Spring Fling

I’m getting the wonderful feeling that Spring is springing. I saw daffodils in a neighbour’s yard, my trees are beginning to bloom, I have roses budding. My boys are beginning to fling off  their duvet in the middle of the night. Even the dog has chucked out one of his blankets from his bed. AND Cadbury’s Creme Eggs are in stores 🙂

I get a whiff of Spring and I always feel like bursting into song. I do, it’s true!  So, for the past few days,  I’ve been thinking music and not movies.. ooh, but what fab movies the music comes from….

If you take a peek around the blog area, you will see one of my all time favourite women. Nay, she is my all time heroine. So much so, I remember specifically saying I wanted my hair like her’s. So, Sound of Music soundtrack LP under her arm, my mum took me to the hairdressers, showed the hair dresser the picture on the back and minutes later, I had a  Julie Andrews.

Now, I WAS Julie Andrews. I got all my friends together, gave them all a character, and we played and sang our way through the movie before we were called in for dinner. My mother got so sick of the soundtrack and had just about had it with the movie, so I enlisted my aunt, to whom I am eternally grateful, for taking me to see it another dozen times.

So my friends, the hills are alive with the sound of music as well spring flowers …so clear your pipes and sing along. Here are the ones to welcome bright mornings, chirpy birds and warm and breezy afternoons.  

The Sound of Music:  I have a feeling you may have seen this one. But hey, with this one, you get to sing AND yodel!

The King and I:  A manly Yul Brynner taking the waist of Deborah Kerr, shall we dance?

Jungle Book : Let’s not only sing along, let’s boogy with this one.

Singing in the Rain:  April showers? Go out and dance with the kids and sing!

My Fair Lady: Wooden it be luvlee… absolutely!

Mary Poppins: My Jules again getting fragilistic.

High Society: Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby. Sizzling score by Cole Porter. Does NOT get better than this.

There you have it. My springy servings of pure musical delight.  Welcome this great season of new life and fresh beginnings…so open your windows and sing with the birds… and Julie as well of course!  Happy Spring.