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Sharing some favorite Willie Dixon songs….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3E-70u4g0
More Willie Dixon over the jump.
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Having a birthday today. Damn Google decided I needed a personal celebration, so they posted an animated birthday Google Doodle just for me. At least I hope it only opens in my browser…I hate to think it is all over the internet.
I like Willie Dixon. Doing anti-war songs blues style is nice.
We have severe clear here, but with patch dense fog. That will be mostly in the valleys along rivers and creeks where the humidity is higher. There is a reason these hills got the nickname “Smokey Mountains.” Wispy tendrils of fog/cloud form in shady ridges and ravines. Temp is 64ºF. Going to warm up to around 80º this afternoon. That means summer thundershowers, probably scattered. I look forward to this broken foot healing so I can get out and take pictures. Flowers are blooming, and the Rhododendron gardens on top of 6,285′ Roan Mountain will be in bloom. Amazing to walk through a giant “flower bed” where the gigantic flowers grow on bushes as high as the roof of a house. Like walking though shaded tunnels in a flowering jungle. The bushes are no longer just bushes, but massive trees with many tangled trunks as big as my arm.
Google knows its your b-day, Chuck! LOL! Be assured, I can also see that charming little vid.
Bake yourself a pie. Folks, this man made an apple pie for my bday last year, and it was The Best Birthday Pie Ever!!!
Here in south central WI, we have clear sky, currently 54, with expected high 76.
Joy –
Thanks for Willie Dixon – new to me – good stuff
Oh Happy Day Chuck!
I love funny political ads: