The Blues in Black And White

I listen to a lot of music during the summer, and most often I’m playing the blues. Because I’m listening to the blues today, I decided to enter this photo of a friend playing blues harmonica into the Monochrome Weekly Project. You can visit Aileni at the main site to find other photographers who love to post black and white photos.

I got to pondering about why I listen to so much music in summer, and so rarely put on the stereo in winter. I think it’s to cover the noises of summer. Right about now, when the heat outside is tremendous, the cicadas begin to serenade us. I believe they are singing ardent love songs, but I just wish they would hook up and shut up.

Have you ever heard the cicadas when they get going? Imagine your neighbor’s weed whacker at 6:30 on a Sunday morning — now imagine ten weed whackers at the same time. That’s how annoying they are. They almost make me appreciate that mockingbird in my yard (the one I want to kill encourage to move because he sings the Hallelujah Chorus at all hours of the morning). He swoops in and gobbles those bugs for breakfast.

Eat faster, little mockingbird. You have to keep up your strength.

I figure that I turn the music loud to drown the drone of those bugs. Or, maybe to mask the sound of the air conditioner running constantly! I can hear the electric meter clicking, too, and know our bill will be astronomical.

That’s depressing! Perhaps I shouldn’t be listening to the blues?

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