Creepy

What gives me the creeps? The usual things like spiders, being alone in the dark, ghost stories...
The first time in my life I was really, really afraid, was when seeing this scene from "Fantasia". My parents had to leave the cinema with me, because I was crying so hard... Guess I was about five years old at the time.

On my nightstand is this book, and it's a real pageturner, it gave me a few bad dreams already.
To stay a bit in the Halloween mood, I did this little knitting project: a pumpkin tea cosy.
It turned out to be quite easy, and I did it in two afternoons. Ready just in time for tonight!


The trees in our garden are giving us quite an autumn spectacle now.


How I love the change of seasons!

Redhead

My daughter made a big decision last week, she became a redhead instead of a blonde!
I'm already used to it, and so is the rest of the family and her friends. But it's quite a change.
This weekend, she had an army theme party. Immediately, I had an image in my mind of the Andrew Sisters or Vera Lynn. After looking up a few pictures, this was the result of our efforts:

Only the skirt is a bit too short from an historic point of view, I guess...

And here for the real thing:

Working

I've been busy, had to give up my October challenge of taking a picture a day...
This is what I've been doing: colouring an old book by my husband that will be re-edited in December. It's a comic book he made while still in high school.



While working, I enjoy songs like these:




I'll be back crafting and blogging in a week!

Day#12

Going to the movies, I love it!

Busy week

No time to enjoy the sun like these lads...


A lot of work (illustrations for a magazine, a lot of visitors, paperwork...),
but in the evenings, I did a marathon of watching this DVD.

I heard there will be a Cranford Christmas Special this winter,can't hardly wait!

Looking for shade

Sunny Saturday, rainy Sunday

Saturday was a perfect sunny day, so I finished my blue granny blanket. Immediate inspection by one of the cats.

Then it was time to work a bit on my Christmas sampler.

I was in good company...

and I captured this moment of intimacy.

Today was quite the opposite of yesterday, it was raining cats and dogs (ha, I love that expression!). So, instead of working in the garden, I rearranged my cupboard with China and little statues.



Although it's springtime and almost summer, this is my soundtrack for a rainy day:

Songs I love

By Zee Avi, album coming out on 19th of May, a day after my birtday.

By bad boy Peter Doherty

...and by my favourite bad girl Amy.

Made by Oswald

A little movie made by my son for school.

Great song...2 versions

Suits my mood today...

Summertime

Went to see Porgy & Bess last thursday (loved the music, decors, costumes),had a lot of partying last weekend (my birthday), and now I am feeling not so good. No more summertime, I'm afraid, it's chilly outside. Time for a bit of blog-rest, see you when I'm feeling better!

Listening while working...

Christmas classics

When my children were younger, we had our classics in the Christmas holidays. I used to read them books like "Peter and the wolf"

and "A Christmas Carol".

And we had our movie classics of course: "The Snowman", "The wizard of Oz", old Disney movies like "Pinocchio"...

Watching "The Snowman" is soo nice, try it if you don't know it already!

On my wishlist

This makes me dreamy, but not sad... Great voice!

The two talking cats

No time to blog. Enjoy this little clip!