Have you read this book?
I watched the TV series ages ago ... twice ... and thought the book might be a good read (although I don't go for 10 pound books too often!). Couldn't do it the other way around I'm sure. Read the book first, start picturing and hearing the characters in my mind, and I'm sure to be disappointed by someone else's "vision" on the TV or movie screen. I was NOT disappointed with this book. In fact, having enjoyed Robert Duvall's version of "Gus" Captain Augustus McRae ...
... it was easy to enjoy the book hearing that smooth-talking southerner in my head! I give this book 5 stars out of 5. Great long rainy weekend reading! It is a 10 pounder, so you might want to read it on your E-reader instead of actually carrying around a heavy book.
I guess it was an "entertain LD" kinda weekend ... I took myself out to see this at our local movie theatre ...
Not the 3D version though. It was plenty exciting 2D. Since I've been a "Trekky" since the 1960s (used to watch the original Star Trek with my Dad), there's seldom a Star Trek ANYTHING that doesn't make me happy! And this latest movie did not disappoint. Only thing that bugged me was the appearance of - and subsequent death of - Captain Christopher Pike. I REMEMBER what happened to the original Pike, and this shift in story line was a bit irritating. The younger version of Spock was FABULOUS! We even get to see him SHED A TEAR! Oh, and kiss a female officer!
As mentioned above, it was a rainy and chilly weekend, not very conducive to balcony gardening. I didn't get my balcony composter built ('cuz I was a little busy reading Lonesome Dove and going out to a movie ...), so that task has been put off for next weekend. I can, however, report that my radishes are up ...
... and the lettuce I seeded is up ...
... and my kale is hail and hearty!
Okay, I cheated a little on the kale having put out bedding plants instead of seeding it. Can't wait! It's going to be a grand salad soon!
I did a bit of knitting too. Sorry, no pix of that. Over the last couple of years, I have accumulated a bunch of Cascade 220 wool as I usually buy an extra skein in addition to however much I actually need for a particular project. Every so often, I HAVE TO dream up some kind of project to use the "extras". Sometimes, I just cast on with one colour and let imagination take its course. That's what I'm doing this time ... I cast on with off-white, switched to black while sitting in a crappy meeting, worked some off-white "snowballs" into the black, then switched to a bright yellow and black herringbone pattern ... oh, I guess I'll just have to take some pix to show y'all! My buddy took a look at this project and proclaimed "Why that sweater is just plain NUTS!" ... which gave me the idea of working in some squirrels holding NUTS (knitted snowballs or popcorns). It's a sweater that will always make me laugh! I suspect you'll laugh too when I post the pix.
Have a GREAT week y'all!
Well, It's done. BC has another Liberal government. My comments? None. Other than to say I was ... as usual ... thoroughly disgusted with the negativity of electoral campaigning, especially during the final week or ten days running up to the actual election. Seriously, I want a little box to tick on the ballot that says "none of the above"! Predictably, overall voter turnout was very low ... I think the lack of voters is a very STRONG COMMENT that someone should be paying attention to!
Is is spring where you are? I can't decide if it really is here or not. Last weekend I did my balcony cleaning and planting ... but it's cold again today so I don't know how fast things are going to sprout! (Actually, I have volunteer lettuce about an inch high already - was quite surprised to find that under the dead leaves!) I've decided to go all veggies and herbs this year instead of flowers. I have even found instructions for a DIY balcony composter and plan to construct that soon! (Just call me Organic Nana!) It really annoys me to have to toss veggie peelings in the garbage ... so I'm going to do something about that and make it possible to compost my own veggie scraps! Makes me feel like the farm girl I remain at heart.
Sorry ... no balcony gardening pix ... there's not much to see but pots of dirt! However, I will endeavour to take pix of the composter-constructing project. Promise!
This won't be a post without photos though. It's been busy busy busy at work ... we just celebrated our official grand opening (after moving into this new location Feb 1st). It was a great party! Here's a picture of the official grand opening ribbon "snip" ... left to right, yours truly, our Past President, our President, and our (newly re-elected) MLA.
You'll notice a lot of BLUE in the photo above. Our Intergenerational Group put out a fundraising challenge ... $500 in pennies for our Seniors Denture Program to see our President and Past President dye their hair BLUE ... and they surpassed that amount by nearly $200. I did a BLUE shirt and BLUE fingernails for the day ... sorry, my white hair is staying white! You will also notice the reflection of a BIG BEAR in the photo above. We introduced our new Mascot ELDERBEARY to the community during our grand opening celebration.
Elderbeary gave out a lot of hugs and helped draw winning entries for our door prizes. Elderbeary (or at least the wonderful volunteer INSIDE Elderbeary) is quite excited about participating in lots of local community events in the future. Great advertising or what!?!? Not to mention FUN!
And speaking of fun ...
Have a great week, y'all!
