Here's another of Eva's beautiful songs, serving as the audio track for a short video about a typical beautiful Summer's Day in La Jolla, San Diego, California.

Here are some more scenes from various motorcycle trips around the Southwest. The song for the video is “Baggage” by Eva Cassidy, from the movie “Anywhere But Here”. The lyrics go really well with a   more...road trip type video :)

“Sitting by the side of the road
Doing nothing but keeping time
Moving forward toward the setting sun
Leaving my worries behind

I sit upon a precipice
Throwing wishes to an old tin can
Got the world at my nicotine fingertips
And a ball of clay rolling in my hand

The past is a dream that haunts me each day
So many memories so far away
The baggage I carry weighs a ten ton or more
No one said it’s a picnic but why such a chore

Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been

The days of cotton candy have long since disappeared
And the counter where I licked my ice cream cone
Is now a bar where I sip my beer

The Ferris wheel still turns around but I’m too old to ride
I watch the bright lights glimmer
And I feel the pull of the child inside

When your dreams have turned to nightmares
And the sky is a cold black sun
When trees bow down to chainsaws
And you read obituaries for fun

Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been
Leave it all behind my friend release it to the wind
There’s other roads to walk along and places you’ve never been.”  less

Eva Cassidy was an amazing singer, who had an incredible way of conveying emotions through the phrasing, volume changes, and timing of her beautiful vocals. The newspaper “The Washington Post” once eloquently   more...commented: “Eva could sing anything, and make it sound like the only music that mattered."

This beautiful, hauntingly poignant song is entitled “Autumn Leaves”, and is from her 2001 compilation album “Songbird”, which reached #1 on the Great Britain album charts. Sadly, the world lost this beautiful singer when she died WAYYY before her time at the age of only 33, from brutal melanoma cancer in 1996. The British newspaper "The Guardian" later went on to describe her as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." . . . I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do!

The video clips I show in this video are ones I took this Autumn while wandering along the nature walks in the wonderful town of Horsham in England.  less

This is another of my favorite songs. It's by Simon & Garfunkel, and was released in the '60s. The amazing singer Eva Cassidy also did a version of the song before she died at the age of 33, so   more...I mixed the two song versions together to see what it would sound like, had they been able to perform the song together.

The photos are ones I took in England during various trips, and from when I lived there.

If you'd like to hear the background of who "Kathy" was to Simon & Garfunkel, and to hear Garfunkel sing this song, go to this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGP1uTsfwGQ Enjoy!!  less

Here is another of my all time favorite romantic songs . . . Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold". The world lost this beautiful singer when she died WAYYY before her time at the age of   more...33 from cancer in 1996. (It's why I truly believe that you have to focus on each day of your life . . . you never know when your "personal time clock" will stop ticking.) The other sad thing is that Eva, during her life, was almost totally unknown outside her home area of Washington D.C. and became famous only after her death. The British newspaper "The Guardian" later went on to describe her as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." Her posthumously released recordings have since sold in excess of four million copies, and in early 2001 the compilation album Songbird reached #1 on the UK album charts. It's so sad she never lived to see the recognition she deserved . . . I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do!

Here are the links to a wonderful three part series about Eva and her music that was on the American TV show "Nightline"; the series reconfirms the incredible impact her music had, and STILL has on the world:

Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9pWLrjyUg

Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6EelwKYLEU

Part Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbTi66Fvj0

The photos for this video are ones I took in England on various trips and from when I used to live over there. The primary castle shown in the video is Arundel Castle, in Arundel, West Sussex, England . . . I love wandering around old castles in Europe and visualizing the dozens of generations of people who have lived & died in them . . . it's amazing to look at stone steps in the castles that have been worn down simply from the thousands of people who have used them over the centures . . . it's also always eerie to visualize the battles that were fought at the castles and contrast those battles with the peaceful tranquility around these castles today . . . The Arundel castle was "remodeled" and expanded around 1300AD, and the initial castle built around 1100AD . . . it's always interesting to me how castles were often times remodeled WELL before the United States was even in EXISTENCE! :)

For more info on Arundel Castle (one of my favorite castles for wandering around :) ) please check out:

http://www.arundelcastle.org/_pages/01_castle.htm

In addition to the castle (which also has a restaurant), the grounds include a beautiful old chapel, and gardens, and the town of Arundel is the quintessential old English town, so yeah, I highly recommend this beautiful place if you ever get to this part of England :)

and for castle history buffs, this website has lots of detailed info on the Arundel Castle:

http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html  less

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I hope everyone has a safe and splendid summer this year... Happy 2008!

WILL SMITH

JANIS JOPLIN

The Wey and Arun Canal, in Southern England, runs 23 miles (37 km) through 26 locks from the River Wey at Shalford, Surrey to the River Arun at Pallingham.

The River Arun was used in an unimproved condition   more...for centuries, but work was carried out on the river itself and the port of Arundel in the 16th century, which allowed boats to reach Pallingham Quay near Pulborough by 1575. (I’ve also got a video online about Arundel Castle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7jZ0ggnC3w and http://www.livevideo.com/video/DC689163EF8C41C399CA8D4C97711EF2/-arundel-castle-in-arundel-.aspx.)

In 1810, the 3rd Earl of Egremont began to promote the idea of a canal to link the Rivers Wey and Arun, separated by only 15 miles (24 km). Part of the justification for this canal through a very rural area, with few of the cargoes which had made other canals profitable, was to provide an inland route from London to the south coast of England, an important consideration as England was at war with France and thus coastal shipping at risk of attack.

By the time it was opened, however, the war with France was over and thus one of the key reasons for its construction was removed. As a result, the canal system was never very prosperous, but did reasonably well, with a maximum of 23,000 tons carried in 1839. However, railway competition hit hard in 1865, with the opening of the Guildford and Horsham Railway, which was in direct competition with the canal. The canal was officially abandoned in 1871.

Without maintenance, the canal gradually became derelict over much of its length. However, since 1970, active restoration by The Wey & Arun Canal Trust has resulted in several miles of the waterway being restored to navigable standard. Work is continuing, with the ultimate aim of reopening the entire canal to navigation.

The above information was taken from Wikipedia Encyclopedia, and if you want to learn more about this interesting part of England history, check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wey_and_Arun_Canal

Many thanks to my England friend Ren for showing me yet another part of her wonderful country :)

The song is “What a Wonderful World” by Eva Cassidy.  less

Brrr , it's cold here in England in February 2007.
Here's a few summery shots and a bit of guitar playing to warm you up.

( visit http://www.12freemusic.com for more... )

Summertime played on chromatic harmonica.

"
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's   more...good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky

But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mamma standing by
"  less

Dylan Patrello singing away.

A trip in the town

eva mendes

Princess having some fun

the way i edited this was sorta stolen from jimwayne haha sorry my bad jim. its just a vlog :) hope ya like it!

sexy

I havent made a video in a while, so while getting ready to meet up with my boyfriend I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone!! I even edited it (for the first time!!) and added some music.

Enjoy!   more...:) x  less

impossible

Eva laughing at Gramma Deb

Eva giggling at Gramma

Does anyone remember this song?! OMG, I haven't heard this is, like, forever! XD Now that I've heard it again, it still rocks! Also, enjoy the feeling of summer with this viddeh!!!

Summertime (c) Aaron   more...Carter
Danneh Phantom (c) Mr. BH
Idea (c) Meh  less

Sunshine