Winter's Summer Song

A   warm hello from the frigid Atlantic coast.  

 Highs are in the low 20°F's like the old fashioned winters when I was a little girl.   

 In later years when temperatures for most of the winter climbed to the 40s-50s, winter had lost most of it's charm and fun.  No skating or hockey on the ponds, no sledding on the hills, no building snowmen, snowball fights, o snow fort building and the wonderful glow of cherry red cheeks.   We loved it and it went on through  most of the winter months.

We ice skated every day and the hills were for sleighs and sleds.  A big pot belly stove  gave heat in the wooden shack and the hot chocolate in thermoses was so good.

This year kids are once again out skating on creeks, rivers, lakes  and it's wonderful to see the pick up hockey games the boys are involved in this year.  

 I have missed a good old fashioned winter.         

Here is this week's Saturday: 9. 

A Summer Song (1964)

   Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) Are you enjoying winter?   Or do you daydream about summer? 

  I am just fine and dandy with winter.   I will be fine and dandy with spring, summer and fall.

2) In this week's song, trees sway in the breeze. Is it windy where you are today?

Not today, no.  Has been and the sounds of wind barreling through the woods was wonderful.

Chad and Jeremy

3) There's rain outside their window. Have you more recently seen rain or snow?

We have had snow.

4) This week's artists are the duo Chad and Jeremy. As a teen, Chad Stuart was very versatile in the arts. While he enjoyed drawing, he showed real promise in music and won a scholarship to London's Central School of Speech and Drama. When you were a teenager, what were your best classes? 

English and Chemistry and History and French and Home Management and Gym.. sorry but I loved all of them!!

5) Between 1965 and 1966, Chad and Jeremy played British pop stars on a variety of American TV shows, including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, and Batman. Which of those series do you remember?

 I remember all of those shows. They kept showing up as re-runs for years.

6) While those TV appearances were good for the duo's record sales, they sowed the seeds of dissent between the friends. Jeremy Clyde realized he enjoyed acting far more than music and began threatening to leave the act. Chad finally got tired of dissuading him. Between Jeremy's dramatic aspirations and contract disputes, they broke up. Later they both admitted they regretted the split, but as Chad said, "we were just kids." Is there an old friend you've drifted away from but miss?

There is Helen. My sister in law Karen who was a good friend but passed away in a horrible accident long ago now.   The  two  Jackies.. there were 2 of them I valued. One has passed away now.

Sharon.. we could get silly and enjoy music together.  I knew most of them since kindergarten or high school.   I had an awful lot of friends I miss now. Hopefully I will see them all again.

7) In 1964, when "A Summer Song" was popular, the #1 movie in the country was Mary Poppins. Have you seen it?

Yes. 

8) One of the biggest news stories of 1964 was Elizabeth Taylor's wedding to Richard Burton. The bride wore yellow, with yellow and white flowers in her hair. The groom wore a dark suit, red tie and yellow boutonniere. What did you wear last time you got dressed up.

For the Opera I wore my long black satin dress.

 

9) Random question: When you're in the backseat, do you wear a seatbelt?

 Yes, I do wear a seatbelt.

Annie