If you said, "A song written by George Gershwin (1934, for the opera Porgy and Bess) and covered by everyone from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong to Sam Cooke to Janis Joplin to Sonny and Cher to a bunch of others," you get 15 bonus points. Partial credit will be given for any of the listed names.
There have been other songs by that same name, by artists from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince to Beyoncé. No bonus points given for those, but thanks for playing.
It is summertime in most places around the country. Some will tell you that summertime officially starts Memorial Day Weekend, others will say when the local temp first hits 90º. "Meteorological summer" starts June 1st. And, of course, there is the Summer Solstice which will happen on June 21st. Some will tell you that is the "longest day of the year"... not true - that day will have the same 24 hours that all the rest of the days have. It will, however, have the longest time of daylight in the northern hemisphere.
One nice thing about living this far south: we don't have the big variation in daylight/darkness that you see up north. I kinda enjoyed our time in the Pacific Northwest, where daylight came early and hung around longer this time of year. OK, there were other things I really enjoyed about our time in the PNW: like the very moderate weather (certainly cooler than the Tropical Tip or most of the company). I also enjoyed living on our boat in Friday Harbor... walking to work... the buttermilk donuts at King's Market... seeing the wildlife on a daily basis. Yep, good times. Well, good in memory; I don't mind not having a work schedule.
The Facebook Memory from 9 years ago talked about a typical day...
https://captnjim.blogspot.com/2014/05/thats-what-im-talking-about.html
Summertime here will be a change of pace on our island - it is still pretty quiet after the holiday weekend, but it will get busier as families come here to get away from the heat of the Valley.
We will start gearing up for RVing our way north to get to some good motorcycle riding. In a few weeks. Next project for us before that: the summer version of "Trash to Treasures" which is like an organized garage sale on our island, held in our Events Center. I have reserved a table... some boat stuff, RV stuff, and some camera stuff. Maybe even some tools. Looking to sell this stuff so I don't have to move it.
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Got out for a walk this evening, then took the big furry boy out. The sun was down by the time we got back, but still a bit of light in the northwest sky...
Not the most striking sunset(ish) image, but a warm glow.
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