movie

Watched Three Coins in a Fountain last night. Predictable (no suspense), all ends well (no tragedy), made in 1954 (no violence, etc.). All three criteria for my liking a movie. I think I was a teenager the last time I saw it.

My grandmother used to babysit for us on Saturday nights when my parents went out with their friends and we always watched the Saturday night movie. It was always good!

While I was in Florida, the Netflix movie that came was Superman. My mother slept thru it but my father watched.
The beginning: he asked me if it was a foreign film. I explained the baby superman, the planet Krypton, the exploding planet and the baby sent off to earth.
Teenage Superman: he had no idea.
Regular Superman enters: my father does not have any idea who the Superman character is. He never heard of him.
The whole rest of the movie: well, he watched it at least.

So here's the net finished.



Purple flowers started.



Lighthouse finished. May add something which I will show if I do!

Needlepoint progress

Here's the net I am making. Instructions from np instructor were to lace all the strands one way and then the other and tie each intersection down. I tried it but didn't like it. I have an anchor that I want to have caught in the net. Then tried lacing the pattern on a card with the intention of cutting out the card and transferring the net to the canvas. Didn't take long to realize that would not work. Finally, I looked up "making a net" and found a perfect youtube video. It ended up being really simple and exactly like the plait I make in Wiz's mane!! It's almost done but I realize that it will not be quite perfect because I followed the pre-painted lines and now the sag of the net will be problematic.



Beaded fringe on the saddle pad. Almost made me have a nervous breakdown due to the tiny beads, the thin needle and the thread. Done now tho so :P:P


Will put a batting on the back and a black cloth back with tabs to make a wall hanging. Should I roust out my sewing machine that has never been unpacked from the 1998 move? I dont think I even remember how to thread it!

Quiet trail riding

A post in this blog, http://annablakeblog.wordpress.com/ , is about the similarities of trail riding and dressage. I particularly like this part:

"Perhaps there are as many obstacles in an arena as on a trail. If you don’t believe me, you might want to try experiencing the invisible obstacle course disguised as a dressage test. "

I have just started trail riding on a regular basis and I'm trying to be a quieter rider. I'm naturally a fidgety, quick-moving kind of person and get horribly annoyed at the slow-moving, deliberate people of the world. Why not do 2 or 3 things at once?? Why can't they think a few steps ahead?

Of course that is exactly the kind of person who makes a good horse person. A calm, relaxed person makes a calm, relaxed horse. Now my trail riding partner is one such person and her horse is just Miss Laid-Back. With her as an example riding in front of me, I am doing better at just being quieter as a rider and I'm watching my horse to see how he is feeling. Any head coming up makes me take a close look at why.

And my favorite doggie whispering guy - he says picture what you want and make it happen. Don't picture what you are afraid of hppening!