How ’bout my awesome cinematographer, eh?!?!
She filmed this at The Fair Bean open mike a couple days ago.
How are YOU??? Having fun this summer too? Anything new?
Love, Jannie
xoxooxo
susan
Mama Zen
Aimee
Jannie
Linda Jannie
Daisy
Dr. J
Pat Hatt
Lance
G
Lynn
Patricia of Patricias Wisdom Patricia of Patricias Wisdom Patricia of Patricias Wisdom Jannie Jannie Jannie Jannie Jannie
Sara
Davina Haisell
Jo Mifflin Aimee
Jennifer Susannah Devore Jannie
colleen Jannie Daisy Lynn
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G-Man
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Dulce G-Man Jannie
On 10 July 2011 at 8:51 pm Lance said,
Jannie and Kelly!!
Awesome-ness!! Banana seat bicycles, great music, fantastic filming (rock on, Kelly!)!!
I’m now thinking of my childhood…and that orange banana seat bike I had (good fun, it was!).
Keep filming, Kelly!!
Keep singing, Jannie!!
On 11 July 2011 at 5:11 am G said,
Nifty lip synching there.
On 11 July 2011 at 7:53 am Lynn said,
I like that Kelly was singing along with you.
Very cute. What a fun mom and daughter you are!
On 11 July 2011 at 8:22 am Hilary said,
Hi Jannie and Kelly – hey great fun .. loved Kelly singing along! Jannie it must be so much fun singing at the coffee shop .. just being able to practise new lyrics etc .. and play in front of an audience .. Kelly I think is going to be one great addition to the Jannie blue guitar duo …
With hugs from us here in sunny old England .. thankfully! Cheers for now xoxox Hilree
On 11 July 2011 at 9:04 am susan said,
Hi Jannie – Love the song but a bit dizzy from the video – kind of like a ride at the amusement park! haha!
hugs
suZen
On 11 July 2011 at 9:57 am Jannie said,
Lancie! Did you really have an orange seat one? Any photos of you on it? Somehow I picture you as a mini Jakob looking cute type! Thanks, Lance, always a spark in my day to have you pop in.
G! She cracks me up. Nice job on the olde iPhone cam, I thought. And cute as all get out.
Lynn! She’s a hoot, as you can tell. This O.M. was an early one, from 5:00 to 7:00 so I made her tag along.
Hilree!!!! I just now made a list of song for my performance list — 16 in all, and a few not quite finished writing. Oy. Seems a bit daunting to think of the work still ahead to perfect them. But….. one step at a time. And going to pick up a pack of highlighting pens, maybe 10 different colors to help me with my chord charts, a different color for each chord. Since I’m such a “visual learner” and I find remembering the chord sequences a real challange, I am thinking the visual aide will be good for me. I’m gonna get those today! The pool is closed Mondays for chemicals and cleaning, so Kelly and I will jaunt to shopping areas today, whooohoo. She who at 9:51 a.m. is Still Asleep!! Oh well, it’s summer. Summer hours. Tho next week with her in gymnastics camp from 8:00 to 6:00 she’ll have a bit of a jolt to her system to get up early.
enjoy your sun!! We have lots of that too. Actually, wishing it were November already. 
SuZen! I know what you mean, makes me dizzy too. And doesn’t she flit nimbly through the crowd!!
xooxoxox
xoxooxox
whoooohooooo
On 11 July 2011 at 11:49 am Linda said,
Great fun you two had! Kelly will be up there with you in no time.
Busy summer here with renovation projects going on and a vacation or two thrown in for fun. Have a great week.
On 11 July 2011 at 2:35 pm Aimee said,
I see your cinematographer is a big fan — she knows your lyrics!
Hope Summer is treating you well.
On 11 July 2011 at 5:14 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
“Blue Guitar” sounds like it should
be a novella or poem by someone
very hip, very focused. The video
clip was scrumptious and seemed
very cineam verite, like the shooter
was on the way to rest room, or
had ants in their pants. Kelly is
nearly ready to get up there on her
own steam; what a precious little ham
you are raising there. Was that Big Jim
on the wall table on our left?
On 11 July 2011 at 5:16 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
That would be “cinema verite” there,
slick; these old fingers are not what
they used to be, and thank the gods
not where they used to be harnessed
to a work collar.
On 12 July 2011 at 4:39 pm Heather said,
HA! I said it that night and I’ll say it again, she’s AWESOME! And so are you! What a gift you are to each other, the love is so obvious and sweet.
On 13 July 2011 at 8:20 pm Robin said,
too funny Jannie! Enjoyed the singalong – was wondering who the clip was really of, for a bit there – heh. You must come to our open mic some time x
On 13 July 2011 at 9:33 pm SnaggleTooth said,
I love her roving hand-cam n a ham too filming style! The folks were paying attention too- that’s good. Looks like fun experience. When I did it, I got addicted to the rush of performing n never wanted to stop. (Until I goofed up missing chords!) You could always go to Staples n get colored dot stickers used on files really cheap! Then you have to remember the color key tho!
I never use paper when I play, except for the play list I usually tape to the guitar. It’s all memorized. I always had a party list n a wedding list, due to avoiding depressing tunes for that. I do like minor keys!
This song always reminds me of John Denver music for some reason-
Not having alot of fun unless you include an hour at the beach yesterday. Maybe I can play guitar when I get home from bbsitting tonight.
On 14 July 2011 at 12:41 am J.D. Meier said,
You make a great dynamic duette.
Way to keep the Summer shining!
On 14 July 2011 at 12:26 pm Thomma Lyn said,
Marvelous as always, dear Jannie. Summer’s going well for me — the best garden harvest ever, and I’m trying to keep regular appointments with the magic mountain, even though it is SO HOT here.
Writing is going well, too. My freelance activities have led me to some excellent opportunities, so I’ve been superduper busy in that regard, but I’m not leaving my fiction behind — in fact, I have plans for it, and I’m working along on, shall I say, plotting (pun most certainly intended!
).
I’ve missed you! I hope you’re having a lovely summer, as lovely as you are. Sending xoxoxoxoxoxoxo.
On 14 July 2011 at 3:13 pm Jannie said,
Hey, friends. Thanks all y’all for your comments. Just a quick hello from my iPhone as our house Net has a mind of its own today.
See y’all later.
Xxxxxxooooo
On 15 July 2011 at 5:22 pm Patricia said,
Nice job, writer, performer, videographer, lip syncing
Made me feel like I was there clap, clap, clapping…
On 16 July 2011 at 11:07 am LL Cool Joe said,
Ha ha love the way she’s joining in.
What a fun video! Looks like you are having a fun summer!
On 16 July 2011 at 5:43 pm PaigeVonLiber said,
that was so fun
music
song
twisting
turning
& coffee
weeee
having summer fun? i guess there are some that would call it that.{hugs} 4 all y’all
On 16 July 2011 at 7:01 pm Jannie said,
Well, good to be back here!
Enjoying my vantage point here by the pool, even tho this day has partially sucked because I learned one of my best Canada friends died last night. Her name was Maryellen. She was a lovely lovely person to me. She died of liver cirrosis. She was only 43.
But here I am in the gold and green fountain late afternoon, and calm in my heart at the moment.
And I shall now reply to your kind thoughts and words.
Linda, I was quite pleased and surprised with her lovely impromptu filming and sweet antics. Kelly will join me on Sugar Lady at her first O.M. She’s getting a gret little part worked out for it. So now I have to gets my chops back up on that tune. But I will. Now that I am practicing standing at the mike and holding my guitar a bit differently I should have those chord positions figured out in just a few practices. I do have Kelly and her cousin on video at church when she was 6 and Alyssa 8. I played guitar and we sang a few hymns. And at 7 she joined me at the mike for a tune at a lakeside July 4th party with a whole band. I have that on video too. Plus many many other school and home performances from her. Renovations — may they be swifter and cost less than you planned for!!!
Where’d you go on vacation??
Aimee, and I heard her singing some of the lyric again just today. Poor kid, subjected to my tunes all the time.
She is a big fan, and I’m so flattered. I’ve got this new tune “Married Lady” I’m working on and she sings that sometimes too. 
Yes, i can say summer is treating me well. And I aim to start treating it better too. Hearing one of my best friends just died I am jumpstarted into gettin goff my ass on some relationships. Just wrote my aunt Sue who lives in Mississsauga a nice letter.
Dearest Glenn, speaking of someone hip and focused, have you ever seen this….. “Boring Jannie” these days. http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/ Thus, super-super borning this coming week, but hopefully to put up a nice post before I go to my artist’s garrett.
Nope, Big Jim was not out at this performance. But I’ll make sure Kelly films him too whenset next he joins us! Ants in pants Kelly — I love her cinematographer eye and hunger for a great vantage point!! 
Oh, and would not even have noticed the typo. Fun to get an extra comment added to my “larder” for it tho. 
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Heather, speaking of awesomeness, there you are! Did you see YOUU on this video!??!?! I sure did, and youi look extrasuper cute. And I just replied to your e-mail about you takinbg you-know-who to Kerby Lane and about your 15 minute excursion into Flipnotics. I hipe you and G are having a super blast, and that I’ll see you this Tuesday night at the rockin’ rollin FUN Opa’s. Ahhhhhhhh, you so sweet, thanks. I am so lucky to have Kelly — still can’t believe it some days.
Hey Robin, when I am next and FIRST in Melbourne, I shall go straight from seeing the wrasse to your O.M. !!!!!!!!!!
But seriously, it will be a wonderful exciting charming honor and verklempt moment to play your open mike. And to meet you. When IS your O.M.? if it’s this coming Friday night and I win the lottery before I can make it!! 
Well, Jim’s here now, so I will post this, and come back to answer the rest of you later!!! And maybe even in the a. of m. with coffee.
Hot date tonight?
xxxxoooooooo
On 17 July 2011 at 7:33 pm Rosie said,
Thinking of you I love and miss you so much this summer. You’ll always be beautiful.
On 18 July 2011 at 12:05 pm Jannie said,
Snaggle, my Snaggly Snaggle who’s 2 reacent posts I HAVE read, but not yet commented on. Geez, it must suck to have to be so careful about dust and allergens. But the consequences of not being so careful would obviously not make you feel good. Anyway, back to this post. Yes, folks paying attention. Mostly everybody there also performed, so a real nice supportive crowd. I was SO HAPPY — 3 people made a point of coming up to me later and saying how much they liked my songs / performance. yay!!!! I’m totally getting better!!!!!!! I goof up chords too! But I’m putting a color-coded highlighting system in my charts now, to hopefully help me. I got a set of 6 colors for only $4.99 plus tax!!! whooohoooo. Did so well. I’ll blog on my color system soon! So far… I have the i chord in blue, the iv in purple, the v is yellow, the iii green, and the vi orange. I don’t (so far) play any dminished. My one music thing to print today will be a new chart for “Do You Dream,” as I got it mixed up. It’s really in E, not A. I LOVE the idea of not using a sheet!! I did a few weeks ago once, but not since. You learn faster that way — head in the mouth of the lion.
I LOVE minors too, but one has to be responsible with them, and as you say — keep people’s spirits bright. 
Speaking of which —- I’M SO HAPPY!!!!! I figured out to put the chorus for “Love Will Be The Answer” in FM7, not the Am, yay!!! whoooohoooooohoooooooo. John Denver. Cool. I find “Married Lady” reminds me of him! How lovely you got out the the ocean. I loved hearing about the special place you and that elderly man both discovered at 15!! AWESOMENESS. P.S. Bring food there for him next time. 
Gotta fly for now, sorry! But I will be back when I need a buddy break.
Cup of tea now be nice, the Kava Root, I think. At least I think it’s a root??
xoxooxxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo
On 18 July 2011 at 2:45 pm Jannie said,
oh, darn-shoot-darn, my brilliant comment evaporated. And I had such a lovely thing in it about Patricia standing by a gumball machine in a yellow floor-length shift. I saw her in the audience that evening!!!
Well, buddies and Sister, I will let this be my answer to all, in one mail.
And onwards to that new “Do You Dream” color-coded chart, Jo’s letter and talking to some stranger on the phone to get Jim’s e-mails flowing back in and out. We think his desktop has a bit of the flu, virally caused for sure. I really oughta do the third one first, but I’m gonna stick to the order I just now quoted you all.
Jannie-Banannie….
xoxooxoxxo
On 20 July 2011 at 12:12 am Liara Covert said,
To see every moment as the same priceless moment is to see through labels, divisions and seasons. All is always well and the heart is forever young.
On 1 August 2011 at 10:51 am Jannie said,
Hello, Dearest Liara! Finally getting back to your golden pebbles of words left as sweet offerings ’round my heart.
All IS well.
Now and always.
xoxooxxo