Hi Everyone!
AT HOME:
I love decorating seasonally, so Halloween came to join my autumn additions. Not that we celebrate here like they do in the states, and I was tired of too many childish bits and bobs. Not that there’s anything wrong with those, but I wanted a more adult look. I achieved this somewhat this year by adding ravens to what I already had out, and hope to do this even better next time.
Despite some continuing additional pain following on from my last acupuncture treatment, we went for a lovely walk visiting an area in North Devon we’ve never been to before: the Lorna Doone valley, the area where R.D. Blackmore based the novel. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, we followed the satnav. As always happens, none of the landscape looked like anything I’d followed on Google, though made for amazing views. Once we arrived, we had a fabulous riverside walk through the fields with some neighbourhood sheep on what turned into a lovely summer’s day. At the end of our trek, we joined a horde of bikers who had turned up (bad timing on our part for the return|) queuing up for the proverbial ‘slice of cake’. We chose the unusual banana and blueberry, which proved to be unusual, but tasty.
Unfortunately, this was also the weekend that something went wrong with one of my eyes, and working one eyed has been difficult and tiring, plus there’s all the stress of hospital appointments but more on that another time.
FILM/TV:
In tune with the season, we watched Color Out of Space on Prime starring Nicholas Cage and Joely Richardson, based on The Color Out of Space by H.P.Lovecraft. Found it much more watchable than I expected, but you’ve got to like horror films such as The Thing, though it’s not on a par with that by any means. You can’t help feeling if the events ever happened for real, the entire world wouldn’t stand a chance. Not for anyone who can’t stand animals being injured, but if you know The Thing, you’ll know the sort of harm I’m talking about.
We often watch one or two favourite horror films at this time, but tiring of them, we thought we’d change things up a bit by opting for Arsenic and Old Lace. I’m no doubt showing my age, but this black and white film starring Cary Grant still amuses today, and this farce is so well worked out.
WRITING:
Unfortunately, this year, every time I set myself up to write, something seems to come along to bring things to a halt. This time, it’s a medical emergency that’s messed with my sight. I might write a little but I’m concentrating on getting my bad eye back to normal from now until the end of the year, because almost nothing can be more important than that.
Stay happy and healthy!
Sharon x
