MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Today I watched, online, Magic in the Moonlight with Colin Firth and Emma Stone.  A magician wants to prove that a medium is fake.  They fall in love.  End of story.  Colin Firth played his arrogance well yet I was wanting in the mediums role played by Emma Stone.  It just didn't work for me.  I think Woody should have cast Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) in the role.  Something good did come out of it though - a song - that I want to learn on the keyboard.  I haven't as of yet been successful finding the sheet music but I did find a youtube - Ruth Etting original from 1927 and what they played in the movie - It all depends on you.  My keyboard teacher is getting hit with this one when I restart lessons in January.

Here are the lyrics:

Lovers depend on moonlight for a love affair
Babies depend on mothers for their tender care
Flowers depend on sunshine, and the morning dew
Each thing depends on something, and I depend on you

I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be good, or I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, I can be proud
It all depends on you

I can save money, or spend it
Go right on living, or end it
You’re to blame, honey, for what I do
I know that I can be beggar, I can be king
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you

I just had a random thought...and other stuff

2015

is

going

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be 

awesome

WOW, this image reminds me of the stone house that we lived in overlooking the Humber River - 2.5 acres.  We are purging the house and I was going thru the stuff under the stairs and there were the 3 wreaths that I used to put up in the windows.  I kept them - memories.

from Soul Chronicles

And another image shows up that reminds me of the same stone house,  This is what they call a Christian door - the cross is at the top and the open bible at the bottom.

from Soul Chronicle

Kang San art is on Tumbler.  Sweet and scary image of Hansel and Gretal.  I love the images of them - especially Hansels tophat.

from EnnisBlue/Soul Chronicles

and, THIS ONE --- have you ever seen the perfect image of your pets and you go to get the camera and they have moved.  Finally, a picture of our PURRCILLA - adorbz.

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY DAME MAGGIE SMITH

TILDA SWINTON

Its possibly a Grand Budapest Hotel day - again!

LOVE MURDOCH MYSTERIES and other stuff

It is my most fav thing to watch on TV.  Love this image of Murdoch and Julia walking in High Park.

Thank you Crabtreee from Tumbler

GROOVY



MY NEW SCREENSAVER - luverly

THIS ONE - HA HA HA

JUST A FEW CHRISTMAS POSTS THAT I SAVED TO BLOG ON

How to make a Christmas Tree napkin - pretty neat.



He gives his kids a silly Christmas present but the kiddos are still grateful.  Sweeeet!



Ewwwwww.  This does not appeal to me at all, albeit creative AND EXPENSIVE to make.  Rainbow Fudge.



For anyone who has ever seen A Christmas Story - it is a hoot.  I video taped it in the 90's and we used to watch it every Christmas.  It is set in the 50's and has a father much like Dagwood, a perfect mother much like Blondie and 2 kiddos.  The father gets a leg lamp which he won from a contest and they place it in the front window of their retro home.  Today, the home that the movie was filmed in still has a leg lamp in the window.  I googled it - see for yourself - 3159 W 11th St., Cleveland, OH.  You can watch the movie free online.

...and here she is FESTIVE VINTAGE BARBIE (my profile pic right now on Facebook)

HURR DURR, I'M A DOG, BARK, WOOF - BLAH BLAH BLAH (lol)

tks I Waste So Much Time

FEELIN BETTER AND THIS YOUTUBE

I think I caught the flu bug in the hospital last Wednesday when I got my cataract surgery.  Still in bed and just saw this youtube of ironing napkins to white candles.  The music and the idea is soooooooo early 70's and take a look at that iron - duct tape all around the wire - lol - I would have loved this back then.

REMEMBERING DAYS GONE BY - SIGH

                                THIS ONE...

And being sooooooo excited when this arrived...

but never getting this...

but, now I live in a retro built house and we will be getting a new retro fridge and stove in the new year.  Some things are worth waiting for.

Here is the retro link - http://www.elmirastoveworks.com/northstar/refrigerators/colors/

...WE ARE STARDUST, WE ARE GOLDEN......

How the song was created........

                              By the way, Joni Mitchell is awe-inspiring.

NOT SNARLING......

I think this dog is trying to SMILE

I CAN RELATE TO THIS

i waste so much time

PICASSO ANIMATION

This is why I like the internet - really like this animated gif of Picasso's THE THREE MUSICIANS.

IN OTHER WORDS, I WILL NO LONGER BE BURDENED

OH MY - THESE HIS AND HER WEDDING RINGS ...........

LEGO INGENUITY

Thanks to the ingenuity of a veterinarian and some spare LEGO bricks, this tiny tortoise is now able to roll around on his own little wheelchair. Blade's owner, Iris Peste, took the tortoise to the vet after she noticed that he was struggling to move around. The vet, Dr. Carsten Plischke, discovered that due to a host of problems including worms and a growth disorder, Blade's limbs had become so weak that he could no longer walk on his own. In a stroke of genius, Dr. Plischke borrowed some of his own son's LEGO blocks, which he fitted to the underside of the tortoise's shell. With two sets of wheels supporting his body, Blade is now able to scoot around while his legs heal, after which he'll be able to walk again.

"For people there are walkers, rollators or prostheses but for animals there are no companies that produce something like that," Dr. Plischke says. "The size variation of animals means they can't establish uniform products. So you have to come up with creative solutions; every animal needs its own treatment." Luckily, there are vets like Dr. Plischke, who are creative and compassionate enough to help any animal in need.

Tks to My Modern Met

AND, speaking of LEGO - how awesome are these 'soon to be in stores' LEGO birds.  Starting in January 2015, you can purchase Poulsom’s blue jay, hummingbird, and robin models. Each sits on its own stand, the hummingbird has its long beak pointed…

Tks to My Modern Met

MOST CREATIVE WAY TO SELL YOUR HOME

This Dutch man is selling his house with a tour ----- with a roller coaster ride,

FUGGET ABOUT IT!!!

STOCKPILING FOOD FOR AN EMERGENCY - TOP 10 FOODS

It will not allow me to copy to paste - So here is the link

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/top-10-must-have-foods-for-an-emergency-stockpile/

AURORA BOREALIS IMAGE - 512 MILES FROM EARTH

This showed up on Facebook this week and some of the commenters said it was a photoshop - NOT!!!! Its real and was taken on October 12, 2012 - Thanks ASTROBOB.  Here is a link to read more about this --- http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2012/10/10/mondays-aurora-from-orbit-space-station-welcomes-a-dragon/#comment-129906

GHOST TOWN ON FIRE - CENTRALIA, Pennsylvania

Centralia, PA is a modern day ghost town with an ongoing underground inferno. Silent Hill was inspired by Centralia's plight. It was also a model for various movies that wanted to give a hell-like appearance in a ghost town.  450 acres undergound has been burning for over 50 years ----- Very interesting indeed.

CANADIAN BEER COMMERCIAL - Tim Hicks from St. Catharines

WONDERFUL MEMORIES

I really like this animated image.  For some reason it takes me back to the early 70's walking around High Park Streets, up to Roncesvalles to the Cafe May with CLR and Lorne.

Source - Namk1 on Tumbler

INTERESTING REFLEXOLOGY TIPS

THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS

I just saw this the other day and am thinking about making him this summer and decorating like the image next year.  Too funny.  In the meantime, we will put the 9 Vintage Santas out front (image from last year).

YEP!

MAKE YOUR OWN MITTENS OUT OF A SWEATER

AWESOME - BIRDS GATHER AND THEN TAKE FLIGHT FROM TREE

This is fantastic to watch.  

APPLE ROSE TARTS

Your friends will be impressed with these APPLE ROSE TARTS.

BACON BITES

Just wrap bacon around your favourite stuffing recipe. Bake at 375 until bacon is crisp.  Great treat for the upcoming holidays.  

CARRIE NEWCOMER - TWO TOASTS

Finally, after a very long time - a breath of fresh air comes my way.  I have been listening to classical music for quite awhile now as - well, I cannot stand all the screaming and my older soul pines for the soothing voice that once many many years ago had me almost mesmerized - that being Joni Mitchell.  BUT today while viewing some of my favourite blogs, Carrie Newcomer showed up - Her voice, like Joni's is soothing and Parker J. Palmers lyrics (actually a poem) are like the wind - angelic.  Enjoy!

  

"TWO TOASTS"

"To Words and How They Live Between Us…"

Praise be that this thin mark, this sound
Can form the word that takes on flesh
To enter where no flesh can go
To fill each other’s emptiness.

"To Us and How We Live Between the Words…"

And in between the sound of words
I hear your silent, sounding soul
Where One abides in solitude
Who keeps us one when speech shall go.

—Parker J. Palmer

AND THATS THE END OF IT

The last leaf raking happened yesterday.  Snow is coming.  I also got in around 230 bulbs which I look forward to next Spring.  As the next season encroaches upon us, I for one am glad.  I guess I love all our seasons.

DIPHYLLEIA GRAYI (Skeleton flower) from Asia and Japan

The opaque white petals of  Diphylleia grayi (better known at “skeleton flower”) turn transparent when touched by raindrops   - TKS ENNIS BLUE.

CHALKART

Ever look at a word and it looks weird.  I am having that right now with the word 'CHALK'.  Really like this idea of chalkart done on parking lot lines.  SWEET!

FOR RALPH - CATS LIKE LIGHT TOO

FOR CLR - YOU ARE UNIQUE!

Just happened upon this today and thought of you from our last conversation about cell phones.

BEATLE PANCAKES

Love this illustration on making Beatle Pancakes.  There are alot of youtubes on how to make artistic pancakes.  Great Saturday morning winter idea for me.

DISNEY WEDDING PROJECTION CAKE IS AWESOME

The Disney wedding team takes a wedding cake covered in blank fondant, and using projection mapping, adds the magical touch of animation. So, while the cake will look a little plain when the projector is off, it puts on a show for the ceremony.

RACCOON HEIST

Everynite I hear a raccoon knocking the blue box down the stairs from the back porch to see if theres anything DELISH to eat.  I thought this was funny the way it grabs the food and runs away.

REALLY LIKE THIS MAP OF CANADA

GARDEN 2014

LOOKING SOUTHEAST TO THE SECRET RESTING PLACE

LOOKING SOUTH AT THE NEW ALUMINUM GAZEBO

LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS VEGIE GARDEN

LOOKING EAST TOWARDS SECRET PLACE

BEHIND THE SOUTH GARDEN - NEW PATHWAY - NEXT SUMMER WILL FILL IT WITH PERENNIALS WITH ZINNIAS AT THE FRONT

LOOKING WEST BY THE SHED WITH MORNING GLORIES AND THE 12' HIGH SUNFLOWER DAISY.  THE SNOWMEN ARE POKING THEIR NOSES THRU THE FLOWERS.