Rain on a tin roof

A little prewriting session before I get to work wrapping up "GrunkleStan and the derelict cabin". It was 48F,raining and dark as balls. In a synchronous and dare I say, efficent?, move to release the chickens and save my poor toes from going numb the first hour I am out here in my: "Headspace Hideout", my Writing Shed, my Haven, my "shed of one's own"-- I did a thing. AFTER hustling out to the shed, with a shawl over my head looking like a spaceage Ma Ingalls,I turned the lil space heater on. (Can't you just see? Jammies, crocs and umbrella? LOLS.) I'll bet Caroline Ingalls WISHED she had my little Heaterito! This was BEFORE I did morning chores. Then I made a mocha to go and... it is so lovely. The quiet rain thrumming steadily,the cinnamon on my mug overrides the still fresh paint smell. OK. Time to get to work.

First Movie in a Theatre since Lockdown

Last night, 10/21/21, the HouseFam and I used our membership perks at The Michigan Theatre to get four seats to a sneakpeek of Denis Villeneuve’s new iteration of Dune. It was in the Screening Room which has "historically accurate" seats. That was our biggest and only gripe. (Part 1 is 2hrs 35!). In fact, it was such an exciting, happy and memorable moment that when we were greeted by Russ Collins (looking quite fit I might add, nice suit!) I may have gushed and babbled. The masked crew at the concession stand cheered and welcomed us back when we got beers and REAL THEATRE POPCORN! But, back to me briefly thanking Russ for requiring Vax Card checks before anyone could enter the beloved and beautiful old building. I had truly intended to be quick. But, my happy thanks prompted a lil chat. He was grateful that I had said something positive about the required VaxCard. Apparently, some people would prefer to be maskless in a tiny indoor space with a whole lot of other SciFi fans who may or may NOT be vaccinated. Apparently, those people are also very verbal in their crabby and uneducated opinions. We all verbalized that we would not have come if that proof wasn't made obvious. We are all big movie nerds and DUNE is exciting, but it was streaming at our COVIDFree home. It was good to see Russ' eyes crinkle happily under his mask. THE MOVIE ROCKED. So... SO... much better than Lynch's snoozefest. You know I love me some Kyle Maclachlan but the role of young princeling Paul Atreides has been OWNED by Timothée Chalamet. This version of a favorite novel is much more female friendly. Indeed, I loved Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica. The world building seemed more efficient. Fantastic cinematography (GREAT use of scale to indicate the enormity of various "things" LOL) and delicious story telling. Strong work Villeneuve! Strong work! SO VERY GLAD we saw it on a big screen. Exciting space ships, great-quite believable costumes (esp the stillsuits), thankfully the Baron is not nearly so distractingly, ridiculously comical in appearance. I feel the fantastic cast really helped, Aquaman is (and will be) perfect and so was Poe. We did miss the cushy lazyboy chairs of the big chain cinemas, but the knowledge that everyone else felt as safe as we did with "airplane rules" of: Mask on unless you are eating. Made for a wonderful viewing experience. Looking fwd to seeing Chalamet in "The French Dispatch" soon! YAY MOVIES!

It is all about those chonky stems...

I grew these from last year's seed.

Yowza...Grandsons are amazing!

Hi! Sorry, It has been a hot minute. I have literally been jetting back and forth across the country. I can handle Delta's end of LAX like a GD PRO! I highly reccommend TSA Precheck. It is worth every penny. 1. NEW TOPIC:The Driveway. We have paid an obscene amount of money to rip out the 40+ year old asphalt. It has been replaced with curbs and "self locking" gravel. Despite it taking well over a month and being rather wall shakingly/alarmingly loud and dusty? It is lovely. 1a. SHADE GARDEN...in progress, proper essay soon. 60'x 60' blank canvas getting reclaimed to native woodland and a rain garden. 2. NEW TOPIC: My Shed So close,so very close... to having it completed. The power has been inspected and approved and I have hired the dry wall guy who worked in the kitchen. He is coming Saturday! I promise to update more frequently now that D. isn't the NICU and things have settled down in SoCal. He is a chubby happy 8month old (maybe a lil asthma situation, because he is so young the pediatrician won't/can't say/test for "asthma" so we are running with "Restrictive Airway Disease". I suspect he will outgrow it.