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Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Added to ~ Sight and Sound and AbsOrbed More messing 'bout in GIMP Photo Software :-) I was only goin' to add this to AbsOrbed but then I thought there is a tower here so I could also link this to "Ivory Tower" by Blackmore's Night :-) This shot features the Andrew Wiles Building and the Radcliffe Observatory (now part of Green Templeton College) topped by The Tower of Winds in Oxford. ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Ivory Tower ~ Blackmore's Night

I wasn't sure if the rain or the sun was goin' to reach me first. As it turned out I got a bit damp :-) Leads me to think of "Stormy Weather" by Lena Horne. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Stormy Weather ~ Lena Horne

If you look very, very, very closely you will see Jay Kay driving his £1million LaFerrari :-) I don't know if it is still the only green LaFerrari in the world but it certainly was when Jay Kay took delivery of it. My shot was taken at the Kop Hill Climb back in 2014. Here the car was on the way to the Start and only doing about 5 mph but I think I have managed to capture a little bit of movement in the wheel :-) LaFerrari is a limited production hybrid sports car capable of some 217 mph but it didn't reach top speed on the Hill :-) Jay Kay is, of course, lead singer with Jamiroquai. I don't know much about their music but I found a track called "Cosmic Girl" and methinks there is a vague connection 'cos there are some fast cars in the video :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Cosmic Girl ~ Jamiroquai For any petrolheads out there here is a link to some footage of the car at Goodwood LaFerrari at Goodwood

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) For ages and ages I have been trying to come up with some pictures of wheels to link to "Wheels" written by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman. This is the best I can do :-)) "Wheels" is one of my all-time fave songs and, for me, the two best versions are by the Flying Burrito Brothers and Emmylou Harris. Added to ~ Sight and Sound ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Wheels ~ Flying Burrito Brothers ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ And, here ~ Wheels ~ Emmylou Harris

"We've Only Just Begun" was written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It is frequently used as a wedding song. The song was originally recorded by Smokey Roberds, a friend of Nichols, under the name "Freddie Allen". It debuted in a wedding-themed television commercial for the Crocker National Bank in California in the winter of 1970 with Paul Williams on vocals. Richard Carpenter saw the commercial and the rest is magnificent history. Back in April 2015 Helen and I went to Jonathan & Helen's {a different Helen :-)} wedding. I took a few candid shots and I was pleased with this one. Therefore, I am linking this to the original version by Paul Williams from his absolute classic 1971 album “Just An Old Fashioned Love Song”. I still have the vinyl copy :-))) Sorry, it's NOT for sale :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound Listen here ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ We've Only Just Begun ~ Paul Williams If you have an hour and a half to spare I would well recommend watching the film by Stephen Kessler ~ “Paul Williams Still Alive”. It has been on YouTube but disappears from time to time. No doubt, there are copyright issues. But, today, I have found it again on YouTube :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6XxxQonbD8 And, not forgetting ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ The Carpenters version :-)

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) The Heat Wave has arrived and I am melting :-) And, so are these candles..... in our conservatory! They were, previously, perfectly vertical :-))) The obvious choice for me is 'Heat Wave' by Linda Ronstadt :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound Listen here ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ Heat Wave ~ Linda Ronstadt ♫ ♪ ~ Live Version

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Below are extracts from the following website - www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/about/new-building "Blavatnik School of Government opened its doors to students in September 2012" "Staff, students and academics are currently located across three separate sites" "We will be moving into the new building in autumn 2015" The new building is still under construction and I played around with this shot in GIMP Photo Software. I think the end result comes from applying the Seamless filter. But, then again..... :-)

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) I'm sure the guy with the flowers is texting the lady on the bicycle saying "Hey, please wait for me I have some flowers for you" :-) Therefore, this could easily link to Bob Seger's - Hey, please....."Wait For Me"..... I have some flowers for you :-) Added to ~ Soundtrack to Life Listen here ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ Wait For Me ~ Bob Seger

This is 'The Whisky Shop' in Oxford and for some inexplicable reason I haven't been inside the shop........well, not yet :-)) Reminds me of “Whiskey Lullaby” by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. Added to ~ Soundtrack to Life Listen here ~ Whiskey Lullaby ~ Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss And, for my Spanish friends :-)) Listen here ~ Whiskey Lullaby ~ Arturo Leyva feat. Luz Maria