In the neighbrohood 06-14-20

I don't know if this is a "thing" elsewhere, but there are two houses in my neighborhood where the families show movies on the outside of their garage doors.  I posted once before about the showings in the cul de sac across the street from our house.  The other night when we were walking after the sun went down and the temperature dropped below 80F we saw another house on Brian Street with a moving going,  along with a campfire! 

There are three adults sitting in chairs where the driveway meets the street and several children stretched out close to the garage door.  The fire is in a brazier between the adults.  

I can't find the picture I posted previously of the movies in the cul de sac.  What did I label them?  Movies?  Neighbors?  Garage door?  Outdoor movies?  Nope, none of those.  

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"Bright Star" 10-06-09

The last time I went to see a movie was almost ten years ago when I saw Tom Hanks in "Castaways"! Since then it seems there are not that many movies that attract my attention, nor has it seemed convenient to go. Recently friends have been commenting about "Bright Star" and I was tempted to see it. Fortunately my friend Carol had the same idea and we went together this afternoon. It is not a movie with a lot of suspense, most everyone knows that Keats died at the early age of 25, but the landscape and the costumes are fantastic and offer much to look at. I know none of the actors, however the acting seemed good and they managed to keep my attention. I didn't figure out if it was an English or an Australian film, none of the scenery looked like Australia, it was definitely England. A few scenes took my breath away: a shot of a huge spreading tree with snow on the branches and another with the three main characters trailing each other across a meadow. Both views worth seeing on the enormous screen - along with some others almost as impressive. I don't know if this will put me in a movie going mode, the only preview that looked interesting was "Alice in Wonderland" with Johnny Depp as the white rabbit. Comes out in March, I believe, when it might be time to go out to a movie again.

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