Off to the north country..

Well, took today off (Friday) and Monday too. My last 2 Flex days from work. :-(

Heading up to Red Deer today and will be staying at Chris's place. Now THAT is just weird. Staying at my son's place... guess that means he's all growed up, eh? So I'll get to spend this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow with my sons. I called them last night to REALLY confirm, and Paddy was taking Chris to the laundramat to do laundry.... BEFORE I got there! Hmmmm... clean sheets maybe?




Then off to stay at Deb R's place outside of Innisfail for Saturday nite and Sunday morning. They still have 18 chickens to kill... so I'm either OUTTA there BEFORE that happens, OR, I'm her excuse to NOT do them, and let Randy finish the birds off!

Then on my way back down here, I'll stop at Deb S.'s place in Calgary Sunday afternoon. Any wonder why I took Monday off? LOL

Last weekend, when Deb & Darryl were here, JEEZ, I forgot to give her her birthday presents!! DUH!! Her birthday is tomorrow, so I'll be a day late, instead of a week early. But compared to Deb R, that's pretty close!

Now Deb R..... her birthday was back in July! She did get her card and a phone call from me on time, but her presents she won't be getting until Saturday. Hey, that's what friends are for, right? They love ya, NO MATTER WHAT!! LOL Actually, I got her a set of HEAVY, I mean REALLY heavy, plant pots. So the only safe way to get them to her is to deliver them personally. And got her a wooden wind chime, 'cause every woman needs at least ONE wind chime!

Anyway, better go shower/pack/get my 10 cds in the car. It will be weird not having any fur kids this trip with me. Just easier to leave them at home. Don't have to worry about barking or kitty litter or picking up doggie doo doo... Isn't that a pretty image to pull up?

ROAD TRIP - HERE I COME!!

Email from Trish

One of Dave's sisters ran away and joined the circus with her husband. Seriously!! :-)

Anyway, they are now down in Australia, got this email from her yesterday. Or was that today, Australian time? Hmmmm... maybe it's tomorrow? LOL I'm trying to convince her to start a blog of her own, would make it so much simpler to keep up with what's happening with them.....

I'm not going to post her pics that she sent - better if she does that herself!! ~hint ~hint Trish!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello Mates ..... How'reyagoin??

Which is the normal greeting translated as: Hello how are you!!

Well things here have been a little crazy since we arrived. There were huge challenges getting things set up and some things are still not going all that well. For Perry it got so bad that he actually put in his resignation. Happily, they wouldn't accept it and instead are working with him to resolve water and equipment issues. For me, I still can't get the bank and the credit card machine people to turn off the automatic settlement at 9:30pm. It's been very trying at times - at least in the work world.

The weather was quite nice when we arrived, considering it was the end of winter. Then it got pretty wet and cooled off some. Of course to these people, cool is a high of 16 celcius. The past week has been glorious. It is around 23 most days and nice sunny skies. It is full spring right now and the trees are about halfway to full. September 1st is the first day of spring. People everywhere were wishing you a happy first day of spring!! Wierd! Now that I have experienced how warm spring can be, I can't wait for summer. We move from Sydney to Brisbane in early November and will be getting right into summer. I love the land here. The rock cliffs, the beaches, they have the most amazing trees and the flowers are everywhere. Some of them grow to about 8 feet tall. I guess a giant sunflower would be our equivalent. The birds are also amazing. The cockatoos and parrots are everywhere. They are actually pests in some areas. They are beautiful to look at but make the most horrible screech when communicating with each other, and they destroy property.

Sydney is a really cool city. I think I hated it at first! There is lots to do. We are living right downtown - beside Chinatown (not my first choice). We have a nice two bedroom apartment with a balcony that looks directly into the parkade and office building next door and down into the alley!! LOL ;-) We can and do walk everywhere. There are lots of neat places you can walk to for dinner or just for the night air. We've been to Sydney harbour, where the harbor bridge is and the Sydney Opera House (see pictures). We have not climbed the bridge yet, but we will before we leave here. It takes about 3 1/2 hours to walk up to the top cross over and walk back down. We still have six weeks to go!! The 'Rocks' which is the oldest
neighborhood in Sydney, Darling Harbour, the botanic gardens, the Taronga Zoo and more. There are an endless number of beaches but two of the best are Manly and Bondi. Bondi is amazing!!! I think we've walked a thousand miles since we've been here. We took a day trip to the Blue Mountains. They have a set of points called Three Sisters just like we do. Legend says the witch doctor cursed his three daughters into stone - I can't remember why!! The forest here is mainly eucalyptus trees and the heat of the sun on the leaves produces an oil that gets up into the air and turns the horizon blue - hense the 'blue' mountains. It also smells just amazing. We took another weekend trip up to Port Stephens. There is a beach there that is 32km long, in some places 2km wide peimarily consisting of sand dunes. Sahara desert kind of sand dunes. You need a permit to go on them, but you can rent a quad and go driving up and down them, or you can toboggan down them. Of course I chose to gallop a horse (Tex) across them - it was spectacular!!! One of my best days here. We also took a morning stroll (Trish at 6am pic) up a very large hill to watch the sunrise. The picture does not do it justice. The view was simply indescribable. The view just takes your breath away. We take the train on day trips, buses if we need to (I miss my truck) but it really isn't too hard to get around. It costs like $60 a week to park a vehicle in the city and gas in $1.42 per litre. I think I will keep taking the train!!

As I said we are moving to Brisbane the first part of November and then we are taking two weeks off. It is not 100% sure yet, but the plan is one week in Fiji, which is about a 5 hour plane ride from here and then a week fishing for giant marlin on the Great Barrier Reef. I'm hoping the fact that the Crocodile Man died two weeks ago right where we hoped to go will have settled down by then. This country is just horrified that he died. They really loved the guy. And the fact that he was killed by a stingray is almost embarrasing, because stingrays are typically so gentle around people.

We've had to learn a new language here. 'Howreyagoin' is how are you, 'way out' is exit, 'no passout' means you can't get back into the building here, and there are 'heaps' more little things that make us chuckle every day. It isn't much different from home, except that you have to go north where it's warmer. Oh yeah, I drove a right hand stick shift up the mountainside on the left side of the road!! No shit - I'm not makin this up. I had a hoot - it was a lot of fun and shifting gears with your left hand is not as hard as you may think. :-) Tomorrow is the Jenolean caves and 20 of us are going deep sea fishing on Monday. The weather is supposed to be 'fine'. Oh, when you go to the beach don't forget your 'swimmers'. :-) I wish I could remember them all just for this email, but it is late at night here and my brain is tired. Oh yeah, the time difference: When it is 10:00am Monday morning here, it is 6:00pm Sunday night in Calgary, making calling home a challenge. But I've managed to do so a few times. Perry also attended his first rugby game last night. He said it was a lot of fun. They sure do take their sports here seriously.

I've attached some pics for you guys. I've got so many photos already it will be hard to send only a few. I included a portrait of us in our makeup for the Techno show. In case some of you don't know, the staff did a spoof of the show in Seattle. Perry was one of the main characters and I was a trapeze girl!! My five minutes of fame. The whole process was so much fun it should have been against the law.

So enjoy, and remember that I think of everyone back home everyday. Yes, everyday!! There are many days I would take my little cabin in the woods with a flower garden and a dog over this, but we are still having good fun and seeing lots.

I hope life is treating all of you well. My sister tells me that you are already expecting snow. I really hope you have another mild winter. Drop me a line and let me know what is happening back home. You guys don't have to wait for an update from me to write - and I know some of you have digital cameras, so send me some pictures!!

Perry has to go back to work for midnight to fix a water line that Montreal forgot to glue together in the kitchen, and I need to go and wake him up. I think of home often and believe it or not, I do miss home.

Talk to you soon.
Luv - Trish and Perry

**************

My response back to her:

Good to hear from you!!

http://owlfeather05.blogspot.com/

If you check out my blog above, you'll see some pictures of our summer. You should think about doing something like that, then we can check it, off and on, to see what's happening in your life!! And we can post comments as we see fit, and do a 2 way conversation thingy. I use it alot for my aunt on the island, my cousin in Drum, and my GF in Denmark. Works great!

It was so cold the other morning, we had to scrape frost off the windshields!!! GGGRRRR!!! And my plants have been covered in the backyard since last weekend, 'cause I just KNOW it's gonna warm up again!!!

I don't know if you got to meet Brewster, our kitten that we got at the end of April. Life hasn't been the same since we got him! Poor little begger got fixed on Monday, but poor Dave got clawed pretty good trying to get him into the truck. I think he must have known what was gonna happen to him, 'cause I had just taken him to Waterton with me and Gracie last Wednesday, and he was just ducky fine then, in the truck. Go figure. So poor Dave has some nasty scraches on his chest!!

I'll let my blog tell you our BIG news.... hehe Something to get you to REALLY check it out! Unless, of course, you've heard already.

The days are getting shorter and shorter and shorter! The hawks haven't left the country yet, but I'm sure it won't be long now! Especially with this crappy weather we've been having!

Anyway, good to hear from you, I'll share it with Dave!
Love from both of us, and the fur kids too!
C & D

**************
Her reply:

Okay ------------- I scanned the blog ---------------- really neat way to do things. Perry has been talking about doing something like that for a very long time. Maybe I should look into it. So – the BIG news is the engagement ring right??!! No I did not know about this. Nobody tells me anything!!!!!!!!!!! So can I have more details?? Anything set in stone? Do I need to take time off work? It’s not that easy here you know. I am going to set up a phone call at moms in a couple of weeks. It will be very early on a Monday morning here and mid afternoon Sunday there around 3 or 4pm. I’ll let you know what day for sure – maybe you and Dave could join the call.

Talk to you soon

Luv – Trish


So Trish - if you are reading this...
Nothing set in stone. No date set. Altho I did promise Dave that if I won another trip, we'd use that as our honeymoon. Well, yesterday, I qualified for a trip to San Francisco thru our radio station. Guess we'll know more on Oct. 4, when they give the trip away! LOL

TTFN

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Rented this movie when Deb & Darryl were down... Okay, so I was surprised that it was actually a very good movie! Just with all the hoopla that occured between these two afterwards, I was kinda going....ick. But it IS worth watching!!

SCA

In Friday's paper, there was this:
Swashbuckling event Saturday
The Society of Creative Ananchronism will hold a tournament Saturday from 1-5 pm at the Kiwanis Shelter at Henderson Lake Park. The public is invited to attend the event, which features simulated sword play with characters in costume.

So of course, I HAD to drag Deb to it!!! DAMNED, it was cold!! Stayed long enough to take these shots, then got in the warm car!! BBBRRRRRRR!!!!!







Love this pin!!!! The blanket.... not so much! LOL


Then we went home and ate the stew that had been cooking all day in the crock pot... aaah... COMFORT FOOD!! :-)

Cadfael

I know, you are saying, what on earth is a "Cadfael"???? Well, actually, it was a bunch of tv movies that would show up here and there, that I tried to watch. I REALLY enjoyed catching these shows. It's about a monk by the name of Brother Cadfael in the 1100's. I know, I know, you are still saying "WHAT????". The tv shows were kind of done Agatha Christie style, a who-done-it type with Brother Cadfael solving crimes, sort of a the original CSI type fella.

Out of curiousity, I thought I'd see if I could find out anything about these tv shows on the web. Can we say OH MY GOD!!! ??? Guess I'm not the only one that loved these shows!! LOL Ya, a person can buy all 4 seasons, 13 episodes, for upwards of a hundred bucks!! Oh, and there was a CD too. Which I thought would be really great, 'cause there is alot of Gregorain chant type music. On ebay - it went for 100 bucks. For ONE cd!!! 11 bids!! Excuse my french, but HOLY SHIT!!! And you should see the web sites dedicated to JUST Cadfael. Check this one out...

By the looks of it, the shows were based on a set of books (20 in all), by Ellis Peters. See, I never knew that!! What a person can learn from the web!!! And here I thought I was the only one that watched these tv shows. Well, and poor Dave, 'cause he didn't have much choice. LOL

I checked with A&B Sound... they can't even order these movies or cd in - they have quit making them! Hence, the high prices that people are asking for, I guess. Oh well, I lived without them all this time... it's not gonna kill me to not own any of the above! LOL It was just a thought anyway....

Waterton trip

It's been 2 years since my Dad passed away... I can hardly believe the time has gone by so quickly! On his first anniversary, Gracie and I went down to Waterton - kind of in honour of Dad. He managed to get down there one last time before he passed away and had the time of his life! Wheelchair and all - it was a big adventure to him!

So 2nd Anniversary - it was only fitting that I did the road trip again. Only this year it was just a day trip. And this year Brewster joined Gracie & me!

On our way down to Waterton, had to scope out some Girl's Weekend Campout potential camping spots. This is Police Outpost - with one heck of a view of Chief Mountain. Isn't this a cool mountain? I can take pics of it from home, that’s how BIG it is!!

Of course, we had to stretch our legs, so we had a little walk-about while down at Police Outpost.... Yes, the Rotti is running free, and the kitten is on a leash.

Last year the weather was not very nice! When Gracie & I camped, it was in the rain, and there was snow up in the side roads. From the big dump that Pincher Creek had gotten a few days before (power outages, etc) The only wildlife we had seen (?) was Elk buggling all night long.

This year... just driving into the park, we saw a black bear trying his darnest to get across the small highway that leads into the park. I didn't get a picture of that fella - it happened so quickly! So that's ONE bear.

Of course, when you come into Waterton, what is the first thing you see? Yep, the Prince of Wales hotel, perched on the top of this outcrop. To tell you the truth, I have never been in there. Note to self: Must do that next year! Guess the hotel is off kilter, from the winds blowing as it was being built. So everything is a little cock-eyed. Gee, go figure!

And of course, a person can't drive around down there, without coming across buffalo somewhere!

AHA! Not a clear great picture, but as I was driving past those IDIOTS that park their vehicles on the side of the road and get out of their cars to take pics of bears.. is when I snapped this photo. A Mama bear and a cub. So now we are up to seeing THREE bears! Sweet!

At a spot that I've designated as "Dad's Place" (a Native info pull-in)... we saw down at the river this Mama and her two cubs. Not a care in the world! Dad would be suitably impressed with "his" spot! :-)

September 11, 2001 - Newfoundland!!

It's hard to believe that 5 years has passed since that fateful day. I remember hearing about a plane crashing into a building that morning on the radio. Just thought of it as an accident. Then when I got to work, Harvey (one of our partners), who had his office behind me at the time, had his tv on. And I watched, in real time, the 2nd plane crash into the towers. At 8:15 a.m. our time. (give or take) We were all shocked, just like everyone else across the world. I even got an email from my GF in Denmark - they too, were horrified as they watched the events unfold.

Today, as I was driving home at lunch, I just hit scan on my radio in the car, and ended up at 101.1 FM. Don't ask me where they were broadcasting from, but they were speaking with people from Newfoundland, who REALLY stepped up to the plate and helped hordes of flights and thousands of people that were diverted from landing in the States. So there I am, almost bawling like a baby, hearing the stories.

For example, there were two UN boys (unaccompanied by an adult), that were taken in by the Red Cross lady that was speaking at the time at the radio. Because she had teenagers, she felt they would be most comfortable at her house. And how children were being placed with familes, all over the place. And made to call their parents, ASAP!!

Anyway, missed the rest of it, 'cause I went into the house. But caught the last little bit on my way back to work. There was a Mayor from Appleton, speaking, with his wonderful accent. On how, you just did what needed to be done.

So here's my belated thanks for those wonderful folks down east, who had the heart to do what they did, not expecting anything in return. Good on ye!! God, I love being Canadian!! :-)

Another "quote"

Just found this at Gaelsong...

"The tide recedes but leaves bright seashells on the sand,

the sun goes down but gentle warmth still lingers on the land.

The music stops & yet it echoes on in sweet refrains ...

for every joy that passes,

something beautiful remains."

Strange but true...

Just some things that caught my fancy, which I thought I'd share with you...

1) The other day, one of the students (Blair) came back to work from lunch. On his way, he passed a Dumpster Diver digging in the big garbage bin in the back alley. So you can visulize the person I'm talking about, right? Shopping cart beside him. Ratty clothing. And what happens when Blair passes the fella? His cell phone rings. NO, not Blair's. The guy. Seriously - this guy had a cell phone! Which he proceeded to answer and have a conversation on. There's that "you can't judge a book by its cover" thang!

2) Dave's mom called the other night about something. When I asked her how she was doing, out came the phrase "Fair to middlin'." God, flashback to my dad. Something he ALWAYS used to say, and very uncommon for her to say. So it made quite the impression on me! LOL

3) 6 Degrees of Seperation:
Answered the phone the other night. It was a woman. Speaking quickly. All I got out of her was sorta a name of Joyce. When asked who she was, sorta got the name Katherine. Okay. My middle name is Joyce. There is our good friend Kathy that lives up north, and a Kathy that sometimes I walk with at the off leash area. So now I'm confused. Turns out, when I explained to her that I was pretty sure she had the wrong number, but the reason for my confusion was that Joyce was my middle name... of course, then we began talking. Hell, I'll talk to anyone! LOL Turns out, she misdialed the number by transposing the first couple of digits!!

Well, this lady is looking for this Joyce, something to do with the Naturalists/Bird Watchers here in town. Which of course, gave us more to talk about! There we are, comparing notes. In the process, turns out she's been up to RD for some bird watching thingy. My home town. By this time, she's trying to convince me I should either join them, or even speak to their group. I'm trying to explain to her that I'm more of a solitary hiker/watcher, not quite my thing to belong to "groups".

By time we are ending our conversation, she gets my name. The polite thing to do would be to ask her name. When she said it... I just HAD to ask... was her husband's name Frank? Damned if it wasn't!! I then asked her, if by chance, they had been to my work the other day, to see George (one of the partners). Yep, that was them!! Go figure, eh? George had scooped them before I even said "Hi" - I have more of a conversation with her on the phone, via a wrong number!

Isn't life strange??? LOL

celtic corner

This is a tiny spot in my home, that I fondly refer to as my "Celtic Corner".

I simply LOVE celtic crosses!! This is actually quite small, gotta love cameras!!

Chris gave me this dragon water fountain. Of course, it HAD to go into the Celtic Corner. And gee, I just so happen to have a couple of swords to go with it. And a BIG honking crystal rock formation...

This started as a small collection of unicorns. But then other items crept into it, and now we have this to show for it. I have issues with alot of the "unicorns" out there. What? A horse with a horn??? Nooooo.... Wikipedia dictionary describes a unicorn correctly...
Though the popular image of the unicorn is that of a white horse differing only in the horn, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hooves, which distinguish him from a horse. And this is my dining room window. Also part of the Celtic Corner. :-)

I was cleaning up my emails.... god, I keep EVERYTHING!! Anyway, I had sent this to myself back on July 11.... see, told you I was interested in stuff like this!!

From: View Contact Details
To: owlfeather
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:24:13 -0600
Subject: Christine Medieval Journal
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/christine.html

Who knows how I tripped over this site.....

Celtic ring

Okay, what is it when the ring goes on the finger, my thoughts begin to think "wedding". I guess now it would be closer than before.... or something? DUH.

Anyway, wearing the ring for 2 weeks on my middle finger, looking at it all the time, next to my celtic knot ring... just out of curiousity, I began to look at celtic knot wedding bands. Yep. Couldn't help myself!! So I checked out Gaelsong. They usually have some pretty cool things there. Nothing that spoke to me... and because the engagement ring is white gold, I really want to stay in that family. Besides which, did the regular gold stuff - that was a past life. I only wear silver nowadays. Cheaper, to start with! LOL Dave knew that, that's why he got the white gold ring.

Then I checked out Gryphon's Moon.... I've NEVER had a problem buying from them, they are great people!! But alas, nothing that "talked" to me. I want something with the trinity knot in it...

This site has some really fine examples of the trinity knot... now THAT'S what I'm looking for!!

Of course, in my travels... then I began to slide into irish weddings, then to medieval, then to Renaissance, etc. etc. Handfasting. Garb. Feasts. And on and on.

Still haven't found the right ring, but I be thinking that a simple medieval peasant style wedding might be in the cards...

Skulls Unlimited / Dirty Jobs

If you ever watch the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs - the host, Mike, is HILARIOUS! The stuff that he does!!!

I get a newsletter from a company called Skulls Unlimited, someday they will be, or have been, on this tv show. Haven't managed to catch it as yet, but I'm hoping someday to!! It's pretty neat the stuff they do, and how they started... check them out!!

September 6th - MILESTONE TODAY

Jeez, it's hard to believe, but TODAY - I've been down here for 10 years!! When I look at where my head was at 10 years ago today... to where I am now... ya, life DOES go on, don't it? No matter how much we are sure that things are the worst they could possibly be, at that moment in time, it does get better, with time.... It's that "Leap, and the net WILL apear!" My kids still love me, I have a great guy, and wonderful fur kidlets. A job that I've been at for 9 years (two days from now) I've lost some dear friends/family/pets that I've loved thru the years, but it didn't kill me. Today is a sorta/kinda milestone for me, to see where I was, to where (and who) I am today. And as I was writing this, this song came on the radio....
Crazy

Gnarls Barkley
"Crazy" (from the debut album "St. Elsewhere:)

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place
Even your emotions had an echo and so much space

And when you're out there without care
Yeah I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me Crazy
Does that make me Crazy
Does that make me Crazy
Possibly

And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice
Come on now
who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you
think you are, ha ha ha bless your soul
you really think you're in control

I think you're Crazy
I think you're Crazy
I think you're Crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on the limb
All I remember is thinking I want to be like them.
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little
It looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done

But Maybe I'm Crazy
Maybe you're Crazy
Maybe we're Crazy
Probably

But that's okay, 'cause this song popped into my head when I was considering "the" proposal.... LOL

So here's to another 10 or 20 or 30 years... After all the "high drama" I've experienced... I like this calmness and stillness in my life! :-)

TTFN

Good quote....

Be kinder than necessary,

for everyone you meet

is fighting some kind of battle.

Medieval - movies

Isn't this a GREAT Dragon chair?!!! God, I would have loved to take it home!! It was when I was in Las Vegas many years ago, at the Excalibur, that I just HAD to have my picture taken while sitting in it!
I've seen all the movies listed below. See if you can see a common theme...
LADYHAWKE (based on 12C French legend) 1995 Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer - MY MOST FAVORITE ONE OF ALL!!!
The Knights of the Round Table
First Knight 1996 Sean Connery (Arthur), Richard Gere (Lancelot),
Excalibur 1996
Camelot (1967) Richard Harris
The Mists of Avalon (2001) Anjelica Huston, Joan Allen, Julianna Margulies
Quest for Camelot - animated, GREAT soundtrack!
The Sword in the Stone (Disney animation)
Merlin (1998) Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Helena Bonham Carter, Rutger Hauer - watched it originally on tv, I loved it!
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves(1991) Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater
Robin and Marion (1976) Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn
Robin Hood: Men in Tights [FALL 95] (1993) directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis Okay, so it was silly, but entertaining
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (St Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226) (1973) Graham Faulkner (Francesco), Judi Bowker (Clare), Alec Guinness (Pope Innocent III) God, I can still remember this movie, and I was what? 15 years old?
Braveheart (1300 Scotland) [SPRING 96] Mel Gibson "FREEDOM!"
Joan of Arc: A Portrait of a Legend (1428 France) (1948) Ingrid Bergman - Haven't seen it in years, but I thought Ingrid Bergman did a most excellent job!
The Princess Bride(1987) Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin Another silly movie - actually, it's Deb's Darryl's favorite movie! You should hear him quote lines from it!! LOL
Ever After - A Cinderella Story (1998) Drew Barrymore. I thought it was well done. Kinda a different twist.
Legend (1986)
Willow (1988) directed by Ron Howard, starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer. I thought this one was darn fine also!
Labyrinth (1986) directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly My neice Trina's favorite!
The Taming of the Shrew
Romeo and Juliet(1968) Olivia Hussey, Michael York I saw this at the theatre, all by myself. No one wanted to go with me, so I went by myself. And cried, all by myself. Didn't see it in '68 tho, must have been close to 10 yrs later that I saw it.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (ruler of England 1509-1547)
Anne of the Thousand Days (Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII) Richard Burton (King Henry VIII), Geneviève Bujold (Anne Boleyn) I really liked Geneviève Bujold in this!
Lady Jane (Grey, grandniece of Henry VIII) Cast includes: Helena Bonham Carter
Cyrano de Bergerac (lived 1619-1655) 1990 Gerard Depardieu - There is that Frenchman again!
The Four Musketeers (1975)
CAST: Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston I LIKED Michael York movies!! And Oliver Reed - there was no one quite like him!
The Three Musketeers (early 1600s France) (1974)
CAST: Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Michael York, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston,
Return of the 3 Musketeers (1989) Cast: Michael York, Oliver Reed, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Cattrall, Richard Chamberlain
The Three Musketeers (1993) CAST: Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Rebecca DeMornay, Tim Curry,
The Three Musketeers 20 Years Later
A Knight's Tale (2001) Heath Ledger Set in the world of tournements, this is not a "historical film" in any conventional sense. But you know what? It's darn good!!
The 13th Warrior (1999) Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif
The Vikings (1958) Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Star; Graham Chapman -Meant to be humorous. It is, in parts.
Ivanhoe (1982). TV James Mason (Isaac of York), Anthony Andrews (Ivanhoe), Olivia Hussey (Rebecca),
Joan of Arc (1999) [TV MiniSeries] Cast includes: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Peter O'Toole.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Gerard Depardieu
Dragonheart (1996)Adventure/Fantasy\ Cast inlcudes: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery I really enjoyed this movie!! (Also a 2000 sequel - not so good)

Mustn't forget the pirate ones......
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones LOVE Peter Ustinov in this!!
Hook (1991) Duston Hoffman, Robin Williams
The Ice Pirates (1984) Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Bob Hoskins
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Tim Curry and the Muppets
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) Still haven't seen the 2nd one yet!!
The Pirate Movie (1982) OMG!! I can't believe it's been that long ago!! I even have the soundtrack LP for it!! LOL
Swashbuckler (1976) Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones - this was an EXCELLENT movie!
Treasure Island - I know I've see a few different ones...

Really, I'm going somewhere with this... check back later....

bbfn

Good news re: Darryl's truck

Called Deb today...
THE TRUCK HAS BEEN FOUND!!

Quite aways from their place, but basically in drivable condition. It was parked in a residential area, go figure. The steering column got ratched, sounds like it is worse than ours was. Oh, and gee whiz, guess what is missing? Yep, the tool box. Deb says it was made from wood, and probably weighed 400 lbs!! I told her that it HAS to be the same guys that took our truck back on St. Paddy's Day. It is sooooo similiar to our story, uncanny how much of it is the same story!! Bizarre. ~shaking my head here~

Off leash.. Darryl's truck

It was soooooo nice and cool yesterday!! When I got home, I surprised Gracie with a trip down to the river. EVERYBODY must have been thinking the same thing!! We started with Kerrie and her pooches - Koda and Bailey. Another fella showed up, with 3 dogs, but he went a different way. Then we ran into my massage girl - Melanie and her 2 pooches. They were just fininshing their 2 hr walk around the bend, so they walked with us a bit, and vacated. THEN Ian shows up with Skip! Then Kathy and Bud arrive. And at the very end, Scooby and his owner arrive. See, told you everyone and their dog had the same idea!! Wish I had brought my camera....

At one point, me and the dogs went down to the river. Ian and Kerrie stayed up top, and I had 4 dogs chasing/swimming for rocks in the water. I tell ya, my arm certainly got a work out!! So did the dogs!! LOL I kept hearing hawks scream, but couldn't see them from the angle I was at. FINALLY, got to see them. Two of them, riding the thermals. WoooHEEEEEE!!! What a feeling!! :-))) You should have seen me trying to get a head start, running up that hill, BEFORE I got trampled on by 4 soaking wet large beasts!

Deb S. called me last night... guess Darryl's truck got stolen the night before. From right in front of their house, under a streetlight. (sound familiar?) A Chevy. A '91 Chevy. VERY much like our truck, only red, not blue. What is with that????? These must be really easy trucks to steal, or something!! So now they are in the same boat that we were back in February. They have had a ton of bad luck in front of their place... Early in July, Deb's car had someone run HEAVILY over it, from trunk to front. Needless to say, her roof got caved in! There was even footprints left behind, on the car. One other time, someone sideswiped her poor little car. Again, it's just sitting in front of their place, minding it's own business. I'm thinking it's the colour of those vehicles... they are both red!! Yep, that'd do it!! LOL