§ The sweet sound of Rod...

I am sailing, I am sailing.
home again, 'cross the sea.

I am sailing stormy waters
To be near you, to be free

I am flying, I am flying
Like a bird 'cross the sky

I am flying, passing high clouds
To be near you, to be free

Can you hear me, can you hear me
through the dark night far away

I am dying, forever crying
To be with you, who can say

Can you hear me, can you hear me
through the dark night far away

I am dying, forever crying
To be with you, who can say

We are sailing, we are sailing
Home again 'cross the sea
We are sailing stormy waters

To be near you, to be free

To be near you, to be free

To be near you, to be free

To be near you, to be free



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Rod Stewart - I am Sailing

photo credits: sail boat going out from downtown marina, sunrise bird flight [enlarge], harbor lights parade [3rd and 4th], fishing boat going out to sea

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MIAMI (AP) — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest. They're orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island...





as always the comments are the best part of these articles. Here are a few....

rookgaroo posted: Things were a lot more personal in my day. Back then, if orangutans wanted to communicate they'd pick up the phone, or sit down and write a letter.

joost posted: The next time you are being chatted up in a singles chat-room, you have more to worry about than the actual gender of the person with whom you are chatting.

dontlikeit_cry posted: Big deal...They've been doing that in Washington for years.

Charles posted: It is bad enough that my pre-school grandchildren know more about how to use the iPad than I do, but I refuse to ask orangutans for help.

part time posted: Maybe Clint Eastwood could make a sequel to Every Which Way But Loose, crossed with Million Dollar Baby, called Million Dollar Ape, a story about a boxing Orangutan that rides shotgun with a GPS, punches out biker gangs when they pull up next to the truck, writes apps for iPads and iPhones and fights in the new All-Animal classification of MMA.

spunky posted: I saw one and read, it had on it - "Hey Joe, let's plan our escape and go to Red Robins..I hear they have great banana splits.........sounds good Bo................"



---and last one

Don posted: Just wait till they learn how to order take out....





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As I stated on my Sunday's Summary post, Bud and I attended the annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremonies this past weekend; Harbor Lights Ceremonies. Beginning in the afternoon and going past sundown and into the early night, the city holds a special event. One traditional event that has been held nearly 30 years running. Let me tell you now, that the tree lighting 'marvel' [snide remark] was done this year on a new tree. Last year, the city council decided that the one used yearly for 25 years or more was doomed. Of course it's artificial...in fact it's wired and covered with green garland that juts into the sky 75 feet into the air. I really don't like it much during the daylight hours, but let me tell you...at night, viewing it from a distance from the piers on the bayfront, with the water and reflections of the 50,000 lights...it's so very beautiful. For me personally, I think it's the reflection off the bay waters that appeals to me most. And when the boats at the marina are lighted up with Christmas Lights from the decks high into the night sky, on the masts....well, it's close to phenomenal. We got ourselves a Subway Sub sandwich and drink and went outdoors and sat near the seawall and enjoyed ourselves. It was a beautiful, beautiful evening...temperatures in the lower 70s and a gentle sea breeze. After the tree is lighted then the best part of the evening begins!! The Christmas Boat Parade on the Bay.....












and of course, not to forget the old jolly elf himself...Santa!!