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The Lovin’ Spoonful
“Summer In The City”

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be all right

And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I’m wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be all right

And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be all right

And babe, don’t you know it’s a pity
That the days can’t be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Seals & Crofts
“Summer Breeze”

See the curtains hangin’ in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light a-shinin’ through the window
Lets me know everything’s all right

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ though the jasmine in my mind

See the paper layin’ on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the doorstep
Through the screen and across the floor

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
And I come home from a hard day’s work
And you’re waitin’ there
Not a care in the world

See the smile awaitin’ in the kitchen
Through cookin’ and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through

Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Club Sheba

Sheba, nice you live in a quiet area. It gets more and more crowded here. Have a nice walk with Poppy!
Have a great week all!

@sheba2011

We are still in Florida. I accomplished quite a bit yesterday. The laundry is done. I just need to clean the washing machine which has a special setting. Hubby’s back really was a mess yesterday. He could barely sit or stand let alone clear the lanai. This morning he finally said that there was no way he could drive the 400 plus miles. I was able to change the first three reservations. I will be calling on the last stay to see if we can use the $$ from the night we can’t be there for one or two extra nights next week. It actually works better in the long run.

Spoke to our neighbor and it was about to pour. Looks like they will have rain daily through Thursday. Sure sounds like the northeast is trying to be like Florida.

The plan North has changed a bit. Will go to the first house and stay overnight. Then will venture on to the Cape to check that house and turn the water on. Since we have some furniture from the other house that we can use on Cape, will take a measurement for the placement. I wish there was a way to take a picture of the things we want to keep and then see if it would fit in the Cape house. I know you can do this from a furniture store.

Enough for now. I need to put things together so it will be easy to pack the car.

@sheba2011

Ha, ha, ha!😊 I think I will still ask for a prince.👑 I’m assuming all princes are wealthy so I can buy some help to have nights off and buy as many shoes as I desire, not just one pair of glass slippers. Makes sense to me!🤭

Taking a day off today after the busy weekend. Will start dusting and scrubbing floors tomorrow. Hot and humid week with lots of storms in the ‘burgh. Invited to a high school graduation party for a grandchild of one of our friends this Saturday. Never, ever met the girl, would not know her from you on the street…..hmm, makes me wonder about this, if you know what I mean.🤑

Have an easy day in Oz. Always sending hugs to you and Poppy.

Same Choices, Same Results

A change in perspective, behavior, or response can do so much more to help us move past issues left unresolved.

Repeated bouts of adversity are an unavoidable aspect of human existence. We battle against our inner struggles or outer world forces, and in many cases, we emerge on the opposite side of struggle stronger and better equipped to cope with the challenges yet to come. However, we can occasionally encounter trials that seem utterly hopeless. We strike at them with all of our creativity and perseverance, hoping desperately to bring about change, only to meet with the same results as always. Our first instinct in such situations is often to push harder against the seemingly immovable obstruction before us, assuming that this time we will be met with a different outcome. But staying power and stamina net us little when the same choices consistently garner the same results. A change in perspective, behavior, or response can do so much more to help us move past points where no amount of effort seems sufficient to overcome the difficulties before us.

Whether our intention is to change ourselves or some element of the world around us, we cannot simply wish for transformation or hope that our lives will be altered through circumstance. If our patterns of thought and behavior remain unchanged, our lives will continue to unfold much as they have previously. Patterns in which fruitless efforts prevail can be overcome with self examination and courage. It is our bravery that allows us to question the choices we have made thus far and to channel our effort into innovation. Asking questions and making small adjustments to your thought processes and behaviors will help you discover what works, so you can leave that which does not work behind you. To break free from those unconscious patterns that have long held sway over your actions and reactions, you will likely have to challenge your assumptions on a most basic level. You must accept once and for all that your beliefs with regard to cause and effect may no longer be in accordance with your needs.

Stagnation is often a sign that great changes are on the horizon. Courting the change you wish to see in yourself and in the world around you is a matter of acknowledging that only change begets change. The results you so ardently want to realize are well within the realm of possibility, and you need only step away from the well-worn circular path to explore the untried paths that lie beyond it. 😎

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten you are in all our prayers please be well. 🌹

Cherie,

Good morning in Southern California be well you and the children. 😘😎

@shoelady60,

Hey there in the beautiful ‘burgh. 😘😎I am glad your project is just about done.
I bet hubby can’t wait to get on the Gulf Course. 🤣

Get some rest today I did see your post about my confusion on what day is this. 🤣😜

I packed a lot into last week I feel better now. 😎I so enjoyed Richard Branson ride to the
edge of space. Love it. 💕

Blowing kisses to Jake Canvas. 😘 Don’t overdo anything this week I still have a little of this
and a little of that but I am doing things as I go through my day. 😎

@71flowerchild,

Good day in Texas I am hoping all is well with you and the family if you are taking a
much needed break have a great time. Just drop a line or two you are missed. 😘🌹