Go to Sleep, Darlings...
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields
It covers them snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, Go to Sleep, Darlings, till the summer comes again.” Lewis Carroll
And today, Carrie Fisher's brother Todd Fisher, shared this lovely tribute to his sister and mother.....on twitter
"This is a beautiful love story to witness in my 58 years. I miss them both so much. Love is everlasting." Todd Fisher
“6 year old Carrie Fisher watching from the wings as her mother Debbie Reynolds performs on stage at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas – 1963” viaMabelman’s Old Hollywood Photograph by Lawrence Schiller
Debbie Reynolds April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016
Carrie Francis Fisher Oct. 21,1956 - Dec. 27, 2016
Most definately the Best version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol starring Alistair Sim as Scrooge.
A Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! - Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836
I failed terribly in capturing the "undeniably beautiful" supermoon tonight, all thou, I was left with three interesting photographs for souvenirs of the special event.
"The difference between a fine oil painting and a mechanical thing like a photograph is simply this: a photograph shows only the reality; a painting shows not only the reality but the dream behind it--. It's our dreams that keep us going. That separate us from the beasts." HARVEY Maybe so, but this photograph gives me the illusion of a fine oil painting with a dream behind it.
p.s. The supermoon returns tomorrow so I get another shot, literally, at a better picture : )
At last, the wait
is over! Father and daughter took a chilly motorcycle ride on hubby's Triumph
900 yesterday, 40 minutes after he landed from Saskatchewan. Two weeks ago the
weather was beautiful, warm and perfect for riding. While hubby was away at work
I drove our truck, which totally is my pet and caught myself waving at the
riders on the motorbikes that passed me on the road as if I was on a bike
myself and immediately wishing hubby were home, only because he’s got the
biker’s license : ) Who would have thought a bike could do this to a girl, for that matter, an
over the hill gal like me?
I never thought
after 40 years my love and passion for motorcycles would still be with me but
taking that first ride on the bike when hubby took me to Merrickville was
beyond exhilarating. The pastoral countryside in Plein air was breathtaking,
literally. The scents of burning wood and freshly cut grass were extensions to
the visual experience only to evoke more of my undying love for the open fields
of the countryside.
Once you take that
first motorcycle ride there is no going back, thou maybe back in time to when
you were twenty-something for there is definitely something magical about
riding a motorcycle. It makes you forget time, space, unhappy thoughts; your
mind becomes an interior pastoral, sylvan landscape and what therapy that is!
And one step beyond it would be riding with the warm wind in your hair.
Thinking back, I
was brought up on motorcycles and Vespa’s back in Italy when I was a mere
five-year-old child. My uncles Mario and Titti would offer me rides on their
bikes in exchange for cigarettes I would have to loot from my sleeping mother
who worked the night shift at the hospital.
And then I met my
husband 14 years later all because I asked for a motorcycle ride on his
Kawasaki 400.
So I suppose it
really shouldn’t have been such surprise to me how much I adore riding!
THEY WERE A NIGHTMARE TO CLEAN AND CARVE WITH JUST A HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN KNIFE. WE BROKE THE ONLY TWO PUMPKIN KNIVES WE HAD. THE SKIN ON THE FAIRYTALE PUMPKINS ARE SUPER TOUGH BUT THEY ARE WORTH USING FOR HALLOWEEN, THEY ALWAYS HAVE SUCH LOVELY SHADES OF ORANGE.
I MUST CONFESS, I ALMOST DIDN'T CARVE THEM AFTER THE FIRST ONE BUT EACH ONE I DID GAVE A DIFFERENT GLOW OF ORANGE LIGHT AND I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE THEM ALL LIT UP.
M CARVED THE BAT AND CRESCENT MOON PUMPKIN AND JACK
HE REMINDS ME OF SLOTH FROM THE GOONIES ....MISSING THE LITTLE EARS : )
SQUASH PUMPKINS ALSO DON'T GIVE YOU MUCH ROOM TO PLAY AROUND WITH BUT I STILL LOVE THEM
BASTET AND JACK ....OUR BEST PUMPKIN THIS YEAR!
THE WITCH IS IN
WATCHING "FRIGHT NIGHT" ANTON YELCHIN, DAVID TENNANT AND COLIN FARRELL, HE WAS SUCH AN AMAZING VAMPIRE IN THIS MOVIE!
HAUNTED LONDON AND HAUNTED BRITAIN AND IRELAND
BOOKS I PICKED UP AT THE ANNUAL KEMPTVILLE BOOK FAIR
Little whispers floated in the night air and ..........
I BELIEVE.....
THEY SAID .....
"DON'T DREAM IT BE IT"......
BE THE GHOST IN THE GHOSTALES BANNER ......
And if you love Peter Cushing's quote so much , why not place it on the banner?
AND SO I DID!
AFTER READING A COMMENT LEFT ON MY "ZOMBIE QUEEN" ART PIECE ON FLICKR,
IT MADE ME THINK AND I THOUGHT SHE WOULD MAKE A RATHER PERFECT GHOST, SO I MADE MYSELF A NEW ETSY SHOP BANNER THIS MORNING AND I MUST SAY, I AM QUITE PLEASED WITH THE END RESULTS.
