What the Beck???
The pond was filled with leaves and slimy after
winter so it was time to clean it out.
This picture was taken after I had used the wet dry vac to suck
out most of the water.
This is the debris from the vacuum
I strongly suggest this Craftsman model.
It worked great!
Once again clean, and the waterfall sounds wonderful
I call this Maddie's pond because the two
of us built in one weekend
Cleaning
the Pond
winter so it was time to clean it out.
This picture was taken after I had used the wet dry vac to suck
out most of the water.
This is the debris from the vacuum
I strongly suggest this Craftsman model.
It worked great!
Once again clean, and the waterfall sounds wonderful
I call this Maddie's pond because the two
of us built in one weekend
This is one of the five frogs that call the pond "home."
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1935 Les
Miserables
starring: Fredric March, Charles
Laughton, Rochelle Hudson, Cedric Hardwicke, Marilyn Knowlden
plot – Jean March’s character is put
in jail for stealing bread. Once freed from jail, he discovers that people are not very forgiving and
he has to constantly hide from the law. He
has taken in a young poor girl and raises her.
This was a GREAT MOVIE.
The storyline was great, but the acting was outstanding. I actually
forgot that it was in black and white.
1935 The
Lives of a Bengal Lancer
starring: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone,
Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing,
Kathleen Burke, Douglas Dumbrille
plot – In India, Lt. MaGregor (Cooper)
is overseeing some new men.
The men go on a mission to overthrow a ruthless chief.
This was an okay movie, but I can’t say that anything really stood
out to me. Cooper is always good, but I wasn’t really interested in the acting
or the movie.
1940 Our
Town
starring: William Holden, Martha
Scott, Frank Craven
plot – Thornton Wilder’s story of like
in a small New England town.
It chronicles the love, struggles, and tragedy of a young couple.
This was a marvelous movie. I love the town, but maybe that is
because it is the type of town that I am looking to move to next year. The town
and people are quaint, and live in peace and harmony. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this one.
1941 How
Green was my Valley
starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen
O’Hara. Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowell, Barry Fitzgerald
plot – The story of a large Welsh
mining family. They struggle with differing opinions about belonging to a mining union.
This was a Great Movie. It was easy to see how this movie won the Academy Award for 1941. I
totally understood both sides of the union issue at that time in history.
1942 49th
Parallel
starring: Lawrence Olivier, Raymond
Massey, Anton Walbrook, Leslie
Howard, Glynnis Johns
plot – A group of Nazi’s are stranded
in Canada when their sub sinks.
Seven Germans escape into the countryside. They
try to blend in to the communities and plan to make
it to the USA who is not yet involved in the war.
I really liked this movie. The idea of Germans stuck in Canada was
a plot that I had never seen before. This was enjoyable.
1945 Spellbound
starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory
Peck, Michael Chekhov, Rhonda Fleming, Leo G. Carroll
plot – Another fabulous film by Alfred
Hitchcock. The head of a
mental hospital needs a replacement, but the man who
arrives in an imposter. Peck plays the new leader,
and Bergman plays a colleague who falls in love
with him. Together they try to discover his past that
he does not remember due to amnesia.
I liked this movie, too. To watch the actors play characters with
extreme mental illness was fascinating since I do not know much about the
topic.
1947 Great
Expectations
starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson,
Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Alec Guiness, Jean Simmons
plot – Originally written by Charles
Dickens. Pip’s parents die, and
he is taken in by the blacksmith. A wealthy lady named
Mrs. Haversham who becomes Pip’s new benefactor.
She wants to teach him to be a gentleman.
He fits the bill and is helped by a convict.
He wants to repay the kindness.
This was a pretty good movie. I was interested in how life would
turn out for Pip due to his humble beginnings and struggles.
1948 The
Snake Pit
starring: Olivia Havilland, Mark
Stevens, Celeste Holm, Lea Geno,
Glenn Langan
plot – A disturbing movie about a
woman who suffers a breakdown
and is put in a mental hospital. The “treatments”
used on the patients are cruel and inhumane.
It was refreshing to see how the doctor helped her regain her sanity.
DeHavilland plays such a different type of character in this movie. After this
movie came out in theaters, many states investigated mental hospital practices
and treatment.
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