:lol: :lol: Just messing with you, Ines! :lol: And August is great. . .cuz in September I'll come collect it in person! hehehe! *smooches*

:shock: That's quiet a challange! :shock: But I will even face that!

:lol: No, don't do it. . .work on Dwina's goodies first!

Until September we got plenty of time and we will see. Just keep in mind that I got a full time job aside

*smooches*!

Maybe you know already that I'm very fond of crime novels, but probably not that I'm also very fond of the actor Kenneth Branagh. Now I just learned that there will be a film version of Henning Mankell's Sidetracked on tv today with Kenneth Branagh as Wallander.
You may imagine my evening is made. :P

"Psychic ... borderland"

While I can't get ITV2 ... :roll:

Rock on! Have you ever read any Ann Rule?

No, I'm not familiar with her.

I am more of a history buff when it comes to reading, you know me and the First Elizabeth, the historical figure I would love to be for a day or two ! Like who wouldn't want to rule as she did so capably , and have a Robin (as in Dudley) in the wings :? :lol: !?!

However, of late, I am hooked on Midsomer Murders :? :mrgreen: ! Ellen and I have watched many episodes :shock:! Rather lighthearted demise :? :shock:.

Seems like many of my friends are into Ann, who Rules, I'll have to check it out , Lori !

I did watch this episode :? of Wallander on public television a few weeks ago, reminds me more of Prime Suspect . It is true what they say in the trailer that he is an emotional train wreck , poor fellow !

In my opinion, the best Kenneth Branagh movie was Much Ado About Nothing, it is still among my favorites! He and Emma rocked in it! Which of his are yours, Gabriele?

http://www.annrules.com

OMG, she's the bomb!!!

Lori ... I'll be looking for her on my next book buying spree.

Bethany ... I liked Henry V and Frankenstein with Helena Bonham Carter. But my favourite is Dead Again (not surprisingly, a crime story) with Emma Thompson. I like both actresses, Kenneth seems to have a remarkable taste regarding women. :lol:
The Mankell type of crime novel is not really my cup of tea, I'm given to the classic whodunnit in the British tradition ... solve the intricate mystery rather than fathom the depths of human nature. :P And I like detective stories in a historic setting, like Anne Perry's. But my latest discovery is Veronica Stallwood whose novels are set in and around Oxford.
Nice memories, aren't they?

Sure looks :shock: like some mystery reading I could get into, thanks for the lead :!:


Two Branagh's I haven't seen, although :? , I think I may have caught the third!

Hamlet and Othello :? are coming to mind!?!

You know me :? with my Jane Austen leanings, Emma is my actor/actress of choice :!:

Could go on and on :shock: ;), but must attend to My Aunt On The Hill :D, she is a bit of a mystery to me :!:

I must admit I haven't seen neither Hamlet nor Othello. :oops:
It seems what Emma Thompson is with regard to Jane Austen, Helena Bonham Carter is considering E. M. Forster, although he can't of course hold a candle to the former. :P By the way, in Howards End they appear both, as the very different sisters.

Yesterday we had to choose between Wallander and Barnaby, acting at the same time on different channels. :shock: We opted for Barnaby ... and were rewarded with some Thame scenes.

Lucky YOU :!:

Ines :geek: , you are soooo close to the actual location, LUCKY YOU TOO :!:

Gabriele, Love :P Howard's End, Emma, Helena, & Vanessa too !

Yes, you are sooo right about Austen to Forster, she, of course into happier endings :!:

Tell me :P which Barnaby, wondering :? if it is one I have seen!?!

Having recently read that Elizabeth I is said to have inherited the tempers of both or her parents, I would point out, my choice would be to inhabit her shoes when more like her mother and less like her Father !





No Chopping Block or other Bloody Tower incidents, please :shock: :!: Haven't we read that Ann Boleyn stayed at the Prebendal!?! Wondering :? if either Robin or Dwina would point the way :? ..... :lol: :!: Something else to pursue :P while there :P :!:

It was Picture of Innocence. During the scenes inside the photographer's shop we could see the parking area outside where we had left the car before walking to the Prebendal for the first time three years ago. :lol:

Haven't seen this one yet :shock: :!: We'll be looking :P :!:

Our trip to the east ...

Great tip Avalanche :!:

I share one photo I took on Sunday, when we were in the countryside and visited lots of stork nests, birdwatchers put rings on baby storks' legs.
I enjoyed it very much.
It was last year when we participated on a Stork Road Show the first time. I will go next year too! I have to practise taking photos of suddenly fast flying birds


This was the moment when mum stork realizes she has to leave the nest as the crane with people in is getting nearer and nearer .

Wonderful photos and photographers :!:

Out east :? ............

Stork Road Show :? , amazing :shock: .........

Thank You Both

GORGEOUS, Ladies!!!!!!

wasnt sure where else to post, probably shouldve in the prayer jar, but theres a bird in my backyard that wont fly,its been there since this afternoon, i thought it was ok once when i went back out because i didnt see it, but i just took my dog out and he found it-he didnt hurt it, just startled it-it opened its beak, but it just sits there on the ground. i feel so helpless-we dont have any kind of animal sanctuaries here,im afraid it will die by morning.

Congrats, Kirsten! :lol:

YOU ROCK, KIRSTEN!

You sure do, Kirsten !