Merry Christmas!

Every winter,
When the great sun has turned his face away,
The earth goes down into a vale of grief,
And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables,
Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay -
Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.

-Charles Kingsley

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.

-Andrew Wyeth

* * * * * *

*winter solstice*

Doctor Who
season 5
2010
(Matt Smith, Karen Gillan)

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chain link style scarf
knit
RED HEART yarn

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sewing project for the day: pink potholders approximately 10 inches square

Doctor Who
season 4
(David Tennant, Catherine Tate)
2008

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double crochet wave pattern

*Happy Thanksgiving!*

Satisfaction
2007
season 1
(Madeleine West, Peta Sergeant, Alison Whyte, Bojana Novakovic, Diana Glenn, Kestie Morassi)

The top photo is one of my favorite images of Molly.

Molly passed away yesterday, 17 November 2011. She did not have a mean bone in her body. She was a special dog with a special spirit.

Black Swan
2010
1hr 48min
(Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis)

The Lady from Shanghai
1948
1hr 27min
(Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane)

Suspicion
1hr 39min
1941
(Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant)
director: Alfred Hitchcock

Doctor Who
season 3
2007
(David Tennant, Freema Agyeman)

Copper
author: Kazu Kibuishi
c. 2010
ISBN: 978-0-545-09892-2

Doctor Who
season 2
2005
(David Tennant, Billie Piper)

SE U.S.A.

SE U.S.A., a set on Flickr.

photos from travels to the southeast U.S.A.

Big Love

season 4

2010

U.S.A. states I visited on roadtrip in October:

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Tennessee

Kentucky

Indiana

Illinois

Missouri

Iowa

Minnesota

Letters to Juliet
1hr 45min
2010
(Amanda Seyfried)
director: Gary Winick

Inception

2010

Salt

1hr 44min

2010

(Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor)

The Pillars of the Earth
2010
(Matthew Macfadyen, Ian McShane)

The Art of Non-Conformity

author: Chris Guillebeau

c.2010

ISBN 978-0-399-53610-6

more sunflowers from garden

No One Knows About Persian Cats

2009

1hr 47min

director: Bahman Ghobadi

Hotel Babylon

season 1

2006

(Tamzin Outhwaite, Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson)

based on novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones & anonymous

three photos: original, old camera style, B+W

Lust, Caution
a story by Eileen Chang
translation c.2007 by Julia Lovell
ISBN: 978-0-307-38744-8

63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You To Read
author: Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell
c. 2011
ISBN 978-1-61608-226-0

B+W photostudio work

sunflowers from garden. I took the photos this past weekend. The second photo is from using ArcSoft photo-studio.

The Night Watch
author: Sarah Waters
c. 2006
ISBN 1-59448-905-X

MI-5
volume 8
2009

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
collection 4
2008

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
collection 3
2007

lily from garden

Dollhouse
season 1
(Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, Tahmoh Penikett)
2008

B+W photo

Monarch of the Glen
2000
series 1
(BBC)

Fingersmith

2005

3hrs

(Sally Hawkins, Rupert Evans, Elaine Cassidy)

Just Another Love Story

1hr 44min

2007

(in Danish)

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple
vol. 1&2
1987
(Joan Hickson)

ArcSoft studio "toy camera" setting

The Secret in their Eyes

2hrs 9min

2010

(Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil)

Avatar
2009
2hrs 42min
(Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana)

Dear God, Thank You for Not Answering My Prayer
authors: Arno Froese & Dieter Steiger
c. 2000
ISBN #0-937422-51-7

Gloomy Sunday
1999
1hr 54min
(German)

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Hello Kitty Ducktape at Target!

postcrossing stats:

sent: 2000 postcards as of today's date

Hooray!

United States of Tara
season 2
2010
(Toni Collette, John Corbett)

Sensual Passion:

Bellydance Secrets by Tamalyn Dallal

2008

2hrs

*with performance*

Belly Dance Lesson 2: Standing Moves
2003
50min
(Cory Zamora)

Belly Dance with Anja: The Movements
2008
1hr

Unveiled: Double Veil Instructional with Petite Jamilla
2008
1hr

Big Love
season 3
2009
(Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin)

Hung
season 1
2009
(Thomas Jane, Jane Adams)

Stardust

2007

2hrs 7min

(Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes)

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chipmunk on porch near house

Californication
season 3
2009

***** Happy Mother's Day! *****

Z

2hrs 7min

1969

director: Costa-Gavras

Law of Desire
1hr 42min
1987
director: Pablo Almodovar

Angels & Demons

2hrs 18min

2009

The Da Vinci Code

2hrs 29min

2006

The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
1hr 55min
(Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana)

*****Happy Easter!*****

Doctor Who
season 1
2005
(Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper)

Mistresses volume one
seasons 1&2
2008
BBC video

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nylon crochet thread (Red Heart)
color: 16 Natural

Kitchen Confidential
Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
author: Anthony Bourdain
c. 2000, 2007
ISBN 0-06-093491-3

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2hrs 27min
2009
(Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lisa Endre, Jacob Ericksson)
director: Daniel Alfredson

Bright Star

Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

Introduction by Director Jane Campion

c.2009

ISBN 978-0-14-311774-2

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
a novel
by Stieg Larsson
translation c.2009
ISBN 978-0-307-26999-7

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

1hr 30min

2005

documentary

Living by Faith
by J.Vernon McGee
c. 2004
ISBN 0-7852-6077-3

Bright Star
2009
1hr 59min
(Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish)
filmmaker: Jane Campion

Sylvia
1hr 50min
2003
(Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig)

Archangel
2hrs 4min
2005
(Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht)
based on novel by Robert Harris

an excerpt from the March&April 2011 issue of CooksIllustrated page 1:

Rule Number 1: Do it; Don't Talk About It. Experts are the folks who never give advice. If you are always telling someone how to do something, you probably don't know how to do it yourself.

Rule Number 2: Never Ask If You Can Help; Just Help. A friend was unloading lumber off of a pickup truck when a neighbor stopped by to borrow something. He asked if he could help, was told that no assistance was necessary, and then watched for 20 minutes as my friend unloaded his truck. You never need permission to help.

The International

1hr 58min

2009

(Clive Owen, Naomi Watts)

Late Marriage

1hr 40min

2001

director: Dover Kosashvili

Kadosh
1hr 57min
2000
(Yoram Hattab, Yael Abecassis, Meital Barda, Sami Hori, Uri Klauzner)

Enduring Love
1hr 40min
2004
(Daniel Craig)

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

(year of the Rabbit)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
1hr 56min
2010
(Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina)

Belle de Jour/Secret Diary of a Call Girl

by Anonymous

c. 2006

ISBN 978-0-446-54082-7 (paperback)

Grand Central Publishing

Bomb It

1hr 33min

2007

filmmaker: Jon Reiss

(documentary: graffiti)

Box 21
Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom
c. 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-28295-0

Waltz with Bashir
1hr 30min
2008
director: Ari Folman

The Syrian Bride
1hr 37min
2004
(Clara Khoury, Dirar Suleiman)

The Girl Who Played With Fire
2hrs 9min
2009
(Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist)

The Queen and I
1hr 30min
2008
documentary by Nahid Persson Sarvestani

The Forbidden Chapter
2006
1hr 30min
(in Farsi)

20 Fingers
1hr 12min
2004
(Mania Akbari, Bijan Daneshmand)
life in contemporary Iran

The Secret of the Grain
2007
2hrs 34min
(Habib Boufares, Leila D'Issernio, Hafsia Herzi, Bouraouia Marzouk)

Earth
2007
1hr 30min
narration by James Earl Jones

*Happy New Year 2011!*