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 “If we had no winter,
the spring would not be so pleasant:
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome."

~Anne Bradstreet

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“The alchemist was dazed and dumbfounded,
as the true meaning of the magic was revealed:
“The dead will rise from glade to glen
and ancient will be young again”.
The dead had, after all, risen.
From dead and dry things there was growth,
and new life everywhere.
And the endlessly long winter
had at last turned to spring.
From life to death and back again to life.
It was indeed the greatest magic in the world.”

~Lauren Oliver

~*~
 
Did any of you fellows ever have the spring fever. If you did can you tell me what it is. Here is my version of it: Have found it to be the most annoying, aggravating, disagreeable, doggondest disease that ever tackled a fellow. Gets into his bones, someway, about this time of the year and makes him want to do nothing with all his might and rest while he is doing it.... Terrible disease, this spring fever. Bones ache, head swims, lips dry up and parch, shoes hurt, flannels burn, clothes weigh a ton and you can't go without them like you used to could without being arrested. There isn't anything that will cure it either—only taking a day from your work and going to the creek, and taking off your shoes and wading over the riffle. 

~Slivers

("Spring Fever," Stove Mounters'& Range Workers' Journal, May 1910)



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 Tom Daley

Hey Sweetie,

Happy Monday
and 
Welcome to SPRING!!!!
(in the Northern Hemisphere that is)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
       
Thanks for being here with me today
I hope you will enjoy your visit
Thanks also for your Comments and E-mails
I really appreciate your love and support
  
Let us continue to promote
Peace and Love
and continue to build
The more Beautiful World
Our Hearts know is Possible

I wish you a Most Beautiful Spring

Peace and Love,
AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line


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 Dancing Dick to Dick!
Wishing you a Frotfully Awesome Day!
((((HUGS))))


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It won't be TOOOO much longer
Before enjoying days like this! 

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!







































MUSIC: "Ah! Mes amis" Juan Diego Flórez & Gustavo Dudamel

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BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE!!!

 HIGHLY Recommended Listening
 
Tenor Aria famous for its many high C’s
(no – not the drink LOL)
    
La fille du régiment(The Daughter of the Regiment) is a comic opera in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti and libretto in French by Bayard and Vernoy de Saint-Georges, based on a piece by Gollmick. It was released in 1840 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

"Ah! Mes amis" (Ah, my friends) is the cavatina and "Pour mon âme" (For my soul) the demanding cabaletta of Act I, where Tonio (Juan Diego Flórez, Peruvian lyrical light tenor) asks the French soldiers, of whom he has just joined, for their permission to court Mari, who is considered the "daughter of the regiment". He then joyfully celebrates the fact of joining their ranks and being Mari's future husband. Military and Mari!

Juan Diego Flórez performed "Ah! mes amis" at La Scala, and then, by popular demand, repeated it, "breaking a 74-year embargo on encores at the legendary Milanese opera house."
  
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Lyrics in English

Ah, my friends, what a day for celebrating!
I shall march under your flags.
Love, which has turned my head,
from now on is making me into a hero.
Ah, what happiness, yes my friends
I shall march under your flags.
Yes, she for whom I live and breathe
has deigned to smile upon my vows.
And this sweet hope of happiness
has shaken my mind and my heart.
Ah, my friends, what a day for celebrating!
I shall march under your flags.

For my soul, what destiny!
I have her love and I have her hand!
Day of prosperity! Here I am,
Soldier and husband!
(CHORUS: But does she love you?)
I swear it!
(CHORUS: Do you speak true?)

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Juan Diego Flórez, tenor

"Ah! Mes amis"… "Pour mon âme”
From
Gaetano Donizetti’s opera
La fille du régiment
(The Daughter of the Regiment)
Gustavo Dudamel
Conducting
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall 2010
  

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 by Claude Monet

Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art

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“Because one believes in oneself,
one doesn't try to convince others.
Because one is content with oneself,
one doesn't need others' approval.
Because one accepts oneself,
the whole world accepts him or her.”

~Lao Tzu

~*~

“Be an Encourager:
When you encourage others,
you boost their self-esteem,
enhance their self-confidence,
make them work harder, lift their spirits
and make them successful in their endeavors.
Encouragement goes straight to the heart
and is always available.
Be an encourager.
Always.”

~Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

~*~
  

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 Hey Sweetie,

Happy Tuesday
and
Happy Second Day of Spring

Yesterday was a perfectly beautiful day here
Just a joyous spring day
Took my shirt off and ran outside, all around the house!
:  )
I can feel the thawing of winter
And the beginning of the glory of spring

Make sure to listen to today's Music
It is especially wonderful
And it will be followed by an encore tomorrow

I hope you will enjoy your visit

~*~

Let us continue to promote
Peace and Love
and continue to build
The more Beautiful World
Our Hearts know is Possible

I wish you a glorious day

Peace and Love,
AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line



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Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Have a Lick-a-Dick-a-licious Day
((((HUGS))))


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MUSIC: ENCORE - "Pour mon âme” performed by Juan Diego Flórez

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ENCORE

Here again is Juan Diego Flórez

For some reason
Tears fill my eyes when I hear
The explosion of spontaneous expressions
of appreciation from an audience like this

This is another performance 

of the "Pour mon âme” section we heard yesterday
I recommend listening to this entire video
And enjoy the moments
The singing and the applause
It is such a good feeling
And great performance


NOTE: 
The ones who sound like they're shouting "Boo"
are actually yelling is "Bis, biiis" -- aka "encore!" 
Which he kindly gives


Juan Diego Flórez
"Pour mon âme” with encore

Gaetano Donizetti’s Opera
La fille du régiment
Live from Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa


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By Paul Cezanne

Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art

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Without solitude,
love will not stay long by your side.
Because love needs to rest,
so that it can journey through the heavens
and reveal itself in other forms.

Without solitude,
no plant or animal can survive,
no soil can remain productive,
no child can learn about life,
no artist can create,
no work can grow and be transformed.

Solitude is not the absence of Love,
but its complement.
Solitude is not the absence of company,
but the moment when our soul is free
to speak to us and help us decide
what to do with our life.

Therefore, blessed are those
who do not fear solitude,
who are not afraid of their own company,
who are not always desperately looking for
something to do,
something to amuse themselves with,
something to judge.
If you are never alone,
you cannot know yourself.

~Paulo Coelho
(Manuscript Found in Accra)

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Hey Sweetie,

Happy Hump Day!!!

Thanks for being here with me
I hope you will enjoy your visit
 
 Let us continue to promote
Peace and Love
and continue to build
The more Beautiful World
Our Hearts know is Possible

I wish you a most beautiful day

Peace and Love,
AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line



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Enjoy Yourself

Have a Wank-a-licious Day!
((((HUGS))))


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MUSIC: Juan Diego Florez sings "Ah, leve-toi soleil"

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Romeo And Juliet by Frank Bernard Dicksee 

GORGEOUS!!!

"What light through yonder window breaks?"


The garden scene from Romeo and Juliet
Where Romeo spies Juliet in her window

Lyrics in English:

Love, love!  yes, its ardor
Has troubled all of my being!
But, what sudden light
Dazzles at that window?
It is there that in the night
Radiates her beauty!
Ah! rise, sun! 
Make pale the stars
Which, in the azure, without veils,
Glitter in the firmament.

Ah, arise!  Appear!
Star- pure and charming!
She is dreaming, she unties
A lock of hair
Which comes to caress her cheek.
Love!  Love! carry to her my vows!
She speaks! How beautiful she is!
Ah! I heard nothing!
But her eyes speak for her!
And my heart has responded!


Juan Diego Florez
"Ah, leve-toi soleil"

from
Roméo et Juliette
by
Charles-François Gounod
Baden Baden, 2008



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