Category: Flowers and Movies
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Flowers and Movies
Sunshine and temperatures in the upper forties this week had me thinking about flowers and the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards airing this Sunday evening has me thinking about movies. As always, I’m behind on watching the first batch of nominees as we lead up to the Oscars in April. Many more movies to watch,…
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Flowers And Movies
I’m a faithful fan to my favorite actors, rarely skipping a film, and it was a week of catching up on movies starring Bruce Willis (Acts of Violence) and Robert DeNiro (Heist) and watching the latest movies with Liam Neeson (Made In Italy) and Bill Nighy (Sometimes Always Never). My only mistake this week was watching…
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Flowers And Movies
While my mother and I may not spend many hours gardening together, we have enjoyed a lifetime of sharing books and movies. One of those books was the 2000 New York Times best-selling memoir A Year By The Sea: Thoughts Of An Unfinished Woman written by Joan Anderson. Over the years we’ve had many great conversations…
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Flowers And Movies
I’ve watched an interesting variety of movies over the last week (you can watch the trailers if you click on the movie title) and I’m surprised that the ones I would recommend were the horror and French films. I loved watching the mother and daughter roles played out wonderfully by Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in The…
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Flowers And Movies
I always love when I can add another favorite to my lists and this week the absolutely wonderful documentary Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy was added. I loved my introduction to Diana Kennedy, enough that I’m determined to start cooking again since our restaurant days are on hold, and “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy provides an intimate look…
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Flowers And Movies
A walk in the morning with Harper enjoying the flowers followed by a mini Meryl Streep film festival that began with It’s Complicated, which I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched for the wonderful bakery, home and garden scenes, followed by Julie & Julia and The Devil Wears Prada.
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Flowers And Movies
The street and society photographer Bill Cunningham was an artist “who saw beauty at every turn” and in the wonderful documentary, The Times Of Bill Cunningham, the fashion historian in a 1994 interview shares wonderful stories about his life and the film includes an incredible collection of previously unpublished photographs from his archive of over 3 million images.