My response to Surfcottage and TheOctaboutsStudios 5 Facts About Me Tag. I'm tagging: Brob11, JDProductions and AmiHanyaki.

Many people say they want to be a cyberspace friend. Some never contact you again. Others are generous with their ideas, time and talents. A precious few you are certain you have known for a lifetime   more...- even longer.

MyLady Lynn is a special cyberspace friend - I thought it the right time to share some of Mylady's channel with you to the sound track "Precious Friend" written by Arlo Guthrie and sung by Pete Seeger.
Thank you for being you MyLady - I viewed every image, every friend and every uploaded vistory as of October 24th - 2007 to get the images I needed to create this tribute to you. Your world, in a word, is Generous.
Thank you
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Dreamland conjured images of a multiple marriage life. Who other than Elizabeth Taylor could guide us through the emotions of this song. This is another in the Gordon Lightfoot series, 46 of which can   more...be viewed at the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Channel http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157. More to come!

Dreamland (Endless Wire Album) 2:53

You come to me in times of need
When you can't find anyone
You seem to be much better off now
There's a rainbow number one
We could see life through the gutter then
Till it caused my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take

Sometimes I remember when
We were all dressed up in style
I don't recall the gist of it all
But you drove the young men wild
You could wrap me around your finger
Till it caused my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take
So if you need me near you
Y' can do it if you choose
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to lose

Instrumental

You make me do what you want me to do
Then you run the rules on me
You seem to be the wiser now
Could it be you've been deceived
Anytime you felt like tryin'
You would cause my heart to break
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to take

So if you need me near you now
You can do it if you choose
There was too much toil in dreamland
And too much love to lose  less

jasmine was tagged by chimi and chico (mylady)
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This vistory was requested by and co-produced with Mylady of LiveVideo. We are working on a second Vistory as well. This was requested by MindWalkerStudios - Winspirit on the other channel. Thank you   more...Barb for asking this vistory be uploaded. All images were sourced and supplied by Mylady. It was a joy to coproduce this with her.  less

Sailing was requested by Mylady and co-produced with her. It was a joy to work together. We will co-produce more Vistorys together - we know this now and are actively working towards more Vistorys. Thank   more...you Mylady for requesting Sailing by Christopher Cross, your fine and complete image album contributions and your subsequent messages. Teejay  less

Miguel, to me, is Gordon Lightfoot's "El Paso" -- the sad story of a hard life, bad decision, untimely death and an everlasting love. It was difficult to find "period" pics for this   more...one, so I must thank Tj for coming to my rescue and providing some of them. That's what made this truly a "team" effort!

Miguel (Summer Side of Life) 4:12

Never had much to say
He traveled alone with no friends
Like a shadowy ghost
At dawn he came and he went
Through the woodland swiftly gliding
To the young maid he came riding
Where she'd run to meet him
By the garden wall

Oh my sweet Miguel
I will never tell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast
And he'd say I have no fear
They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river
‘Cause I've done that before
To see my true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die

He was born to the south
In Mexico they say
The child of a man
Who was soon gone away
But his mother loved him dearly
And she would take him yearly
To the great cathedral in St. Augustine

Oh my young Miguel
Listen to the bell
Of my poverty
You must never tell
And he cried himself to sleep in the night
And he vowed to make things right
So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call
He knew she'd understand
A lawman came to capture him
The gun jumped in his hand
Oh Miguel the mother cried
You must run son or you'll die

So the story is told
Of his true love 'cross the line
As strong as the oak
And as sweet as the vine
And the child she bore him
Came on the fateful morning
When they sent him to his final rest

Oh my sweet Miguel
Listen to the bell
No one will ever know
What I know too well
Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast
And she'd say I have no fear
I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river
'Cause you've done that before
To see your true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
Oh my sweet Miguel she cried
I'll love you ‘til I die

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/

Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/

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For the Babylon Group. Song: "Chick Habit" by April March

Tagged by Hundamit, this is my opinion of LV "Drama". I choose not to tag anyone -- it's time to end the "Drama". ;)

I'm not in the habit of taking requests for videos, as I'm not sure how well I'd do working "under pressure", but I received such a nice message from Dave, and the song is just as the title   more...says "Beautiful", so here is my interpretation of this wonderful song by Gordon Lightfoot.

Link to YouTube’s Thomasj157, the Lightfoot Tribute Channel
http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/

Beautiful (Gord's Gold) 3:32

At times I just don't know
How you could be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me
And I know that I will never change
Cause we've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time

Laughing eyes and smiling face
It's seems so lucky just to have the right
Of telling you with all my might
You're beautiful tonight

And I know that you will never stray
Cause ya been that way from day to day
For such a long, long time

And when ya hold me tight
How could life be anything but beautiful
I think that I was made for you
And you were made for me

And I know that I will never change
Cause we've been friends through rain or shine
For such a long, long time

And I must say that it means so much to me
Just to be the one who's telling you
I'm telling you
That you're beautiful

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“May I” caught my attention the very first time I heard it. I initially thought vintage toys and games would be a perfect accompaniment, but this one is all about the children and for the “kid” in each   more...of us. ~~ Lynn

Link to YouTube’s Thomasj157, the Lightfoot Tribute Channel
http://ca.youtube.com/user/thomasj157

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/

Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/

May I (Did She Mention My Name) 2:19

Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
Ring around the rosy and I'll catch you if I can
But if you don't say “May I”, then you'll have to start again
But first you must indulge me and count from one to ten
Let the game begin

I adore you when you touch me
Pin the tail upon the donkey, you will surely win
But if you don't say “May I”, then I'll pass the cake around
And I won't give you any, but you won't make a sound
You don't eat soap, anyhow

Red light, green light, blue light, yellow light
You can take three giant steps or a baby step will do
But if you don't say “May I”, then I'll march you out the door
Where you'll be contemplating the numbers one to four
I hope you're keeping score

‘Cause if you don't say “May I”, then I'll get you with the hose
And spoil your Sunday clothes
Will it please you if I tease you
While you're at the spin-dry, I'll pass the pie around
But you won't make a sound
You don't eat blackbird anyhow

There's four and twenty reasons why it can't be wrong
How long have you been gone
Finders, keepers, losers, weepers
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Wear your sneakers around sound sleepers.

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This is my response to the "Fear Tag" from Surfcottage. I, in turn, tag anyone who watches this who hasn't been tagged yet! Let's make some videos!!

Yep, finally cornered.

This study of The Carpenters is for Lynn - for her work on "The Little Alter Boy " by Karen Carpenter and this is in thanks for working on our next co-production which is going to be a tribute   more...to the wrongly convicted Canadian - Steven Truscott .  less

There could be only one subject for this wonderful Gordon Lightfoot song – a spider’s web. You must admit that there’s nothing quite as magical as a web when it’s intricacies are highlighted with the   more...sunlight and the morning dew – except, or course, the web of Love.

Spin, Spin (Sunday Concert Plus) 2:29

So fine, so fine the web you spin,
I come too close and I'm caught again!
In a web of wild design,
I do not know what fate is mine!
All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!

Well my daddy said when I was young,
"Beware the web of love, my son,
To be in love is to be insane,
Make an old man groan, a young man pain!"
All the day, sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!

Then I did grow and the time did fly,
Many a true love passed me by.
And then you came like a blinding storm,
I landed in your web so warm,
All the day, sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!

So fine, so fine the web you spin,
I come too close and I'm caught again!
In a web of wild desire,
And I cannot control the fire!
All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.

All the day sit and spin,
You spin your web and you draw me in.
Spin, spin, spin, spin!
Spin, spin, spin, spin!

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot, his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/

Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/

Link to buy Gordon Lightfoot CD's
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vli...  less

"Cruise Nights" and outdoor car club shows are a great way to pass the time on a warm summer's afternoon or evening. All of these photos, with three exceptions, were taken locally over the   more...past few years. Hubby loves old cars and I love to photograph them -- it's a match made in car heaven! lol Enjoy "Rockin' down the highway"!  less

My initial thought on this song was that it would be incredibly hard to portrait, so I started the search for "wishing" things -- wells, wishbones, dandylions gone to seed... But it just wasn't   more...working for me. Once again, I changed direction, and this is the result. Thank you Tj for the midnight conversations and suggestions. xoxoxo

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/

Sometimes I Wish (Harmony) 3:37

Dreaming of the love I lost, the day the final bridge was crossed
Sometimes I wish, that I could just forget.
But the memory lingers yet, and it hangs around,
Leavin' me low and leavin' me down.
Everywhere I roam, there is nobody home.
Even I should know, when it ain't my day there is no other way.

-Instrumental-

I begin to wake up to, how wrong it was to cling to you
Sometimes I wish, to hold you to my heart,
'Cause I can't keep us apart. Forgiving you,
Was the easiest thing that I ever could do.
Everywhere I go, there is no one I know.
Even I can see, it's too late now to believe in a vow.

-Instrumental-

As I wander I return, to days gone by there's much to be learned
Sometimes I wish, that miracles could be.
But at best I fail to see, any happenin',
Some gotta lose and some gotta win.
Everywhere I roam, there is nobody home.
Even I should know, when it ain't my day there is no other way.

Everywhere I go, there is no one I know.
Even I can see, it's too late now to believe in a vow.
You're leavin' right now.  less

Another hit from Gordon Lightfoot's Endless Wire album, Daylight Katy had to have a special subject. Who better than the beautiful Katie Holmes aka Mrs. Tom Cruise. From the innocent young girl of "Dawson's   more...Creek" fame to the Hollywood beauty of today, she has handled the transformation and all of it's attention with much grace.

Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/

Daylight Katy (Endless Wire) 4:18

She walks by the sea where the seaworld is
And she waits for the man to come
She lives in town with her high-heeled friends
And she knows it's a long way down
But she doesn't have to get up in the morning
With her hair so soft and long
Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

She walks to the sea where the seaweed is
Where the rust and the dirt runs deep
She lives nine lives in her midnight world
While her old man's fast asleep
And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin'
With her hair so soft and long

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

She lives by the sea when the summer wind comes
And the sea don't mind at all
She talks to the sea when the sea runs wild
And the waves run steep and tall
And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin'
With her hair so soft and long

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home  less

One of the nice things about working with these Gordon Lightfoot songs is the opportunity to research that about which he sings. Coal mining wasn't something that I knew anything about, but as I searched   more...for the photographs used in this vistory, I wanted to know more. This information was current in 2003:

1.The United States produces about 35%, or 1 billion tons, of the world's coal supply—more than any other country produces.

2.The average coal miner is 45 years old and has 20 years of experience.

3.Coal generates more than half of the electricity used in the United States.

4.Each person in the United States uses 3.8 tons of coal each year.

5.U.S. coal deposits contain more energy than that of all the world's oil reserves.

6.The United States has more than a 250-year supply of coal, if it continues using coal at the same rate at which it uses coal today (2003).  less

Thank you TimmyHairtrigger for the wonderfully creative idea of a virtual LV cruise for those of us wishing we were in a warmer climate this winter. I told you I’d be at the buffet!! :) I’ve never   more...been on a cruise, but that’s not to say that I’ll never go on a cruise. I know for a fact that the trouble spot for me will be the magnificent buffets of which there always seems to be one open.

Here is a one week partial grocery list for one of the Royal Caribbean's cruise ships that carries approximately 4300 passengers and crew. Food is brought aboard the ship before leaving port and supplies are replenished as necessary at the individual ports that the ship stops at.

Beef 20,000 lbs
Chicken 12,000 lbs
Pork 5,000 lbs
Lobster 1,400 lbs
Seafood 4,000 lbs
Salmon 2,500 lbs
Fresh Eggs 28,000
Flour 15,000 lbs
Sugar 4,300 lbs
Coffee 1,500 lbs
Fresh Fruits 35,000 lbs
Fresh Vegetables 65,000 lbs
Potatoes 18,000 lbs
Fresh Berries 600 lbs
Ice Cream 8,000 gallons
Milk 1,500 gallons
Individual Yogurts 4,200
Cheese 5,800 lbs
Slices of Pizza 18,000
Total Meals (including crew) 105,000
Deserts Prepared 300,680
Steaks Prepared 69,000
Appetizers Prepared 234,000  less

This is for MyLady! I saw this on her site. Thank you for the kind words. Wish it was better!

We were tagged by Debwal's Jazzie. We tag Newt's Jasmine and KatyBrewer's Pooky. Enjoy!!

Summertime Dream by Gordon Lightfoot is my first of what will be a series of video tributes to this amazing Canadian artist. Additional videos by the tribute team can be viewed at YouTube on the channel   more..."Thomasj157".

Summertime Dream
- 1976 (Summertime Dream)

Where the road runs down by the butternut grove
To old Bill Skinner's stream
Do tell at the noonday bell
It's time for a summertime dream
In a lunch pail town in a one horse way
You can live like a king and queen
Let's steal away in the noonday sun
It's time for a summertime dream

Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees
And down below's a pond I know, you can swim in it if you please

And if you come 'round when the mill shuts down
You can see what chivalry means
Let's steal away in the noonday sun
It's time for a summertime dream

On a trip on down to wonderland, in love among the flowers
Where time gets lost with no straw boss, tallying up the hours

Where the road runs down by the butternut grove
To old Bill Skinner's stream
Do tell at the noonday bell
It's time for a summertime dream

Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees
And down below's a pond I know, you can swim in it if you please

And if you come 'round when the mill shuts down
You can see what chivalry means
Let's steal away in the noonday sun
It's time for a summertime dream  less

Sometimes when producing a Gordon Lightfoot vistory I get a lump in my throat and shivers up and down my spine - producing Leaves of Grass of Lynn ( Mylady) was one of those times. Lynn subscribed to   more...my other channel and left the choice of a request up to me - this is for you, us and all who carry the wounds and memories of war in their family lore.
tj
Leaves of Grass Lyrics
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot (Buy Gordon Lightfoot CDs)
Album: Sunday Concert
The leaves of grass will not pass on
Though the millstones grind them into dust
For the earth shall give life to them
But only the grass will grow once more

And the brave must fall to honor the names
Of the ones who have gone before
And the earth shall give new life to them
But only the grass will grow once more

If people could look into each other's eyes
What a wonderful place this world would be
All strife would end, we could start again
And dreams like these must not pass on

But the brave keep falling to honor the names
Of the ones who have gone before
And the earth shall give new life to them
But only the grass will grow once more

And the brave keep falling to honor the names
Of the ones who have gone before
And the earth shall give new life to them
But only the grass will grow once more

The leaves of grass will not pass on
Though the millstones grind them into dust
For the earth shall give new life to them
But only the grass will grow once more
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