Sunday, January 14, 2024

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE - HOW ABOUT THREE DUCK PHOTOS TO GIVE YOU A SMILE?

 








"Be kind to your web-footed friends, for that duck may be someone's mother."

~Mitch Miller~



Thanks for taking time out of your weekend to swim by.

Have a great day!








“Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and artists and repertoire(A&R) man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings.”  

All this information and much more can be found if you click on his name below his quote.

Here is another interesting page that includes the quote above, about half way down the page.






45 comments:

  1. Awww.
    My father used to quote that Mitch Miller phrase. It made me smile. I haven't seen or heard it decades. Stay warm, stay safe.

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    1. Thank you Sue :) How interesting, I am glad I found this quote as I needed a refresher on who Mitch Miller was. My husband remembers his TV show.

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    1. Thank you Roentare, the babies are always my favorites :)

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  3. Love them all especially that last one.

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  4. If these pictures don’t put a smile on your face better check that you have a pulse!

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    1. Ducks will always make me smile, I'm glad these do for you. thanks David :)

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  5. Ducks are one of my favorites, and you took some good ones!

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    1. Thank you, so glad you enjoyed them. I absolutely love ducks :)

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  6. Hello Denise :=)
    Your photos are lovely. ducks are beautiful creatures, and the duckling is as cute as can be, and did make me smile.. Without knowing about M W Miller, and his quote, I told my son when he was about nine years old the very same thing so he would respect all birds.

    If I didn't wish you a happy new year I hope it will prove to be both happy and healthy.
    All the best
    Sonjia.

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    1. Thank you Sonjia, you and I taught our son's well :)Thank you for your Happy New Year wishes, I wish you the same. All the best to you too!

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  7. one of our high moments of last year were the mother/father/babie ducks in our pool. we love ducks.. they are messy but so are trees. take the good with the bad. great photos of these feathered fine ducks

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    1. Thanks Sandra :) That would be wonderful to see them up close, yes messy but so worth it. We always take the good with the bad, most times the good is good for us in so many ways :)

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  8. Hello,
    Love the ducks and the cute ducklings. Take care, stay warm and safe. Have a great week!

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    1. Thanks Eileen, glad you liked them and you do the same :)

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  9. I was a big fan of Mitch Miller.

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    1. That's good to hear Red, first time I heard of him and so glad I know now :)

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  10. Cute little duckies, do you have them all in a row? lol

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    1. Lol! Wish I did Pam, I'd love to see these lovelies often :)

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  11. That would be a fun drive Linda :) Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed!

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  12. Darling ducks and sweet quote by Mitch Miller. I'm old enough to remember his show Sing Along with Mitch.

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    1. Glad you enjoyed them Martha Ellen :) That's lovely, Gregg remembers it too.

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  13. I still have my parents Mitch Miller albums.

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    1. That's wonderful Mike! A real treasure, especially as it belonged to your parents :)

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  14. My grandmother told me when I was very young that ducks wear a smile all the time and, do you know, I've never seen a duck that doesn't smile. Your photos just prove it!

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    1. That's such a sweet memory Pauline I'll always see that smile too thanks to you :)

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  15. Aww I do like your ducks.
    Hope you've enjoyed a happy Sunday.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Happy you do Jan, thank you and all the best to you too :)

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  16. Did you play Duck,Duck, Goose when you were little?

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    1. No that I can remember but it sounds like a fun game :)

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  17. The duckling photos were so cute, Denise, and while we didn't see any on the Nashua River last spring/summer, we do have a group of Mallard male and female ducks regularly seen here. They are always a welcome sight, more so than the Canada Geese.

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    1. Happy you think so Dorothy :) That's super that you have visiting mallards. I don't get to see them too often unless we take a car drive :)

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  18. What wonderful photos of the ducks, Denise. I want to get back to nature very soon. I've been traveling in the new year, and now it's time to settle in, enjoy Winter, the snow, and nature. ; ) I always love your nature photos, they truly are special.

    ~Sheri

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    1. Happy you enjoy them Sheri, that is so sweet of you to say so, and thank you very much :) I have been enjoying your travel photos, nothing like visiting your family, especially this time of the year. Looking forward to your nature photos also :)

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  19. 🦆 Be kind to your friends in the swamp, where it’s very very cold and damp!
    You may think that this is the end, well, it is, but we’re going to sing it over…

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    1. Lovely! Thanks for the other words to the song Linda :)

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