Spring, 20 March 2012

Home Garden Spring Blooms
Tulip and English Lavender, 19 March 2012
(iPhone 4S)

The Joy of the Springtime
Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949)

Springtime, O Springtime, what is your essence,
The lilt of a bulbul, the laugh of a rose,
The dance of the dew on the wings of a moonbeam,
The voice of the zephyr that sings as he goes,
The hope of a bride or the dream of a maiden
Watching the petals of gladness unclose?

Springtime, O Springtime, what is your secret,
The bliss at the core of your magical mirth,
That quickens the pulse of the morning to wonder
And hastens the seeds of all beauty to birth,
That captures the heavens and conquers to blossom
The roots of delight in the heart of the earth?

Hmm Hmm Good Lunch

Lunch at Brother Sam Today, Slow BBQ Chicken
(iPhone 4S, No Flash)

A View from UCSF

View of the San Francisco Bay at Dusk
Neuro-Vascular Medicine, Moffitt/Long Hospital, UCSF
8 March 2012 (iPhone 4S)

iPhone Ringtone - The Good...The Ugly

iPhone Ringtone Download
Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
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So Rare

Jimmy Dorsey, Big Band leader
(29 February 1904 - 12 June 1957)

Jimmy Dorsey (alto sax) 1957 -
with the Artie Malvin Singers
- So Rare (Herst)

Leapin' Rossini Crescendo!

Today marks Rossini's 220th birthday anniversary.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Italian-born classical composer of
opera, chamber, sacred, and instrumental music
(29 February 1792 - 13 November 1868)
Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1966)
String Sonata No. 2 in A minor, III - Allegro (Rossini)
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The Amalfi Coast at Night, Italy
Night Song at Amalfi
Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

I asked the heaven of stars
What I should give my love -
It answered me with silence,
Silence above.

I asked the darkened sea
Down where the fishes go -
It answered me with silence,
Silence below.

Oh, I could give him weeping,
Or I could give him song -
But how can I give silence
My whole life long?

First Early Spring Blooms, 2012

Garden Photo 2012-02-27: Daffodils
Daffodils (1913)
Edith Howes

Oh the golden daffodils,
That open in the spring,
When gorse blooms out on all the hills,
And birds begin to sing!

They nod their heads, their yellow heads,
All down the garden walk;
As if they wish to leave their beds,
And run about, and talk.

Suppose they could! What jolly fun
To see them run and play!
Like golden children from the sun,
Come down to spend the day.

Frank Bridge Birthday Anniversary

Frank Bridge
English violinst and neo-classical composer
(26 February 1879 - 10 January 1941)
The MP3 below expired on 02-29-2012.
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Sir Adrian Boult
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1978)
- Rosemary (Bridge)

Dr Flynn Speaks Out

Source: News Herald, 5 February 2012, Panama City, FL

Viens, descendons ensemble

Léo Delibes
French composer of
ballets, operas, and stage scores
(21 February 1836 - 16 January 1891)
The MP3 below expired on 02-25-2012.
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All Angels (Sung in French, 2006)
- Flower Duet (opera Lakmé) Sous le dôme épais (Delibes)