Finally.
So beautiful out...collected in the sweeping boughs of the fir trees in the back, and outlining the twisted branched of the black locust directly outside my patio doors.
I've been waiting for it.
Just a slow relaxing weekend here.
Lisa and Tina and I have rescheduled our Sister's Day.
A nice bit of down time after a week of non-stop socialization.
Early this week, Chris and Don & Tina and I enjoyed Chinese Brunch and Chat during our Winter Visit together...and parted with
"...see you in Spring!"
And John and I disappearing mid-week for our January Adventure.
A couple of days in the Avon/Plainfield area. Dinner at Cracker Barrel with BBQ chicken topped with apple-cranberry chutney (which I NOW must learn to make...so good...) and green beans, sweet corn and warm buttery mashed potatoes.
You know WHAT ELSE is good with warm butter ???
POPCORN and the (final???) Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker on the wide screen!
Where the old spring type uncomfortable seats of 1977 have been replaced with power recliners!
And the way they divide their seating up makes it easy to sit on end section and transfer from my wheelchair to absolute padded, reclining bliss for the duration of the movie!
"I like it here...I'm staying!"
Opening with Kylo Ren, who obviously still has anger management issues, and the lush Star Wars theme of John Williams and the prologue scrolling up the screen...
And both of us realizing that (incredibly) Star Wars has spanned almost a half century.
References/visuals throughout bringing us back to the 8 previous movies.
It was PERFECT.
The Death of Leia...
The Redemption of Ben (formerly Kylo)
The Introduction of ANOTHER oh-so-cute droid (D-O)
More CGI beasties.
The Destruction of Emperor Palpatine and the end of the Sith.
The Closure for Rey.
The Triumph of the Resistance,
And the very best part for me...the entire thing coming full circle and ending exactly back where it began all those years ago...in the sandy ruins/remains of the home we saw in 1977...Luke Skywalker's Aunt and Uncle's place in the middle of nowhere.
This was a cinematic touch of brilliance.
And...there was warm buttered popcorn, whose presence cannot be underestimated...lol!
John found this while we were out
which summarized the two days, wonderfully.
Friday, Diane and I had coffee and chat before her month-long trip to Florida...and last night James dropped by for a bit.
Yes...it has been a very "peopley" week.
So...here is to two completely unscheduled people-less days of relaxing, recharging, reading, painting, and hot bubble baths!
Just ordered this year's Girl Scout Cookies!
(yep...they're back)
The accumulating snowfall, warmth and Willow Woodwick crackling candle just adds to the ambience.
~Sofi
~Gadget
Have a very Zen Weekend!
And the Cookies are here!!!
Thanks, Hon...
(....slipping into a tiny GSC coma...)
