Category Archives: National Park

28 December 2023

Walking. Ancestral Sites Trail. Pecos National Historical Park. Stretching.
Silent Night – Idina Menzel
Happy Christmas – John Lennon
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Simple Praise – Joanie Madden
Shepherd’s Rocking Carol – Philip Aaberg
The First Noel – Mahalia Jackson
First Noel – Leslie Odom, Jr.
In the Stillness – The Many
Fireside Ki Ho’alu – George Kuo
What Child Is This – Trace Bundy
All We Like Sheep – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
Of the Father’s Love Begotten – Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet

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22 July 2023

Birthday playlist – normal rules do not apply. This played through the day.
Camp Nelson National Monument. Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument. Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
Cut the Cake – John McCutcheon
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
Tapestry – Carole King
I Will Find You – Clannad
Idiot Wind – bob Dylan
This Little Light of Mine – Fannie Lou Hamer
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Glory – Common & John Legend
We Shall Remain – Kaolin Johnson
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
These Days – Nico
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
For a Dancer – Jackson Browne
The Big Fellah – Black 47
All Along the Watchtower – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone
How Can I Keep from Singing – Eva Cassidy
No Surrender – Bruce Springsteen
Long May You Run – Neil Young
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
Let It Be – The Beatles
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Carry on Til Tomorrow – Badfinger
Imagine – Willie Nelson
Let the Circle Be Wide – Tommy Sands
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley &The Wailers
Step by Step – Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Helpless – k.d. lang
Further On – Johnny Cash
My Shot – Hamilton
Cradle to the Grace – Eric Bogle
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree DinaDeen Mardenbergh
Peace Anthem – Sera
A Song of Peace – David LaMotte
This Wheel’s on Fire – The Band
Theme for an Imaginary Western – Mountain
Child of the Wind – Bruce Cockburn
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Ghosts of Houston Street- Raya Zaragoza
Younger Men Grow Older – Richie Havens
Apple Cider Re-Constitution – Al Stewart
Rock Me on the Water – Annie Humphrey
Charcoal Lane – Archie Roach
Victor Hara – Arlo Guthrie
Streets of London – Ralph McTell
Manhattan Island Serenade – Leon Russell
One Light in a Dark Valley – Harry Chapin
Conquistador – Procol Harum
I Shall Be Released – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Long as I Can See the Light – Joe Cocker
Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Who’ll Stop the Rain – Credence Clearwater Revival
After the Goldrush – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
Southbound Train – Graham Nash & David Crosby
The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
It’s All Right to Cry – Rosey Grier
Piper to the End – Mark Knoplfer
Magic Man – Tom Chapin
River of Time – Bill Miller
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
Loch Lomond – Paul Robeson
Jolly Roger – Roger McGuinn
Angie – The Rolling Stones
Old Friends – Simon & Garfunkel
Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon
Waiting on the World to Change – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’
The Great Storm Is Over – Bob Framke

The Weight – Playing for Change
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Forever Young – The Band
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
Forever Young – Rhiannon Giddens & Iron & Wine
Forever Young – Joan Baez
Forever Young – Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids

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Purple flowers guest collection, #222

Walnut Canyon National Park
Flagstaff, Arizona
4 June 2023
Ann Rhee Menzie

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Purple flowers guest collection #220

Olympic National Park
Port Angeles, Washington
Ann Rhee Menzie

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AdventWord 2022 – December 15 – #thirsty

Watching a butterfly slake its thirst.

From a purple flower.

Probably a thistle, but I don’t know for sure.

Still the delicate beauty of the magnificent creature captivated me when I took the photo and it captivates me now.

Photo: 4 September 2021, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ross County, Ohio

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AdventWord 2022 – November 30 #mountains

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
July 8, 2011

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Purple flowers, Catoctin Mountain Park #2

15 April 2022
Catoctin Mountain Park
Maryland

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Purple flowers, Catoctin Mountain Park #1

15 April 2022
Catoctin Mountain Park
Maryland

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15 April 2022

Walking. Catoctin Mountain Park. Sutton Flatwoods.
Taxman – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Kina Grannis
I See a Darkness – Johnny Cash
Rustic Dance – John McCutcheon
Frankie and Albert – Lead Belly
Burn All the Letters – Indigo Girls
My Lament – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Keep on Singing – The Sands Family
Bathian Bujaaya Rakh – Shazia Mansour
SerpentineFire/Saturday Nite/Can’t Hide Love/Reasons – Earth, Wind & Fire
That Girl Could Sing – Jackson Browne
Tomorrow Is My Turn – Rhiannon Giddens
Lullaby – The Chicks
The Road to El Dorado – Eric Bogle

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Petersburg National Battlefield

23 November 2021
Petersburg National Battlefield
Entrance to the Mine

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