the causey kerb*,
All eager to sell her honey and apples and bunches of garden herb;
And if she had offered to give her wares and herself with them too that day,
I doubt if a soul would have cared to take a bargain so choice away.
But chancing to trace her sunburnt grace that morning as I passed nigh,
I went and I said "Poor maidy dear! - and will none of the people buy?"
And so it began; and soon we knew what the end of it all must be,
And I found that though no others had bid, a prize had been won by me.
*causey - a paved pathway
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THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS
I found this photo on the internet. There was no information about it, but it was said to be Scottish dated 1848
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DO YOU REMEMBER -
Nelson Eddy
In this YouTube uploaded by MusashiTzu he sings a popular ballad from 1909 “When you come to the end of a perfect day.” The words by Carrie Jacobs-Bond are shown below.
When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day has brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friends have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too,
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For memory has painted this perfect day
With colours that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day,
The soul of a friend we've made.
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And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day has brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friends have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too,
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For memory has painted this perfect day
With colours that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day,
The soul of a friend we've made.
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A QUOTE FOR 80 PLUS
The principal objection to old age is that there’s no future in it. (Anon)
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Tomorrow on 80 plus Music Mix
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Natalia Kartashova
The 12 cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic
http://80plusmusicmix.blogspot.com
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Tomorrow on 80 plus Music Mix
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Natalia Kartashova
The 12 cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic
http://80plusmusicmix.blogspot.com
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