Recent movies and series, comfy cat, a crazy quilt, and inspirational posters

Lately I've watched several movies and series. ATypical was one of my favorite series as was Anne with an E. The Grand (Hotel) and The Duchess of Duke Street, Detectorists, are also series I've enjoyed.

Justine, Blue Magic, Poms, To the Bone, and the Book of Henry are movies I recently watched. These were OK.  But if you want to know where they stream from, all I can say is that most of them were probably Netflix, but we also get Britbox, Acorn, and another British channel (Prime, Disney, and Hulu are available too - although I seldom use those - actually I've seen most of the Disney ones).

Anyway, like a good book, just thought I'd mention a few movies and series you might want to check out. At the moment we're watching Manifest on Netflix. It's a strange one. A plane leaves an airport for a short flight and arrives 5 1/2 years later. No one on board has aged... and it gets a lot weirder after that. It may well go the way of the Lost series... where I think the writers got lost themselves in the story and eventually just quit. We hung on through this season. Really wonder if they will continue it.

books and movies.... love the scenery in some of the British movies and series...

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Wish I had some wonderful pet or nature pics to share, but alas, I don't. Well, I do have one of a feral cat lying on the cat tree on the back patio. It's isn't a good clear shot, but you can get the gist. He's enjoying lounging there. 

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As most of you know, I tend to make our own facemasks. It's one of the few things I can sew... face masks and quilts. A friend recently asked me if I would make a few for her cousin in New Orleans, and since most of our family and friends have several masks already made by me, I hadn't made any lately. But sure, I could do that. So I made a few more and mailed them out. 

Also started on a hodge-podge quilt since I was back in the sewing mode... and am using up scraps of fabric left over from other projects. It's going to be a weird one... calling it my pandemic quilt.

Here's what I've done so far... (please don't laugh). It may not be beautiful, but it could keep someone warm one day. It's only 39x21 at the moment, but I have a lot more scraps... all sizes of bits and pieces... and eventually I'll add a solid border.

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Can't think of anything more to add.  If and when we ever get to visit our daughter again in the Hill Country, I will get some good nature and critter shots then. And they just remodeled their master bath, so I'm anxious to see that (and them) too. But with this Delta Variant raging, I don't imagine we'll be doing any visiting anywhere any time soon. 

 

I find it best to remember what I like to do... and also to try to be productive and/or creative as much as possible

or creative...

Hope you're having a good weekend. Take care of yourself and each other. Everyone has to do what they think in their heart is right... I truly believe this... and when I'm not sure, I find asking myself if what I'm doing (or not doing) is possibly helping the situation or making it worse.  

I listened to someone talk on Face the Nation this morning (a Crisis Specialist) and she was saying that we need to quit making this an "Us against the Other" situation. We need not to use humiliation. It never works. If it's a matter of trust... then find a doctor or medical/science person we really trust and listen to his/her opinion (on the virus, vaccines, or masks - not on political issues as these really aren't political issues). 

Anyway, this made sense to me.  Thanks for reading. DH is making red beans today (Hurray! My favorite all time dish). Will post the recipe next time if anyone is interested. 

Hugs (virtual),

Rian