Winter Spring Summer or Fall

Winter Spring Summer or Fall

Winter is represented by the nude painting, the title of which is

If an old girl is quiet ...

Spring is represented by the bonzai tree with cherry blossoms,

the title of the painting is My Cherry Blossoms

Summer is represented by the nude girl sitting on a sunflower.

the title of the painting is If a girl is quiet...

Fall is represented by those maple leaves, the title of the

painting is  Autumn Leaves .

I kept on saying winter spring summer or fall …  over and over.

Couldn’t remember the song where these lyrics came from.

Hmmm… I gave up and searched Google.

The lyrics came from the song by Carole King.

My Dad gave me a long playing album of Ms. King, Tapestry,

when I was very young.  I memorized all of the

songs in the album and played it all the time.

 We didn’t have  computers or internet

back then and all I did was play records on my Dad’s

stereo or on my portable record player that my mother

got me for Christmas.When not listening to music,  reading

pocketbooks and playing the piano kept me and my

sisters busy. Life was so much simpler back then.

Going back to the song “You’ve Got a Friend”, the song’s theme

 is an expression of a “universal sisterly/brotherly love,

an agape-type love of one human being for another,

regardless of gender”, according to author James D. Perone.

The song had appealed to lonely people needing support

from friends. I also read that James Taylor, who had recently

recovered from depression back then, had evoked emotions

from the lyrics when he heard Carole King perform the song.

Even the music elicits or draws out compassion, caring, concern,

kindness and support for people in need of a friend.

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“You’ve Got A Friend”

When you’re down and troubled,
And you need some love and care,
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me,
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night.You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there
You’ve got a friendIf the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
Soon you’ll hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running, running, yeah, yeah, to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there
And I’ll be there, yes I will.

Now, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
When people can be so cold?
They’ll hurt you, yes, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them,
Oh, but don’t you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I’ll come running, running, yeah, yeah, yeah, to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend

You’ve got a friend
Ain’t it good to know, you’ve got a friend?
Ain’t it good to know?
Ain’t it good to know?
Ain’t it good to know, you’ve got a friend?

Oh yeah, now
Oh, you’ve got a friend
Yeah, baby
You’ve got a friend
Oh yeah…
You’ve got a friend

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Have a wonderful weekend dear friends.

Love love love love …. betsisanders