This week I'm weeding the endless weeds - elder seedlings are defiantly growing everywhere, and the paths are full of chickweed, clover, and other native grasses. I pull them up and throw them all in the chook pen - nothing survives in there. I'd like to make some political joke about current events but that doesn't get me anywhere.
The irises are falling over in the wind. Every spring this happens. They hold their buds, flower - and then boom, the wind comes, like they willed it so. I'd like to take more photos but all I get is blur.
The birds sing like mad this time of year - they are my garden song, a top hit of the backyard. The ravens croak that they're around, warning me to scare them away from the eggs. The wrens are flitting about everywhere and the most beautiful songbird here, the grey shrike thrush, echoes off the garden shed as it's learnt to project it's voice. Sometimes they fly into the shed, hit Jamie, and get a fright before flying off.
Most of the time I don't play music in the garden, because the sound of nature is enough. That doesn't stop the soundtrack in my head, though. Today's song is Jen Cloher, an Australian artist. I don't generally listen to her but the lyrics to this one really got me this week as I refresh the news about Palestine and Israel.
'Truth is just a point of view'. Aint THAT the truth. Everyone's in their bubbles and it's impossible to find out what is really going on.
I am not a protest song
Don't represent anyone
I don't even know myself
Saviour with a solution
I'll give you my opinion
Even though you never asked
On the drive home that night I looked into my heart
What do I care about, what are the things I love?
The clouds lay low breathing the moon into the sky
What use is a protest song?
Nobody wants to be wrong
People die for an idea
Saviour with a solution
Prophecy of opinion
Truth is just a point of view
As this post morphs from a #creativegarden entry (this week it's about 'garden songs', to a #threetunetuesday, the songs in the garden change as I put on the last Dubmatix radio show. This Canadian DJ has been doing this for ten years - that's ten years of stuff we've been listening to. It's kinda sad but kudos to him for keeping us in fresh tunes for so long. You can catch his dub reggae show here.
This one got me dancing around the garden! There's something about the 'feel and the vibe' for sure!
I can't even imagine choosing a final playlist after so long, but it was joyful and worth listening to again and again.
What are you listening to? What's your garden song?
With Love,
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Wow! That "Never Played A 45" got my foot thumping into the beat and then the next thing I knew my head was also following the rhythm of the song.
It's such a cool song! Glad you liked it.
Welcome, I had it bookmarked on my PC.
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I was just talking to someone about people who have those ear things in when working outside. I am happy just listening to all the nature sounds around me. So no music, even in my head.
Oh yeah, sometimes I listen to a podcast if I have heaps of garden weeding to do!!! And especially if I"m uber stressed and need the aid to keep me uber focussed.
I long ago had to learn to stop the hamster wheel in my head when I was doing mundane jobs, before there were pod casts, etc. The stress was making me sicker and sicker. So I just trained my mind. I had to do the same about nightmares, make my self wake up when I reached a certain stress level. It was simple self preservation.
Your garden will be very lively with that melody @riverflows is the ideal complement. Makes you dance!