Arbor Day Exchange and some Flicks

GR&DF I do thank you once again for your kind comments on my little stitching's and adventures. I so enjoy sharing them. It is almost a cyber coffee clutch we have here - or at least it is for me as I sit here in the mornings drinking my coffee with a tasty treat. This morning it is a raspberry ring from Dianda's - we stopped on the way home yesterday and I got one for this morning. It was tough not to take a bite last night but the will was strong!!
Here is a snap I just took....

I thought it was easier to see than to describe its luscious, buttery, flaky sweet deliciousness!! How cruel am I this morning.... (evil cackle in the background!!)

There was a question about the snowman chart from yesterday - it is called "Clear moon frost soon" by Calico Station.

The mail brought me a lovely package yesterday - it was from Lindsay and the piece was for the "Arbor Day" exchange over on the Holiday Blog.
Here is a snap...

Lindsay made a gorgeous mattress pyn cushion - perfectly stitched in WDW floss using a Workbasket chart - this is the front. On the back ....

... she stitched our initials and attached two charms - "stitched with love' and "hand made." How lovely is this!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful addition to my collection!!

My stitching last night was a little on AB but I took no snap.

There have been many movies in the past two weeks. I wanted to mention a few here... first up would be "Ship of Fools" - 1965 - starring Vivien Leigh, Lee Marvin, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, George Segal and Jose Greco. The story is of the many stories on the ship sailing from Vera Cruz to Bremerhaven in 1933. There are many back stories that come out and many intertwining throughout the movie. Vivien Leigh plays a repressed divorcee aimlessly moving through life. The clip below is from the film after Vivien's character has had too much to drink and her facade finally cracks a bit
- I love this scene it is short and the best part is towards the end -




The next film is "Judgement at Nuremberg" - 1961 - with a wonderful cast ..... Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland , Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell. A powerful and long film of the aftermath of WWII. Wonderful performances and well worth seeing. Next up is "Written on the Wind" - 1956 - starring Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone. This Douglas Sirk soap opera type movie is beautifully filmed and typical of his many top notch films. The story boils down to lots of money, a tramp, too much booze, jealousy and a murder!! Who could ask for anything more. I enjoyed this movie as I do any of the many operatic efforts of the period - well worth a look, but not too hard at Dorothy Malone as she is one hard made up piece of work - and a bit too lurid for the part, but you be the judge. The final film was an odd one called "Hogfather" - 2006 - a different kind of Holiday Tale that takes place in a fantastical place called Discworld. Starring David Jason, Marc Warren and Michelle Dockery. The time is Hogswatch - the equivalent to our Christmas and Hogfather is missing. (Hogfather is their Santa) In steps Death to take up the slack and figure out the mystery and what is happening. His granddaughter who is employed as a Governess jumps in to help. It was a two part 3 hour TV movie that I really thought at the beginning I wouldn't enjoy, but I stuck it out and by the end I was totally hooked!! This is from a series of Books by Terry Pratchette of Discworld - the series I think has 37 volumes where each is a part of the story of Discworld but is a stand alone book. I think I need to pick one up and read it at some point!!

There you go sports fans. Thank you again for stopping by and for your kind comments - do come again!!

Take care,
edgar

It was a Dark and Stormy Weekend....

GR&DF thank you for once again sharing a bit of your day with we me .... I can not believe that I am now have over 200 followers!! THANK YOU all for that.

I also wanted to mention how flabbergasted I am at the number of commentors in for the Blogiversary Drawing. I am not sure at the moment what the prizes will be - but I did spend some time mulling it over and I have come up with some ideas. Now to get in gear and get them together. Just the whole idea that I have been blogging for three years astounds me. I just think - if it wasn't for dear Carol S's encouragement I would have never come out of the shadows of lurk and started this blog.

This past weekend was totally rainy - and you would think I would lock the doors and stay in - but we did get out and about a bit - On Saturday there where no Estate sales in the city. But, Rico and I did go out to Breakfast at Flippers in Hayes Valley - of course I ordered what I always order there - eggs Benedict - no snap - but they are good there and I was in the mood for some Hollandaise!! We stopped off for some coffee beans - we think it is some of the best on the city!!


Blue Bottle Coffee does this great three bean dark roasted coffee - It is delicious!!!!! I also like that they are a micro-roaster and take lots of time making the different coffees. From Hayes Valley we ventured on over to the Antique Mall - we hadn't been in a while and it is always fun to seen some fancy expensive things I can't afford!! On this trip I did find something I couldn't pass on. Here is a snap of the what I got.

What the picture shows is three things - I already had the platter, I bought that in NC at an Antique shop over 20 years ago.... what I found on Saturday at the AM was the open vegetable bowl that matched!! I couldn't believe it. The pattern is called Ceilia and is by Wedgwood. It is from about 1900 and is heavy transferware - and you know I love me some transferware. I really didn't need another bowl but how could I pass?? The little commemorative mug I picked up at the Goodwill on the way back home from the AM. It is a piece of bone china and was made for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Sunday was even more rainy and windy, but once again we ventured out to breakfast at Eddie's Cafe this time and so we could visit our little farmers market. We needed some funions so we stopped at an ATM - I saw this bumper sticker...

I always am reading bumper stickers and found this one laugh out loud funny - with my twisted since of humor I couldn't resist a snap to share!!

After breakfast we found the farmers market deserted...

.... rainy and windy... we picked up some veggies and then stopped at the flower stand for some spring brightness....

Then it was off to home to stay in for the rest of the day!!

That was the weekend - I spent my stitching time on Alpha Birds... here is a snap....


It is a bit crooked but you get the idea. The birds and bits are working up pretty fast compared to the letters - and there are some symbol problems I am having to fix along the way - not too bad but just kind of missed here and there. There are two bands and a space that separate each section and I am thinking of doing something different in them than what is charted. Not sure yet about what but I certainly can't see myself putting my initials and date on this three times!!

I also heard that two exchange pieces that I made have gotten to there destinations. Fist to arrive was a piece I made for my partner Janet in the Winter House Exchange over at HOE - here is a snap -

It is a wintery themed photo album -

I thought it would be a nice place to keep wintery snaps and was a totally fun piece to make!! The second piece to arrive was a piece I made for the Arbor Day Exchange on the Holiday Blog. My partner was Lisa and here is a snap of the Pyn Keepe I made...

The only requirement was that the piece have a tree in it and I chose this Workbasket chart with pine trees.

That's about it for today sports fans!! Thank again for your kind comments - and for stopping by, do come again!!

Take care,
edgar