Once there was a very handsome, very artistic man
who bought an old cabin on the beach in Nova Scotia,
remodeled it, lived in it a while, and sold it in 1987.
In 1989, a woman who moved to Nova Scotia was out
bicycling, saw the beach house and fell in love with it.
Soon she met the man who built it and they married.
Eventually they were blessed with a daughter, “The Pea,” as in Sweet Pea.
Last week in a Most Excellent Recording Studio the woman
sang and played guitar for the rough draft of “You,” the song
she wrote for the very handsome, very artistic man she loves.
Here are the lyrics…
“YOU”
Verse 1:
You came along at last with a song
I waited to hear forever
You standing there with October in your hair,
Your eyes like the ocean,
The bluest blue, eyes I fell into
Verse 2.
You took my heart in your hands with your art
Then we talked for hours
You walked me home when the moon was our own
And the stars started singing
The way they do when dreams come true
Bridge:
You put your arm ’round my shoulder
And then, I reached up for your hand
Everything changed in that moment forever
The way love had planned for me and you
Verse 3.
You here with me in a house near the sea,
The Child upstairs dreaming
You say my name and my heart tells my brain
To hold you forever
Here like this, lost inside a kiss with you
You, you, you….
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The woman feels brave enough today to email you
the free “You” basic song outline, with flaws and all.
Just leave a comment here and “she’ll” send you it.
Posted with love by Jannie of the Jazzment.
xoxoxooxoxoxxo
Yes, the pix show the actual beach house Jim built from the old shack he added onto and renovated.
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Family | Posted by Jannie on 8 May 2011 @ 5:55 AM
Funny how sometimes when you’re looking for one photo
another will appear. (The same is true for music cds and socks.)
There is always something wonderful waiting to discover.
I was looking for the photo of Jim’s mom, Ann, sitting outside
our front door on a white plastic chair about twenty years ago,
but found her instead in this one at Kelly’s Christening in N.S.
(That’s Nova Scotia in the life of this humble blogging gal.)
My plan is to repost the photo below, highlighting some moms.
To all mothers and mothering types everywhere – THANK YOU!
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Jim’s mom, Ann was 95 in this photo, and lived to be 97.
Happy to report my mom and all her 4 sisters – Aunt Loy, Aunt Inez, Aunt Freda and Aunt Tilly are well and happy.
My sister’s “little” girl is now 11, and her son Austin, is 5.
And, yes, my sister is a fox! And currently single, way up there in Canada-land.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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Family | Posted by Jannie on 24 December 2010 @ 12:43 PM
Darling Peeps!
Merry Christmas!!!
And a Most Happy New Year.
Kelly was 15 months old in 2002. Now she’s NINE!!
She is my greatest joy.
And I’m off to play pick-up sticks with her in a minute.
Over the next 10 days while she is off school I’ll be focusing my attention on her and her handsome wonderful dad, aka, a bit of a blog posting break for me.
I do intend to post a few new sidebar buttons.
(And won’t be able to resist popping in on your blogs between now and January 3rd!)
Gorgeous Individuals, have a joyful, wonderful, happy, love-filled, safe, sweet, holiday.
And if you’re feeling a bit lonely, call up a buddy. Visit someone. The fellowship will make you both feel all warm and fuzzy.
Love is waiting everywhere! You need only open the door.
Posted with Love, Gratitude & Merriment,
Jannie-Banannie & Funstering Co.
xoxoxoxo
xoxoxxox
xoxoxoxo
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Family, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 27 November 2010 @ 3:00 AM
Bro, it’s your birthday — 50 years today!
(Holy crap.)
Did my best to get the scratches out of the old pic. Not perfect, but not bad. Sorry your hand looks mutilated.
And I’m not even into the beer today!
(Yet.)
Hope you are well, Harry-The-Scary-Cherry, 2700 miles away in Fun Land, but more alive and alove in my heart than ever.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
With much love, from your sisterly contraption, Jannie “Lockjaw” “Snaggletooth” “Junebug” Muffin.
xoxoxoxo
P.S. I know I wailed like it was the end of the world the day you threw all those bantam hen eggs at my head, but I’m glad you did! So many memories, so much fun on the farm.
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Family, House Style, The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 31 October 2010 @ 12:57 PM
A young ghoul applies her make-up
in the rear-view mirror while perched
on the centre console of Mom’s car.
The young ghoul alternately mans
the Haunted House, bounces, runs,
skips, laughs and cartwheels around
with her friends for 4 hours, while
the mom, altho a freak downpour
had destroyed her fluffy hairdo
during set-up, manages to flit socially,
then enjoy her 1-hour shift at the
food table, eat a bunch of excellent
assorted homemade sugary crap,
2 pieces pepperoni pizza, 8 mini packs
of gluten-free gummy bears and one
raspberry Izze (heavenly) natural soda,
then goes home to wine, a relaxing bath
and hugs with the loving car-dealer hubs,
who actually did pop in for a while at the
carnival, as he does to all school things.
He is a very very good dad and person,
like another good dad and person I know,
who’s a very talented writer, and so witty!
And here is that Jimmy last week, laying
some pine flooring in the house entry…
which looked like this a few months ago…
a house additon he built himself.
(See the railing up the stairs now!?? Yep — Jimmy’s been a busy bee.)
(End poem of inspired by photos of Kelly last week at her school carnival, and by thoughts of her awesome dad.)
She wants to be Santa for tonight (if I can find her dress) the one she wore at age 5 in this photo…
(Bought with a cute little matching hat at a post-Christmas sale for $20 when she was 4.)
Bought BIG, and has fit quite a while!
But where is it now?
Somewhere.
If she can’t be Santa tonight, there’s always her vampire plan.
[Edit. I found the dress! I found the dress!! Last place I looked -- with all the Chirstmas stuff! Whoo-hoo!!!!]
So… lots more photos to come in future happy posts.
If you liked this poem, many ghoul-and-succubus-with-a-twist-of-chocolate-and-cheese stunners can be found often over at my favorite poet’s…
Thank you!
And a very Happy Halloween to all of you — my wonderful blogging guys and ghouls.
xoxo
love, Jannie
P.S. Tuesday (possibly Wednesday) I’ll announce here via a short video who wins The 7th Letter! If you’d like a chance at winning it, I’ll still accept entries until noon Texas (Central U.S.) Time on Tuesday November 2 on that post.
Then…
I’ll climb My Other Wine-Drinking Tree to draw the winning comment from my pink John Deere cap — while singing, of course!!!
Speaking of winners… you 6 CD winners they’re not yet mailed, but will be in the next 2 to 9 days!
And a box of practically new, but mis-matched socks will be sent for Christmas to another awesome dad / blogger / human.
My other wine-drinking tree…
xoxo
(All pix here taken with my iPhone 3GS, except the Christmas dress taken with my old Kodak.)
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