vinyl | little home by hand

Except the boyfriend and I don’t do carnival and chose to hunker down at home for the long weekend instead. Fine with the cats too.

The boyfriend got a new stereo system this week and I’ve been playing my old records on it (I did insist he get one where the record player can be plugged in. Apparently most new stereos don’t have that plug anymore! Seriously, people don’t know what they’re missing). My taste in music seems to be pretty far off the beaten track though…I tried to find a youtube video to share my current favorite, “Winds of the Old Days” by Joan Baez, but there isn’t one.
You can listen to a preview on Amazon though (Song 9).
Apart from that, a little sewing, a photoshoot and a new shelf in our southfacing window (yes, I do know the window needs cleaning desperately).

The seed starting box came out this weekend and got cleaned and set up. The first seeds for the garden are in their little starting pots and waiting to sprout.
By the way, I updated my Blog Roll after planning to do so for about a year so have a look to the right 🙂

Something different today. I love songs that tell stories. That draw you in and touch you. Though I like today’s music I always seem to be drawn to older, powerful songs with just guitar and a wonderful voice to capture you. I love putting on a record and sitting next to the record player, closing my eyes and just listening.
I’ll share with you the song that touched my today (I have a new favourite every couple of days):

For those who liked that, I strongly recommend checking out this song, and this song and also this song. And of course, I can really recommend purchasing the good old vinyls of these! Obviously I’m on a Joan Baez high right now, triggered by the fact she’s coming to my town in concert in a few weeks. I can’t afford the tickets but I’ll hopefully see her the next time she comes around.
Back tomorrow with new pictures!