Ellipsis Christmas Movie #15

 

"I love that you get cold, when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you and hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you are looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you're the last person I want to speak to before I go to bed at night. And it's not because I am lovely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

~ The Character of, Harry Burns 

When Harry Met Sally

Written by Norah Ephron

Directed by Rob Reiner

The love story that will take you through the holidays, ending on New Year's Eve.  

Or was it just the beginning? It's difficult to choose which film was Rob Reiner's best, but I have always considered this among one of the best love stories of all time. Not to mention the beauty of autumn in New York, and so much more, including Carrie Fisher, as Sally's friend, Marie! It's everything. Truly.

The Autumn Friend... Skeleclaus

 

"Some people are born for Halloween,

 and some are just counting the days until Christmas."

~Stephen Graham Jones

How cool is that guy? You never know when you will find a friend,

 who thinks exactly like you do!

Yesterday, I took at trip to the East Bay to drop off a coat, at a business collecting for the One Warm Coat program. I had purchased the coat a few years ago, it was beautiful and deeply discounted, but I just never used it. It was a gorgeous deep blue and green plaid, but not like the usual plaid shirt, it was beautifully elegant. It had a love ruffly down the front when buttoned up. It was heavy, and warm, so it makes me happy to think some lady who needs to be warm, will be now with that coat. 

Next, I dropped off two Barbie dolls into a Toys For Tots bin. I purchased them earlier this year, after Donald Trump's rant about how many toys should be under this year's Christmas tree. Fuck him! Bah Humbug! I couldn't stand the thought of a little girl waking up on Christmas morning, and finding that she had no gift. Giving back, made me feel good, so I got a lot of Christmas joy doing it! Two little girls gave me a terrific gift this year!

Yesterday was a very good day!

Open Your Eyes And Dream

 “It was the golden time of year. Every day the leaves grew brighter, the air sharper, the grass more brilliant. The sunsets seemed to expand and melt and stretch for hours, and the brick facades glowed pink, and everything got bluer. How many perfect autumns did a person get?” 

 
― Elif Batuman,

  Either/Or

 

Yesterday, Thanksgiving, was perfect! Hubby and I shared the delicious chore of preparing dinner. A feast actually, of turkey, cranberry sauce, peas and carrots, yams, and of course, pumpkin pie for dessert! Swoon! Later, we watched two of our favorite holiday movies, The Lemon Drop Kid, with Bob Hope, and Miracle on 34th Street, with Sebastian Cabot. It's my favorite version of the story. I know, I know, I am mostly a purest when it comes to movies. Rarely does a remake of a masterpiece turn out as good as the original, but this version did! It was a 1973 TV movie, and I loved it! Every single minute of it. It didn't really stray from the original, but the actors in the movie were folks I had seen in other projects, so it made the whole thing more relatable. David Hartman, Roddy McDowell, and Jane Alexander were brought it all together perfectly. Plus the incidental music, Miracles and Open Your Eyes And Dream, are 1970s background gems. Thanksgiving can be a hectic holiday, so go put your feet up, grab something soothing, like hot chocolate, and watch Miracle On 34th Street. It doesn't really matter which version, but if you have never seen the one this post is about, just press play, and ENJOY! And Happy Day After Thanksgiving! Can you believe has fast this year has gone?

And Christmas Eve is exactly one month away!

 

 

 

Punky's Big Day 2023

 

 

 

“No season appeals to the eyes as much as autumn; no season touches the souls as powerfully as autumn and no season invites us to the world of mournful thoughts as intensely as autumn!”

 
~Mehmet Murat ildan 

 

Halloween has come and gone, but it's giving me something to look forward to. And I already am! But it's not like my mourning got in the way of me enjoying the HELL out of yesterday! 

 

First we went to lunch

 

And we met this guy...

 

Then we had an amazing meal. I love Mexican food!
 

 Next we came home and made cakelets...

 

And then hubby carved a pumpkin... and it was glorious! Punky's name is Electra this year. Yep, it's a girl. Rare for us, we usually have boy pumpkins, but she just spoke to us and said, "I was born to be your girl!"

She watched over the goodies...

 

It was a good day.