A Great Blue Heron in flight over Easton's Pond, taken 12/17/2005."The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine." – Plato, Phaedrus
This week's video picks started out with a random search under "fly" in YouTube's search engine, and the first suggested search was "fly away". And near the top of that list was this video by Corrinne May. I'd never heard of Corrinne May before, but this poignant piece of music, "Fly Away", has made me a fan. Maybe she'll make a fan of you, too.
And while I was looking at videos in the "fly away" category I came across this old favorite, "One Day I'll Fly Away", sung by Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's movie Moulin Rouge. I'm a sucker for this one and the song she and Ewan McGregor sang together, "Come What May". Who would ever have known those two could sing, and sing so well? In any case, here's "One Day I'll Fly Away". Enjoy!
Photo & text © 2005 & 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger
Your photo is stunning. You really captured it! We have a resident Great Blue that flies over our Adirondack lake, but I've never been able to put it to film. How lovely.
ReplyDeletelove the vid from moulin rouge...enjoyed that movie much. had never heard of corrine may as well...thanks for the intro...the plato quote is spot on as well.
ReplyDeleteFun choices! Great post, have never seen "Moulin Rouge", so those were new to me. Thanks!
ReplyDeletewow what a great photo! It is sooooo hard to get good ones in flight. The other morning we went for a walk in our water park and started a blue heron...the results were not so stunning. But the experience of seeing it lift off and fly sure was!
ReplyDeleteGot a chance to catch up what a great selection of pics!
Magnificent bird...we have a lot of those in Oregon, actually.
ReplyDeleteRoy, call me unaware that Nicole Kidman could sing! I did not know( tells you I don't get to the movies much, anymore ) And Moulin Rouge is on my list( well this version among others )...great take and pics :)
ReplyDeleteLovely bird...As for Ms. Kidman, she's full of surprises!
ReplyDeleteStraight away I started to hum another "Fly Away" song and it took a minute to put my finger on it. It's a duet with Olivia Newton John and John Denver. On Youtube if you search.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot as usual. I prefer Randy Crawford's version of Someday I'll Fly away but our Nick did a reasonable job of it!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge Moulin Rouge fan. I might just have to watch it tonight. Oh, no, wait, I'm watching the Ken Burns doc on national parks. Over the weekend, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love the feet of herons; so trusting
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteHey you got the screens to real big, easier to watch with over 40 eyes...thanks! -J
Corrine May is a new vocalist for me. I will definitely be on the lookout for her work. The video form Moulin Rouge was nice to view again.
ReplyDeleteI know I wrote a comment yesterday on your great heron photo - I even remember that it made me think of the moving pictures in the Harry Potter stories... flying right out of the frame.
ReplyDeleteBut I must have hit the wrong key - or perhaps I just flew away.
Love the Corrine May vid, too.