Day 3 - 171 -- Pondering the Past

Many long past due tasks were tackled at home today. A common point in these unrelated activities was that each had me recalling past adventures of life. These thoughts had me pondering current and past relationships and many life changes. There were many smiles and a few tears -- all that emotion in one day can be a bit overwhelming. I hadn't planned to do this grouping of things all at once, yet that was the way things worked out. Outside my windows, the temperatures climbed in the high 20s with full on sun. The house is now very warm and it will be warmer for sleeping than we've had yet this year.

This is the Sunday that we celebrate fathers. While mine has been gone for almost 11 years, I think of him daily. He loved music and that was something that we shared often. I'd like to share two of his many, many favourites here today. The first is an instrumental from the big band era that we listened to often over the decades. It always makes me smile. The second is a song that we listened to by many artists and played together with me on piano and him playing saxophone. I've always loved the poetic nature of the lyrics. I'm sharing a cover from a CD that I gave him. Love the background visual in this performance. Enjoy!

String of Pearls -- Glenn Miller

Stardust -- Willie Nelson