The Taber Family Blog

I’ve been listening to this song by Coldplay and thought I’d share it with you. The main melody is based on an older song by one my favorite bands from the 70′s named Kraftwerk. Coldplay took that original melody and juxtaposed it with completely different words and meaning. It’s one of those melodies that seems to stick in my head for days.

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Coldplay – Talk

Oh brother I can’t, I can’t get through
I’ve been trying hard to reach you ’cause I don’t know what to do
Oh brother I can’t believe it’s true
I’m so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
Oh I wanna talk to you

You can take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung
Or do something that’s never been done

Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
Tell me how you feel?
Well I feel like they’re talking in a language I don’t speak
And they’re talking it to me

So you take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung
Or do something that’s never been done
Or do something that’s never been done

So you don’t know where you’re going and you wanna talk
And you feel like you’re going where you’ve been before
You tell anyone who’ll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing’s really making any sense at all, let’s talk
Let’s talk, let’s talk, let’s talk.

Today was a quiet and rainy day on the home front. We spent the morning attending the Bethany Preschool’s 35th anniversary event and watched Owen sing his heart out with a boatload of other little preschoolers. I actually brought my camera along but forgot the memory card at home. DOH!

The kids pelted by hail

Later we watched a DVR’d SNL from two weeks ago and saw the skies suddenly darken and then a really nice hail storm started. Pretty cool, because it doesn’t happen much here in Vacaville. Snapped a pic since I was in close promoxity of my memory card. The photo is of Grant, Lauren and Wyatt.

Wineroad Gang - 2009

Denise and I spent Saturday and Sunday attending our January ritual in Sonoma County. This will be our 4th year drinking and discovering new wine and winemakers along the Russian Wine Road. The annual event is a three day affair over the MLK weekend with over 100 local wineries taking part and always a lot of fun. This year, the unusual spring-like weather made for a great couple of days in the famous and beautiful Dry Creek, Russian River area of the north San Francisco Bay. Seemed like short sleeve and shorts weather to me and difficult to believe it’s January, when nearly the rest of the country is freezing in record cold weather. Certainly one of the few aspects of living in California that I still like.

We were joined this year by our friends from church and fellow wine lovers, Janet and Daryl Sisco and had a blast driving around this beautiful country. Here is a listing of the wineries we visited this year.

Rockville Park, looking toward Twin Sisters

Went with some friends and the kids on a day hike over at Rockville Park, near Cordelia, CA yesterday. We’re having some real nice warm weather right now (supposed to be 72 today!), so outdoor adventures are great while the weather holds. This time of year all the hills turn a pretty green shade of green, so the good weather and beautiful scenery makes for wonderful hiking. Only had my phone with me, but the photos are still pretty good.