It's That Time of Year . . .

From "downtown" Gold Hill, 5 p.m.

From home 5:15 p.m.

From home 6 p.m.

A late start to the season.  This one started along I-5 between Gold Hill and Rogue River.

Nostalgia . . .

You know how they say time speeds up as you get older?

Umm, yeah.

Forty years. How on earth did that happen? We have been here in Oregon nearly 30 years; twenty-one years in this house. The second two decades gone by in the blink of an eye compared to the first two.

August 14th, 1971.

We had all of the good songs back then. Below is a list of the top 100 hits of 1971 from musicoutfitters.com

1. Joy to the World, Three Dog Night
2. Maggie May/Find a Reason to Believe, Rod Stewart
3. It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move, Carole King
4. One Bad Apple, The Osmonds
5. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?, The Bee Gees
6. Indian Reservation, The Raiders
7. Go Away Little Girl, Donny Osmond
8. Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver
9. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me), The Temptations
10. Knock Three Times, Dawn
11. Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
12. Tired of Being Alone, Al Green
13. Want Ads, Honey Cone
14. Smiling Faces Sometimes, The Undisputed Truth
15. Treat Her Like a Lady, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
16. You've Got a Friend, James Taylor
17. Mr. Big Stuff, Jean Knight
18. Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones
19. Do You Know What I Mean, Lee Michaels
20. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Joan Baez
21. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
22. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul McCartney
23. Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers
24. Signs, Five Man Electrical Band
25. She's a Lady, Tom Jones
26. Superstar, Murray Head and The Trinidad Singers
27. I Found Someone Of My Own, Free Movement
28. Amos Moses, Jerry Reed
29. Temptation Eyes, The Grass Roots
30. Superstar, The Carpenters
31. My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity, George Harrison
32. Sweet and Innocent, Donny Osmond
33. Put Your Hand In the Hand, Ocean
34. Chick-A-Boom, Daddy Dewdrop
35. For All We Know, The Carpenters
36. Help Me Make It Through the Night, Sammi Smith
37. Rainy Days and Mondays, The Carpenters
38. If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot
39. Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves, Cher
40. Never Can Say Goodbye, The Jackson 5
41. Rose Garden, Lynn Anderson
42. Don't Pull Your Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
43. It Don't Come Easy, Ringo Starr
44. Mr. Bojangles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
45. I Love You for All Seasons, The Fuzz
46. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, The Dramatics
47. That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be, Carly Simon
48. If You Really Love Me, Stevie Wonder
49. Spanish Harlem, Aretha Franklin
50. I Don't Know How to Love Him, Helen Reddy
51. Yo-Yo, The Osmonds
52. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Aretha Franklin
53. Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted, The Partridge Family
54. Draggin' the Line, Tommy James
55. Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner
56. Beginnings/Colour My World, Chicago
57. Stay Awhile, The Bells
58. Sweet City Woman, The Stampeders
59. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo, Lobo
60. Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why, Paul McCartney
61. If, Bread
62. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Marvin Gaye
63. One Toke Over the Line, Brewer and Shipley
64. She's Not Just Another Woman, 8th Day
65. Bring the Boys Home, Freda Payne
66. I Just Want to Celebrate, Rare Earth
67. Never Ending Song of Love, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
68. Easy Loving, Freddy Hart
69. Liar, Three Dog Night
70. Stick-up, Honey Cone
71. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Mac and Katie Kissoon
72. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story, Andy Williams
73. Wild World, Cat Stevens
74. When You're Hot, You're Hot, Jerry Reed
75. Funky Nassau, Beginning Of The End
76. If Not for You, Olivia Newton-John
77. Groove Me, King Floyd
78. Watching Scotty Grow, Bobby Goldsboro
79. Woodstock, Matthews' Southern Comfort
80. Amazing Grace, Judy Collins
81. I Hear You Knocking, Dave Edmunds
82. Lonely Days, The Bee Gees
83. Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again, The Fortunes
84. Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who
85. Trapped By a Thing Called Love, Denise Lasalle
86. Mama's Pearl, The Jackson 5
87. Timothy, The Buoys
88. I Woke Up In Love This Morning, The Partridge Family
89. Theme from "Shaft", Isaac Hayes
90. If I Were Your Woman, Gladys Knight and The Pips
91. I Am... I Said, Neil Diamond
92. Wedding Song (There Is Love), Paul Stookey
93. Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1, Wilson Pickett
94. Love Her Madly, The Doors
95. Here Comes the Sun, Richie Havens
96. Sweet Mary, Wadsworth Mansion
97. Right On the Tip of My Tongue, Brenda and The Tabulations
98. One Less Bell to Answer, The Fifth Dimension
99. Riders On the Storm, The Doors
100. It's Impossible, Perry Como

The number one song on our wedding day was #5: The Bee Gees "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?".

I have to disagree with Andy Williams #72 Love Story theme: sometimes love means being mature enough to say you're sorry.  After all, #41 I never promised you a rose garden. But #47 that's the way I always heard it should be.

Tom asked that I not embarrass him with this post.  To which I say from 1970:

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world.

Happy Anniversary.

One for each and every year.

Perfect

After Sunday's show, Jamie and Catherine and I gave Kady, her brother Hiro, and their grandma Phoebe some beach time.

Hiro taking Jamie for a run.

Phoebe has always loved the beach.

Kady, Hiro, Ocean, and Stick

We spent quality time lying in the warm sand . . .

. . . and watching the tide come in.

Safe and warm and sleepy cuddled against the Mom

In show news for the weekend: Kady was Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite both days to bring her to six points with a major. Pilot was Best of Breed both days and Group 3 on Sunday. Pilot's son Brewer was Winners Dog and Best of Winners.

I was in group along with Mandy and Pilot on Sunday, showing a Vallhund girl who took breed from the classes. Champoeg Hildegarrd is a Hank/Nikki daughter so I am technically her co-breeder. She was a good girl in group, as long as Cheri stayed out of sight!