Happy Fence Friday

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL. I am also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound'. I think this is the nearest I'll get to a photo of a 'Silver Stallion'. And, I reckon a link to "Silver Stallion" by The Highwaymen is okay :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Silver Stallion ~ The Highwaymen

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I am also adding this photo to: Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music Another one of my obscure 'Library' links......the building on the left is the Radcliffe Camera that is part of the Bodleian Library. Libraries have books and "Paperback Writer" comes to mind :-) I decided upon a version by Herb Pedersen from his 1976 album "Southwest" rather than the classic original by The Beatles :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Paperback Writer ~ Herb Pedersen

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I normally hibernate when it is cold and snowy :-) But, last Monday I braved the elements and went to Oxford. Thankfully, most of the snow had disappeared! This shot is of Nuffield College and I believe this is the library tower topped by a flèche. A flèche is, apparently, a lead-covered timber spire, or spirelet :-) Nuffield College was founded in 1937 after a donation to the University by William Richard Morris an English motor manufacturer who founded Morris Motors Limited. I was looking for a motor car link for 'Sight and Sound' and here comes a very wayward one :-) There is a group called 'The Cars'. I am using their song "Just What I Needed" covered here by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Just What I Needed ~ Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) This shot was taken on Dunstable Downs in southern Bedfordshire, England. The Downs reach a height of 797 ft (243 m), the highest point of the county of Bedfordshire. A slightly obscure musical link but "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder seems appropriate :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Higher Ground ~ Stevie Wonder

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL 2nd World War Memorial in grounds of Dinton Church. Dedicated to - W M Currie, 45th Cavalry W Jessett, Royal Army Service Corps T A Miller, Royal Engineers J F Tapping, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry My 'Sight and Sound' link is "Travelin' Soldier" by the Dixie Chicks. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Travelin' Soldier ~ Dixie Chicks

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I was looking for a song to go with these farm buildings and the only, obscure, link I can find is "Where Corn Don't Grow" by Waylon Jennings :-). Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Where Corn Don't Grow ~ Waylon Jennings

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL And, a pretty obscure link for 'Sight and Sound'. That is the word 'Trinity' :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Trinity Lane ~ Lilly Hiatt

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I am also adding this to 'Sight and Sound'. The Guernsey Martello Tower here is also home to a Shipwreck Museum. Gordon Lightfoot recorded "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" about the dreadful and tragic loss of all 29 hands when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ~ Gordon Lightfoot

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL Canons Ashby House is the ancestral home of the Dryden family. The house has remained almost unchanged since the 18th Century. I also wanted to add my photo to 'Sight and Sound' but had almost given up trying to find a suitable link. But, then I found out that Spencer Dryden was drummer for Jefferson Airplane. If Spencer Dryden was related to the Dryden family that would mean I could choose "Plastic Fantastic Lover" by Jefferson Airplane :-)) One of my fave tracks from "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" from 1969. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Plastic Fantastic Lover ~ Jefferson Airplane I didn't know that Spencer left Jefferson Airplane and joined New Riders of the Purple Sage :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I'm also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound' because this is a horsebox and the song that came to mind was "Wild Horse Road" by John Stewart :-) Before John passed away he regularly visited the UK. I have always regretted only seeing him once 'Live in Concert'. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Wild Horse Road ~ John Stewart

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) Added to ~ Happy Fence Friday This photo is of Croome in Worcestershire. From the National Trust website - "During the Second World War and the Cold War years that followed, RAF Defford the secret airfield built in the grounds of Croome park, was one of the most secret places in the country. For it was at Defford that Airborne Radar was tested, developed and proven". Also, for 'Sight and Sound' a song about a treehouse seems logical but there don't appear to be many such songs on YouTube. The only one I could find is "Sittin' in a Treehouse" by Marty Robbins :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Sittin' in a Treehouse ~ Marty Robbins

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL There are some fences here, honest :-) And, for 'Sight and Sound'.......... Gretchen Peters sings - I think I need to lay low for a while Stare at the Gulf of Mexico for a while Tell 'em all where they can go for a while I think I need to lay low I guess this lady and gentleman could be staring at the Gulf of Mexico :-) They are actually looking in the direction of Whipsnade but it's possibly similar to the Gulf of Mexico :-)) We were so fortunate to see Gretchen 'Live in Concert' at The Stables, Wavendon back in May. But, why oh why did it take me 20 years to go to one of her concerts!! Now have all of her albums :-) "Lay Low" comes from her 2018 album "Dancing with the Beast". An album that is now right at the top of my all-time fave album list :-) And, for Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Lay Low ~ Gretchen Peters

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL Croome Court in Worcestershire. Also added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music I have previously used "Walking the Dog" by the Rolling Stones. But, this time I am using the original version by Rufus Thomas :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Walking the Dog ~ Rufus Thomas

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, EVERYONE And, for Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music it was just another morning here at Canons Ashby :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ It's Just Another Morning Here ~ Nanci Griffith

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I guess these two peeps are still in love :-) And, a love song that comes to mind is "When You Say Nothing At All" written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was recorded by Keith Whitley. Tragically Keith Whitley passed away 30 years ago today (9 May 1989) at only 33 years of age from alcohol poisoning. Keith was just starting to record the songs he had always wanted to record and he was starting find the success he so richly deserved. Rest in Peace, Keith Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ When You Say Nothing At All ~ Keith Whitley

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL This is Merton College in Oxford. Please view on black :-) And, for 'Sight and Sound' a little bit of an obscure "Merton" link. Alice Merton recorded "No Roots" and this is my 'Sight and Sound' choice :-) I know nowt about Alice :-) Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ No Roots ~ Alice Merton

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL. These cyclists are going along Bell Gate Drive that leads into Stowe Landscape Gardens. This is the first time I have seen cyclists here so I knew I needed to grab a quick photograph :-) I was also wondering if there was a music link I could use for 'Sight and Sound' and for some obscure reason "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro came to mind :-)) Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Devil Gate Drive ~ Suzi Quatro ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Or listen here ~ Devil Gate Drive ~ Suzi Quatro

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL This photo was taken on the roof of the Blavatnik Building in Oxford looking towards the Radcliffe Observatory. And, for 'Sight and Sound' I have chosen "Up on the Roof" by Carole King & James Taylor from their 'Live at the Troubadour' Concert. In my opinion an absolute classic!! :-)) Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Up on the Roof ~ Carole King & James Taylor Guitar............Danny Kortchmar (Kootch) Bass.............Leland Sklar Drums......... Russell Kunkel