songbird's crazy world

Rerun time   Music Monday  was all about cats …   The theme? Unbeknown to me, September is National Happy Cat month. You don’t have a cat or any animal to share some songs about these adorable four-legged creatures! Before I play my songs … You all know my dear friend Duchess And my other sweet girl, Moon Shadow.  We call her Shadow. Though I’ll hazard a guess I’m not the only crazy cat lady hopping on this theme today … First let’s play the song that inspired Shadow’s name …by (of course) Cat Stevens. And from Disney, the movie that inspired Duchess’s name Next up, Elton John Anyone remember dancing to this song? Tom Jones has a question The Stray Cats have something to add We must include something from Cats Yeah, one of my favorite musicals.  I actually named a cat Mr. Mistoffeles.  He was quiet, he was small, he was black … No, I don’t like cats at all… just because this hangs in the front hall … I loved this theme.  🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️💙🩵🩷🧡💜

  Qigong (pronounced "chee-gong") is  an ancient Chinese practice that combines slow movements, deep breathing, and meditation to improve health and balance energy Tai chi is  an ancient Chinese martial art practiced as a gentle, low-impact system of slow continuous movements, deep breathing, and mental focus . Often called "meditation in motion," it is designed to harmonize the body and mind while promoting   Qigong focuses on simple, repetitive energy and breathing exercises for health, while Tai Chi is a structured, flowing martial art sequence that requires memorizing continuous movements .  [ 1 ]  and inner energy. Qigong is often used as a warmup for tai chi practice. We started with qigong, did some breathing exercises.  And then the instructor introduced us to the 24 forms, or poses. This is going to be challenging. This is going to be fun.

Great night at the ballpark last night.  The Ducks won and are heading to Hagerstown for game 3 of a best-of-five series.  Exciting.     Fire alarm went off at the office today.  We were told to evacuate the building.  Everyone grabbed their laptops and personal stuff.  And as soon as we were in the hallway they told us it was a false alarm … but you have to take these things seriously. My first tai chi class will be tonight.  Should be fun.

 The new session of my yoga class started last night. The previous session ended August 4.  I really missed the class, I’m so happy it started up again. Drew went to the Ducks game last night.  The Ducks won, 7-6, an exciting, come-from-behind win.  We’re going to the game tonight, and I hope it will be just as exciting. It was chilly this morning.  I actually had to wear a jacket.  The first sign of fall?

 So … the Ducks.  The Ducks play in the Atlantic League.  The League has two divisions, North and South.  The league plays a split season, with the winner of the first half in each division playing the winner of the second half in the first round of playoffs..   The first half winners were the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars in the North and the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the South. The Lexington Legends won the second half in the South. In the North …the York Revolution were in the lead for most of the summer, with the Ducks in a close second. Until the final weekend. The Ducks and York were tied, and each had three games left. If the teams were still tied at the end of the weekend, the Ducks would advance to the playoffs because they won the series they played against York. So … Sunday.  The teams were still tied.  York was scheduled to play the Ferryhawks in Staten Island and the Ducks were hosting the Blue Crabs.  A distance of 60 miles.  ...

 Midnight sighting of front yard bunny. I think I’ve mentioned this before, Drew sees a specialist at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.  We occasionally have to go to Temple to see that doctor.  I grabbed an interesting shot as we were driving over the Verrazano Bridge. Yes, that’s One World Trade Center. 25 years later … Also caught a glimpse of the Ferris wheel at Coney Island as seen from the Belt Parkway. Alas, no planes over the highway as we drove past JFK. I was in downtown Brooklyn last week.  I’d forgotten how impressive the Williamsburg Clock Tower is, Rental bicycles in NYC … the bike lanes are great for riders, not so great for pedestrians or drivers.  Watched the Emmys last night.  Michael J. Fox was honored with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.  So sad to see the ravages of Parkinson’s Disease.  I’ve seen the disease up close - my father died from Parkinson’s.  If you care to, please donate to  The Michael J. Fox ...

  The theme? Unbeknown to me, September is National Happy Cat month. You don’t have a cat or any animal to share some songs about these adorable four-legged creatures! Before I play my songs … You all know my dear friend Duchess And my other sweet girl, Moon Shadow.  We call her Shadow. Though I’ll hazard a guess I’m not the only crazy cat lady hopping on this theme today … First let’s play the song that inspired Shadow’s name …by (of course) Cat Stevens. And from Disney, the movie that inspired Duchess’s name Next up, Elton John Anyone remember dancing to this song? Tom Jones has a question The Stray Cats have something to add We must include something from Cats Yeah, one of my favorite musicals.  I actually named a cat Mr. Mistoffeles.  He was quiet, he was small, he was black … No, I don’t like cats at all… just because this hangs in the front hall … I loved this theme.  🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤️💙🩵🩷🧡💜