Wednesday, March 14, 2012

No.197

WISE MEN SAY

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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JOHN’S GALLERY



On the Threshold
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.

*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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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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