Dear Friends, Hi! Glad you are back. I have a great dog song to share with you today.
"Hey Bulldog" was released by The Beatles in 1969. It was mostly written by John Lennon, although it has the Lennon - McCartney song credit. This song was written the same time as "Lady Madonna" and it has a similar blues influenced sound with a piano riff. This song was from the Yellow Submarine Album. Here's some fun trivia -- the song was originally called "She Can Talk To Me." It had a line "hey bullfrog" (not "bulldog"!) and Paul McCartney barked at that line. That's how it became "Hey Bulldog." The barks that you hear in the song are done by Paul! John sings lead.
More trivia -- The Beatles completed this song from start to finished recording in 10 hours. They all participated on the record and their recording engineer Geoff Emerick said it was one of the most collaborative Beatles songs.
The original movie version of Yellow Submarine included this song, although it was later cut out of the American released movie. (Later it was added back in.) My Momma is a huge Beatles fan and she really likes this song. I hear a lot of Beatles music at my house, so I think I like it too. Plus it is a fun song! Here is a video of The Beatles singing "Hey Bulldog." Are you a Beatles fan? I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below. Love, Abby xoxoxo
Book Synopsis Welcome to Safe Haven, where love—and a second chance—is just around the corner…
Sunny, carefree days splashing in the ocean—it’s the life Anna George
has always wanted for her five-year-old twins. And now that they’ve
made it to Safe Haven, South Carolina, she won’t let anyone stand in her
way. Not the abusive ex she’s just escaped and not the rugged
contractor who caught her setting up house in the shuttered beachfront
cabins he’s refurbishing. When he offers Anna and her daughters a place
to stay in exchange for her help with renovations, she’s tempted. His
gentle way with her girls makes her want to trust him, but she’s been
wrong before…
A family is the last thing contractor and former military man Sean
O’Dwyer wants right now. But when he discovers Anna and her girls, he
recognizes kindred spirits. They’re survivors who’ve seen the worst of
people, just like he has, and he’ll do anything he can to help them. As
he and Anna spend their days bringing the cottages back to life and
their nights sharing kisses in the warm bayou breezes, Sean must choose
between the life he always wanted and the family he can’t live without.
My Review Low Country Hero is the first book in Lee Tobin McClain's new Safe Haven series. It is a southern novel set in the small coastal town of Safe Haven, South Carolina. Anna George comes to live in Safe Haven with her young twin daughters after escaping her abusive husband. While she is staying in an empty cottage by the beach she meets contractor Sean O'Dwyer, who has been hired to renovate the cottage and surrounding community. A slow friendship and romance begins as Anna struggles to escape her past.
I was interested in reading Low Country Hero because of the setting. I love southern novels, and especially love books set on the coast. The author captured the Lowcountry coast perfectly - from the warmth of the people to the delicious southern food. Anna is a very sympathetic protagonist. She is a warm, kind person, a devoted mother, and she really works hard to make a new life for herself and her daughters. Sean is also a very likeable character. He is working, too, to put his past behind him (his mother was an abused woman and he was raised in foster care). I found their romance that began as a slow building friendship very realistic. The novel explores domestic violence, including Anna's story, her new friend who runs a women's shelter in town, and the story of Sean's mother. I felt this more serious storyline was handled very sensitively and it brought some real depth to what would otherwise have been a light romance. This is the first of three books and I already look forward to continuing this series. I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys women's fiction or romance with a more serious theme. The southern setting is sure to appeal as well!
Author Bio Lee Tobin McClain read Gone With The Wind
in the third grade and has been an incurable romantic ever since. When
she’s not writing emotional love stories with happy endings, she’s
probably driving around a carload of snarky teen girls, playing with her
rescue dog and cat, or teaching aspiring writers in Seton Hill
University’s MFA program. She is probably not cleaning her house.
Book Synopsis Theodosia Browning serves
tea and solves crimes in Charleston, a city steeped in tradition and
treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling
author Laura Childs.
It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia
and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The
view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen
other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the
clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a
drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them
out.
As Theodosia and Drayton watch, the
drone, hovering like some angry, mechanized insect, deliberately crashes
into the balloon next to them. An enormous, fiery explosion erupts, and
everyone watches in horror as the balloon plummets to the earth,
killing all three of its passengers.
Sirens scream, first responders arrive,
and Theodosia is interviewed by the police. During the interview she
learns that one of the downed occupants was Don Kingsley, the CEO of a
local software company, SyncSoft. Not only do the police suspect
Kingsley as the primary target, they learn that he possessed a rare
Revolutionary War Union Jack flag that several people were rabidly
bidding on.
Intrigued, Theodosia begins her own
investigation. Was it the CEO’s soon-to-be ex-wife, who is restoring an
enormous mansion at no expense? The CEO’s personal assistant, who also
functioned as curator of his prized collection of Americana? Two rival
antiques’ dealers known for dirty dealing? Or was the killer the fiancée
of one of Theodosia’s dear friends, who turns out to be an employee—and
whistle-blower—at SyncSoft?
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!
Author Bio Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries.
In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing
firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of
Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising
for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.
Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:
The Tea Shop Mysteries –
set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia
Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy
entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an
intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or
inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly
atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.
The Scrapbooking Mysteries –
a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main
character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French
Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who
owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries,
jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known
here!
The Cackleberry Club Mysteries –
set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur
station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus
women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty
here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business
is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers
recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.
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In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing
firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of
Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising
for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs. 
–
set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia
Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy
entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an
intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or
inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly
atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.
–
a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main
character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French
Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who
owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries,
jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known
here!
–
set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur
station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus
women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty
here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business
is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers
recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.
