Birthday Remembered

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A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money,

 books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow

 to the maximum — of both books and money! But especially

 books, for books represent infinitely more than money. A book

 is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have

 possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched.

 But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.

— Henry Miller

Walt Disney reads (to his daughters).

Painting sacré-coeur from the ancient rue norvins in Montmartre, Paris, (1946)

Photo by Edward Clark, from the great LIFE photographers

stababraham,photos.ibibo.com

R.I.P. cute Davy Jones

You may have been my very first crush....
as a young girl living in Guilderland, N.Y. I watched the Monkees faithfully with my friend Susan, eating Lays Potato Chips and drinking root beer.  Ah...the memories of oh so long ago.

“Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy.”

I see advertising for a classic to come out in 3D.
Im stick'in with the memories.
No reason to upgrade!
Do you remember when, where, and what was going on in your life when these came out!!
Yay for George Lucus!!  Movies were never the same after Skywalker, Vader, Solo, and the Princess!!

May You Have an Impossibly Cool Weekend Friends!!!

There are some things you can't share 

without ending up liking each other.

from: Harry Potter and the Socercer's Stone

by: J.K. Rolwing

Finished Book One...quickly on to Book Two and beyond!!  Fun, fun, fun!!!

I Finally Found It!!!!

Paul Newman on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, dir. George Roy Hill ) (photo by Jimmy Mitchell, via 20th Century Fox: Inside the Photo Archive)


For years...about 7 to be exact...I have been telling our guests at the Spa about this scene in the movie BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID!!!  We hike past this waterhole about once a week...(if I have anything to do about it)...and we stop and I give my little narrative about the movie.  And it turns out that I've been wrong..all these years.  I've been telling folks that it was Robert Redford who fell back into the water... it was Paul Newman all along!!!
Its good to get the facts straight.
Its even better to finally stumble upon picture proof of the fact!!!
Southern Utah is the backdrop to many a western movie!
Come gather some coral dust between your toes with me, and I'll share this spot with you!!!

(though my preference lies in this smile!!)

No cause is lost if there is but one fool left to fight for it.

— Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WITHOUT HOLLYWOOD

• During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
• When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
• If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick’s Day parade - at any time of year.
• All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level on the man lying beside her.
• The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.
• All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
• It’s easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk you down.
• The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place - no one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.
• Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite.
• The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
• All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off.
• If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition, even if you haven’t been carrying any before now.
• You are very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
• Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language - a German accent will do.
• If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor’s first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
• A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
• When paying for a taxi, don’t look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
• Kitchens don’t have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.
• If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
• Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.
• Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames. All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.
• A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK stadium. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
• Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
• It is not necessary to hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.
• Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
• It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.
• A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
• It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will patiently attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
• When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.
• No-one ever involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.
• Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
• You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.
• Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds - unless it’s the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.
• Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment that it is aired.

To The First Robin

by Louisa May Alcott (Written at the age of 8, 1840)

Welcome, welcome, little stranger,
Fear no harm, and fear no danger;
We are glad to see you here,
For you sing “Sweet Spring is near.”

Now the white snow melts away;
Now the flowers blossom gay:
Come dear bird and build your nest,
For we love our robin best.

I know, it’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here! But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The one’s that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come! And when the sun shine’s, it’ll shine out the clear. Those were the stories that stayed with you—that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand; I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. Because they were holding onto something…that there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.

Samwise the Brave

Galapagos tortoises in a pool during the rainy season

Handsome Hollywood Hunks!

 just saw Bradly in A-Team.  Not bad- but he'll always be Will to me.

 Pirates, pirates oh my!!

 nothing wrong with the good guy!!!

 Im up for an adventure!!!

 they dont mak'em like they used to!!!

 ahhh....Mr Darcy!!!

 there's a snake in his boot and he's still the man!!!

so easy on the eyes!!!

This is all silliness!!  And I grateful that my Builder tolerates this foible in me...tolerably well anyway.  ( I do admire the beautiful women  of Hollywood as well.) Stay tuned!!