米ケ袋の蝋梅2025

米ケ袋の蝋梅が咲いていた。今日(2月9日)とは少し早いような気がするが、春は近いことを感じた。

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Neil Young:”Four Strong Winds”

Neil Youngが若い時に歌った”Four Strong Winds”もいい。歌詞は:

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don′t change come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I′ll look for you if I'm ever back this way

Think I'll go out to Alberta
Weather′s good there in the fall
I got some friends that I can go to working for
Still I wish you′d change your mind
If I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don′t change come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I′ll look for you if I'm ever back this way

If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are goin′ good
You could meet me if I send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
There ain't too much for you to do
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there

手紙の文面のような歌詞が面白い。Neil Youngの歌声はここにある。

Jessica Rhaye:”Blowin’ in the Wind”

カナダ出身のJessica Rhayeが歌う”Blowin’ in the Wind”がいい。この曲は元もとはBob Dylanのものであるがおおくの歌手のよってカヴァーされている。歌詞は:

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

動画はここにある。

また彼女が歌う”Four Strong Winds”もいい。これはカナダ出身のIan&Silviaの曲であるが、彼女も歌っている。

動画はここにある。

松島2025

先日(1月29日)に松島に行ってきた。写真クラブの撮影会。

実に久しぶり(おそらく20年ぶり)の松島。雄島をまわった。

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ほかの写真はここで。