@El Loro posted:

Oddly enough, the coast is only a couple of miles away from here as the river is tidal here and the land is not that much above sea level. The Tim Burton "Alice through the looking glass" was partially filmed at the docks with tall ships able to sail there from the sea

That's why I like the Forth and the Tay    

The Clyde's not really scenic.

Okay. Lanark gets off.

@El Loro posted:

There tends to be a lot of seagulls here as well

We have some here occasionally when the weather is really stormy on the coasts. It’s a long way for them to come though 

I have seen some whoppers up the park 

Sometimes it reminds me of Hitchcock’s The Birds 

I am just watched a recording of Norwich v Burnley 

Two sendings off and an og for Norwich. What a disaster 

@Moonie posted:

We have some here occasionally when the weather is really stormy on the coasts. It’s a long way for them to come though 

I have seen some whoppers up the park 

Sometimes it reminds me of Hitchcock’s The Birds 

That's Tippi Hedren and an Aston DB2 convertible.

@Moonie posted:

I am just watched a recording of Norwich v Burnley 

Two sendings off and an og for Norwich. What a disaster 

It's not a good time for Norwich

What are the Baggies playing at too?   

I forgot to mention a bit of trivia about that "Oh...Rosalinda!" film I watched yesterday. I hadn't noticed him whilst watching but someone we mentioned here recently was in the credits at the end of the film - John Schlesinger.

@velvet donkey posted:

What are the Baggies playing at too?   

Brentford did us a favour when they lost yesterday 

One game each left.
We win, we go up automatically.

If they win and we draw, they go up automatically. We are in the playoffs.

If we both draw they go up because they have a superior goal difference. We are in the playoffs. A lottery imo 

If we both lose, we go up 

To sum it up, we win, we go up 

Today’s players have game management (cheating/time wasting/feigning injury) down to a fine art nowadays 

Evening all 

Been a mix of sunshine and showers.

I hope you’ve all had a good day 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros and Moonie 

Hug for any night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

Been a mix of sunshine and showers.

I hope you’ve all had a good day 

Hi Yogi 

Its been mostly sunny and warm here. No rain for a change 

My day had been good, I hope yours has too 

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and visitors  

@velvet donkey posted:

I love pigeons   

 

They get fed here too - wholemeal. Such placid birds.

 

Good radar as well.

Pigeons are  always first to my bird table - the same ones 😃💓

Nigh yogi moonsie velvet 💓💓💓 summer if you pop in 💓

Good morning everyone it's a little brighter this morning, still a little chilly but maybe with some sunshine to come. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Looks as if it's going to be a sunny day here

I hope everyone has a good day

I recorded and watched "The Shepherd of the Hills" (1941) yesterday. It was on the Sony Movies Action channel as part of its John Wayne weekend and does get shown from time to time. It's far from being a typical Wayne film.

It's not a western. It's not really an action film though there's a little bit of fighting and a little bit of shooting. It's really a pastoral drama. What makes this film unusual is that there are scenes of beauty both visually and spiritually. A rainbow in ths sky. Dust motes lit up by sun through a window. A woman blind since birth seeing for the first time.

The central character is played by Harry Carey, the girl by Betty Field, and a truly embittered woman by Beulah Bondi.

It's certainly worth watching when it gets shown again as it's an unexpected gem of a film

Good morning everyone  

A sunny, dry but not very warm start to the day here. No rain forecast 

No washing or shopping to do 

Have a nice day, all 

Morning troops   

I care about every one of you. Not a fib.

Let's see what today brings.....

@velvet donkey posted:

Morning troops   

 

I care about every one of you. Not a fib.

 

Let's see what today brings.....

Thank you Velvet. We care about you too. Another dawn, another day 

There is a connection between the above and the film I mentioned "The Shepherd of the Hills".
I challenge anyone to get it though

@El Loro posted:

There is a connection between the above and the film I mentioned "The Shepherd of the Hills".
I challenge anyone to get it though

I love that clip El 

@Moonie posted:

I love that clip El 

As do I

"Way Out West" (1937) is my favourite of their full length films. It's as close to perfect as any film made.

i'll say what the connection between that clip and "The Shepherd in the Hills" is as it's too obscure unless you are a film buff.

A year before Laurel amd Hardy made "Way Out West", there was a film released called "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". The Laurel and Hardy song had been written many years previously and the music was played (no singing) during the opening credits to "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". That film does have connections with "The Shepherd of the Hills" as a similar setting, director, screen wtiter and quite a number of the actors. The best known actors were different (Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray and Sylvia Sidney),

I don't know if Laurel and Hardy sang the song as they had seen "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" before making "Way Out West". It's quite possible.

I see that Talking Pictures intends to show Hitchcock's "Sabotage" (1936) on the 31st. I think that the first time it's been shown on television. I hope it's preceded with a programme warning "contains scenes which many will find disturbing".  It's based on Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent". When the BBC had a dramatisation of that book a few years ago, they excluded the scene of the film which is disturbing. Hitchcock;s nastiest film until he made Psycho.

Not to be confused Hitchock's 1942 film "Saboteur" which has been shown on television over the years - that's the one with the Statue of Liberty scene.

Evening all 

We had a visit from eldest son and the tiddlers. They had to stay in the back garden and I spoke to them from the back door.

Hope you’ve all had a good day

Hi Yogi 

Awwww, I bet they was as glad to see you as you them  🙂

My day has been okay fankoo 

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi 

Awwww, I bet they was as glad to see you as you them  🙂

My day has been okay fankoo 

Hi Moonie 

It was so lovely to see them.😍

If all goes well, my shielding should stop at the start of August and we’ll be able to have them again - still got to socially distance and we will all have to wear masks if we are in the car together.

Glad your day has been good 

@Yogi19 posted:

Hi Moonie 

It was so lovely to see them.😍

If all goes well, my shielding should stop at the start of August and we’ll be able to have them again - still got to socially distance and we will all have to wear masks if we are in the car together.

Glad your day has been good 

Hi Yogi 

I really do hope it goes well and you can all get together again 

Fankoo 🤗🤗🤗

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi 

I really do hope it goes well and you can all get together again 

Fankoo 🤗🤗🤗

I can’t wait! 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie.

Missed you tonight, Ros 

Hugs for the night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

I can’t wait! 

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and visitors   

Good morning everyone it's a lovely clear morning. I hope it's similar where you are and we have a sunny day to come. 

Yogi how lovely for you and your husband to see the children. I can just imagine that you longed to cuddle them. Not long now until your shielding is over. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here.

Yogi, lovely to be able to see the tiddlers again

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone   

A lovely sunny start to the day here 

No rain forecast just turning cloudy in the afternoon 

Enjoy your day, one and all 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000l3s7/

Beethovenania was on BBC 4 on Sunday. Very short mashup of bits from Beethoven's symphonies and even something which sounds like a barn dance with a couple of dancers. Not one for the purists but quite entertaining.