Up With The Drawbridge


The cottage looks at its best by candlelight
I got home after a work half day, walked the dogs and cooked a casserole.
The candles were lit just before 4 pm
Sometimes it's nice just to come home and shut the doors to the world.

I'm watching the TCM movie channel
The Four Musketeers is on...I forgot just how good Oliver Reed ( Athos) and Faye Dunaway ( as the evil Milady) actually were.



I'm lying on the couch with Dotty and Mary
And thinking of the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
" ....if I lay here
            If I just lay here........

            Would you lie with me

            And just forget the world ......?"

           
 

39 comments:

  1. Sounds like a perfect afternoon if you ask me. Enjoy your casserole. :D x

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  2. Barbara Anne5:51 pm

    Your sweet home looks so cozy and inviting.

    I love that movie!

    The song stuck in my head is "The House at Pooh Corner" by Kenny Loggins. Go figure.

    Hugs!

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  3. sounds like a great afternoon to me!

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  4. That beautiful cosy home, a cosy sofa, a casserole and a good movie. Nice after a day at work.

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  5. I love to snuggle on the sofa with my dogs in the afternoon this time of year.One is next to me,one on an armchair,new one on the other and lovely lily gone upstairs to bed until dinner time.My woodburner is lit too but my room has shredded newspaper strewn around which new dog did,and then minutes he weed and it's still there as I'm exhausted- the walk took 2 hours and then I've helped carry several boxes of preserves into the church ready for our Christmas festival-I dropped off just now sitting up x

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  6. Wonderful. If your getting the bad weather Weaver is having your lovely home is perfect for the evening.
    parsnip

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  7. I love that song. It creates an ache but I embrace that thing and still enjoy the music.

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    1. It's my finlay song
      ( finlay was my first dog)

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  8. TCM have some good films.

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    1. Not enough black and white classics for me

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    2. Have just discovered Talking Pictures too, thanks to my Film class. I like that one.

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  9. Chasing pavements - one of my favourite songs.

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  10. Turn off the TV and sing that song long and loud. A passing floppy haired Adonis (floppy is such a horrible word) may surprise you.

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    1. Just have...mrs Trellis didn't even stop

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  11. Your home looks so warm and cozy.

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    1. It is..and is smelling of winter fruits.. whatever that means ( centred candle)

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  12. Oh, he was gorgeous sometimes, wasn't he?
    (The room looks cosy.) xx

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  13. Heidi7:08 pm

    I like that song too. Sometimes it's good to be able to pull up the drawbridge, I need to do that soon, time out needed to recharge the batteries.
    Enjoy your cosy evening.

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    1. I've put Samaritans on hold for a week or so too

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  14. We're watching a lot of TCM at our house too. Can't abide all these Christmas shows on the other channels and Corrie is too damned depressing lately.

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    1. I especially enjoyed their Hutchcock season recently

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  15. I used to have a real crush on Oliver Reed.

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  16. Was that song sung by a hen?

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  17. That version of the Musketeers is my absolute favorite!

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  18. I used to have a crush on Oliver Reed. too. He was so intense.

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  19. Your cottage is so pretty. Glad you were able to keep it.

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  20. Oliver Reed's cousin runs a picture framing workshop here. He has many happy stories of getting pissed with his cousin - too many.

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    1. I bought that old map of Bath from Anthony Reed. I remember Oliver from the Hammer Werewolf debut.

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  21. Anonymous1:35 am

    Yes

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  22. Your home looks so inviting John nice and cozy, we all need those quiet times now and then.

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  23. Lovely!
    Candlelight is the BEST.

    XoXo

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  24. I used to fancy Oliver Reed, then I watched the naked fight scene in Women in Love and went off him . . .

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  25. I love those two movies, the Three and Four Musketeers. I fancied Michael York at the time. Your cottage looks so cozy and inviting!

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