Music Monday - The Rainbow Connection

The Rainbow Connection, made famous by Kermit The Frog,  is a very lovely and thought provoking song that is sung beautifully by Karen Carpenter.  She had such an amazing voice.

I often tried to find the meaning of  the "Rainbow Connection" and finally decided that it is anything you want it to be.

I think at different times of my life The Rainbow Connection for me means different things ...  connection with spirit and soul, a love connection, connections with family-friends-people, the meaning of life, my life's work, guidance, messages, answers to questions, memories, dreams ...

I thought I would share The Rainbow Connection with all of you today as we are so close to Christmas and so many wishes and dreams are being planned and hoped for

So here is Karen Carpenter's version:




And here is the finale of the song from the Muppets Movie (the first 2.5mins).
This version really summed it up for me.



So here's hoping and wishing that today or someday soon you will find all your "Rainbow Connections".

Warm Regards


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Lyrics

Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it. I know they're wrong wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that wishes would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star?
Someone thought of that and someone believed it. Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing and what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.
Have you been half asleep, and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors? The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me.

Muppets Finale lyrics

Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

That's part of what rainbows do.

Rainbows are memories, sweet dream reminders

What is it you'd like to do?

All of us watching and wishing we'd find it

I've noticed you're watching too

Someday you'll find it the rainbow connection

The lovers, the dreamers and you.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending
Keep believing, keep pretending

We've done just what we set out to do.

Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

I Love Quotes - Innocence

This week's theme on the Thursday Writers Post is "Innocence"

How do you convey innocence?  I thought I would do that through quotes, stories and pictures on children as I think they truly encapsulate the meaning of innocence.

So here are some quotes I found that I thought convey that childlike innocence:

“In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way. ”  ~ Michael Jackson 

“No matter what happens, always keep your childhood innocence. It's the most important thing.”  ~Federico Fellini 

“The child's naive dream of life is the only one worth having.”  ~ Marty Rubin

Some years ago when my son was very young, we were watching Mary Poppins just a few days before my daughter's birthday. She was not a very tidy kid and her room looked more like a war zone than a bedroom. My son suddenly turned to me and said, "I think we should get Mary Poppins (as in the person not the movie)  for her birthday". Thankfully she grew up to be a fairly tidy person.

When my daughter was in primary school, she handed me a letter from the school one day. The student's name read: firstname Aurora lastname. I told her we would have to write to the school and tell them they had made a mistake but she looked at me and said "Everyone has a middle name except me. So I told them mine was Aurora". She had named herself after Princess Aurora in the Sleeping Beauty.

And these are moments I will never forget.

Enjoy your day.


Warm Regards


Also linking to:

ABC Wednesday T is for ..... Thankful Thursday - 1 December

 The Letter T at ABC Wednesday  is for Thankful Thursday

I am truly thankful for all those terrific people who tirelessly treated and lovingly tended to the little blue penguins that were affected by the tragic oil spill from the Rena off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand.

The Rena was carrying One thousand seven hundred (1700) tonnes of heavy fuel oil and two hundred (200) tonnes of marine diesel oil. See Wikipedia - Rena oil spill for more information.

Recently some Little Blue Penguins were released back into the sea but more than three hundred (300) are still waiting for their release. They were microchipped  to track if the oil spill and their captivity had any effects on their long term health. Taken from Little Blue Penguins Waddle to Freedom

Thankful also for all the tremendous support from thousands of people all over the world who went about knitting little cardigans for the Little Blue Penguins to keep them warm whilst they were being treated. Watch the video on Jumpers for the Little Blue Penguins (truly very cute).

Little Blue Penguin toys are being sold at Skeinz

Little Blue Penguin Trivia:

• world's smallest penguin
• found on the coastlines of New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and Southern Australia
• called Korora in Maori
• it is a protected native species as their numbers are declining
• dogs are their biggest threat hence they thrive in conservation areas.

Trivia information sources:  

     Wikipedia - Little Blue Penguin.     Penguin.net.nz      Department of Conservation NZ

waddling to freedom

Also linking to:  Thankful Thursday with Kate Says Stuff     Black Tag Diaries Thankful Thursday

Check out my "T"s on my blog Photos are Fun

Warm Regards