R's rue

  That gown !  I’ve never reviewed Now Voyager. Having said that, I’ve never seen it on the big screen as it was meant to be seen. And so nearly 80 years since it was made, I thought it time for my Going Gently review. Now Voyager is a melodrama to cap all melodramas.  It is pure nectar to a middle aged gay man’s sensibilities for everything but the kitchen sink has been thrown into the mix . In two hours we are witness to the transformation of Bette Davis’  neurotic, monobrowed spinster into an assertive , shoulder padded, coiffured  woman about town through some unseen but obviously highly effective psychotherapy . What a bitch Gladys  Cooper Throw into the mix a harridan mother ( A gloriously hateful Gladys Cooper), a handsome married Austrian ( Paul Henreid), a voyage to South America, a benign psychiatrist (  Claude Rains) a wise cracking nurse ( Mary Wilks),   oodles of pop psychology, a dozen gowns to die for and more c...

 Lord I claim  Your promises As my flesh  Is weak But my  Strength  Is renewed By reading  Your words What is on your heart today? from R's rue https://ift.tt/3g4TXs1

Is it an English thing? I don't know but here - in the frost-free months -  you will often see hanging baskets of flowers close to people's front doors. Although you can buy ready-made hanging baskets from garden centres or florists, for the past three decades Shirley has made up a new basket every year inserting suitable flowering plants that will later provide a mixture of blooming colour. When you decide to have a hanging basket, you should also be prepared to water and feed it very regularly - often daily. Consequently, if you go away for a day or two you have to find ways of preventing the soil from drying out. Friendly neighbours may help. In my experience, most hanging baskets are maintained by women. For whatever reason, women tend to be more enthusiastic about flowers and flowering plants than the majority of men. I should have taken a picture or two of our current hanging basket when it was at its absolute best a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, I didn't  so tha...