Sum Solstice

Without radio music at work, I find my mind silently running through tunes in my memory. Alot of oldies are memorized in there. Sometimes I have fun rehashing Simon & Garfunkel for days.

Recently I found myself revisiting old folk tunes from my teen-age guitar playing years, like "Blowin' in the wWind", "If I had a Hammer", ect...

I haven't played them in decades. I'm always great at remembering the third verse of songs before I can recall the second for some reason.

Sometimes the first words at the beginning of a song will elude me until after having the tune stuck in my head awhile. That happenned with "Bohemian Rhapsody" a few weeks ago. ("Is this the real Life, Is it just fantasy...")

There must be a gazillion lyrics in my brain.

Learning lyrics to old tunes is a great way to pass time if I can recall what I heard the day before. New tunes I had never tried before is a big challenge as I work, while doing physical movement, but it's how I occupy my brain often.

Last week I watched the film "Saturday Night Fever"  from the library. I never get sick of re-watching the dance sequences. I found myself memorizing the lyrics to "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees this week. Quite a mouthfull to get out in time.
I'd never realized they said "... The New York Times effect on man..." in there before.

Another Ancient tune I'd never liked to play haunted me for part of a day, remembered third verse first with it's short electric guitar rift , was "Proud Mary" with the refrain:  "...Rollin' on the River..." C to A, C to A, C to A, D G G G D... (chords). Drove me crazy.

I wondered why it had surfaced, n bothered me. Then I recalled a river pic I took on my last trip from the car window. (I was not driving). 

This is a crop of it with color changed.

I like how some trees on the upper left are in focus while the rest of the scene blurs past. This is the one I used for today's altered pics.

Also it's how I feel about time lately.

Happy Summer Solstice!