When the Apple Blossoms Bloom . . .

When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I’ll be Your Valentine!

Happy Valentine’s Day.

And speaking of the windmills of your mind, here is one of my Top Favorites: The Windmills of Your Mind — the title song from “The Thomas Crown Affair.” The original movie was made in 1960. That clip is from the 1999 remake of the movie and is sung by Sting. It is not my favorite version of the song.

In my music collection, I have about 15 vocal versions of the song and about 10 instrumental versions. I think I like it so much because of the abstract lyrics of the song. Here are a couple of verses:

Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle your head
Why did summer go so quickly
Was it something that you said
Lovers walking along the shore,
Leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand

Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
In the autumn of goodbye
For a moment you could not recall
The color of her eyes . . .

The last three lines above are from the Nana Mouskouri version, which is my favorite version.