@dannyboy now that you've won, can we please have a pic of your dog Boone wearing the pink tophat and bowtie???
Hey, guys. Do you believe in fairies? I do. And here is a NY Times article to prove they really exist.
A Footpath in England, Torn Down, Keeps Being Rebuilt by ‘Fairies’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/world/europe/norfolk-fairy-bridge-uk-national-trust.html
A small bridge in the English village of Stiffkey, northeast of Cambridge, was dismantled last year. It was rebuilt overnight, dismantled a second time and rebuilt again.
The bridge enables people to visit the incredbly beautiful salt marshes, but The National Trust, which now owns the land, decided the bridge wasn't safe so they dismantled it. But the local people weren't having their path to paradise and bird watching get taken down for "safety" reasons. And neither were the fairies.
After the bridge was dismantled in February 2022, a replacement one was erected one night in July. Mr. Curtis explained that fairies, long thought to have lived in the salt marshes, were to thank. Weeks later, the National Trust took it down, saying the Crown Estate and Natural England called it dangerous, in what Mr. Curtis described as a dawn raid. A second makeshift bridge appeared soon after.
Here is the original and the fairy bridge. I like the fairy bridge better.
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@jeanne-mayell I have friends that I sometimes kayak with through those marshes on the intercoastal. I love those days, and the hikes we take on the barrier islands that are nature preserves here. It's most fun on a warm spring, winter or fall day, when the average local is at work and not on the waterways. Occasionally there have been days here or there we find ourselves on one of the islands by ourselves, like castaways. I love the peaceful feelings. I also believe in fairies, and am glad to see they are at work in the world. When I worked in as a teacher assistant in the second grade, I relished the annual field trip we took to the local aquarium here, located on between the marshes and the beach. We'd take the kids on a hike to nature's nursery in the marshes, and I was often one of the few non-aquarium adults to wade in the water with the kids to show them the juvenile fish, baby crabs, baby shrimp. We'd search for raccoon and deer tracks, shells, and shark teeth. I enjoyed trying to instill in them the value of keeping our estuaries, intercoastal, and marshes clean and intact.
@cindy ah, I so get it. I can imagine you giving those little kids such a good time, a time of wonder. What a great teacher you must have been for those kids. I too love kayaking in the shallows where you can look down into the wonder world beneath the surface!
BREAKING NEWS THE BEATLES new song is released today! The voice of John Lennon, found on a tape in Yoko Ono's closet, was combined with another recording of George Harrison playing guitar. Ringo and Paul joined in, to create what is probably the very last new Beatles song.
You know what to do- Crank it up, and scream like a 13 year old girl!!!
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I am so glad you posted this, so grateful. Thank you!
The song is truly incredible. I LOVE it!!!
I am including this link to a short film on making this song. It is fantastic! A must watch for the must listen to song. SO much love and care went into this song.
I cried while watching the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA
I have listened to Now and Then a number of times since @unk-p posted it. I have also watched the video on the making of it a few more times.
I still cry. It deeply moves me.
It is clear to me that this song was truly spirit led. From start to finish. There are so many lessons fand golden threads for us to grasp here.
First thread, John had to be led to do the demo when he did as he died within a few short years of making it.
Second thread, Paul and Yoko had to have kept a decent relationship since she was led to send him the tape after speaking with him on the phone one day 15 years after John passed.
Third thread, the first (and failed) attempt to make a recording of the song in the mid-1990's had to happen then because George would be gone a few years later. He was able to record some parts and offer suggestions on how the song could flow.
Fourth thread, it needed to be finished before Paul and Ringo passed away but the technology didn't get invented to lift John's voice off the original tape until just now. Somehow, everyone listened to that "tap on their shoulder " spirit gave when needed to listen and act.
Last thread, the words, melody and arrangement, I believe it was meant for the time we are living right now. Meant to be a healing song too.
The Beatles broke up. but they made one last song together and it was created with a very sweet love.
Now and Then, I miss you...