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[Bucket1]

OMG it’s November 

Where is this year going?

[Valkyrie]

41 minutes ago, dughlas said:

My mum's youngest sister went back into the hospital last evening. They are feeding her by iv. Four years ago this coming week she and my uncle danced at my son's wedding. She's my favorite aunt. She has always looked like a younger version of my mum.

  

[Valkyrie]

Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain! I have chili in the crockpot and will make peanut butter brownies shortly.  I have a little bit more housework to do to get ready for my guest.  One of my friends is going to stay the night.  We'll watch movies and see if we get any trick or treaters.  I have Reeses peanut butter cups, my mask, and a set of tongs to hand out the candy, so I'm all ready.   

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

OMG it’s November 

Where is this year going?

It's still October here, bro.  

But the veil between the worlds is starting to get very thin...

Oíche Shamhna sona, go léir!

Happy samhain, all!

(Happy halloween, all!)

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

My mum's youngest sister went back into the hospital last evening. They are feeding her by iv. Four years ago this coming week she and my uncle danced at my son's wedding. She's my favorite aunt. She has always looked like a younger version of my mum.

 

[Marty]

19 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

That would make a great story prompt.  What happens when the door is opened?    

 

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

I like it. It does have a bit of Halloween feel ... a what dwells behind the unopened door. Hmmm, imagine the potential that question poses for the authors on GA.

Never thought of using it as a story prompt... Good idea, guys!

Actually, although that door is painted brown, the paint is badly cracked and peeling, revealing a similar coat of cracked and peeling green paint underneath...

That made me think of the song Green Door made famous by Shakin' Stevens back in 1981 (although I'm actually old enough to remember Frankie Vaughan's original hit with the song in 1957), with the opening lines of:

Midnight...
One more night without sleeping.
Green door...
What's that secret your keeping?

Spoiler

 

Of course, I know what's behind the door.

Maybe for my next weekly black and white photograph I'll actually open the door, use a wide-angled lens, put "TN" on a tripod, and take a long exposure photograph to let the rest of you see what actually is in the small dark room that lies behind it... 

Edited October 31, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

What a beautiful man he was.  

At least we still have Pierce Brosnan. 

[Marty]

5 hours ago, dughlas said:

RIP Bond, James Bond. Sir Sean Connery has died at age 90.

 

5 hours ago, Headstall said:

What a beautiful man he was.  

 

10 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

At least we still have Pierce Brosnan. 

Sean looked like a man, whereas Pierce just looks like a boy in that photograph, Page....

(Or is Pierce the one with the beard?)

Edited October 31, 2020 by Marty

[Page Scrawler]

5 minutes ago, Marty said:

Sean looked like a man, whereas Pierce just looks like a boy in that photograph, Page....

That is Pierce Brosnan, on the right side. The young man on the left is his son, Paris Brosnan. 

[Bucket1]

14 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

At least we still have Pierce Brosnan. 

What about George Lazenby? 

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

OMG it’s November 

Where is this year going?

Not yet!

[Page Scrawler]

1 minute ago, Bucket1 said:

What about George Lazenby? 

He's still alive, at 81. 

[Page Scrawler]

20 minutes ago, Marty said:

(Or is Pierce the one with the beard?)

Hey, Marty!  Sorry, I should have clarified. 

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Marty!  Sorry, I should have clarified. 

Don't worry about it, Page.

It was probably me that shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.  

Edited October 31, 2020 by Marty

[Marty]

Interesting change to your profile picture, @clochette. 

Something to do with the night that's in it, I assume. 

[clochette]

12 minutes ago, Marty said:

Interesting change to your profile picture, @clochette. 

Something to do with the night that's in it, I assume. 

Yup, I've dressed up for the occasion

Trick or treat Marty?  

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

At least we still have Pierce Brosnan. 

And his son ...

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

What about George Lazenby? 

I was never fond of Lazenby as Bond. While I enjoyed the films with Roger Moore his Bond seems more cartoonish. Brosnan was in my mind the prettiest and his films played more like modern day dime store novels. While I wasn't sure at first, I've come to like Daniel Craig's portrayal the most.

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

  

 

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

 

Thank you both. 

[dughlas]

19 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

I seem to remember how fond of spidders you are Clo

Those guys are some of Val's early herd members. Sadly, the spider got them all. Well, except for that sort of slow one bringing up the rear. Him, he tripped and shot himself in the foot. Spider passed him by.

[CassieQ]

I come home to a thread full of spiders.  What is wrong with you people?

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

What about George Lazenby? 

Hey, I liked him!  

Oh... and he wore a kilt.  

Edited October 31, 2020 by Headstall

[Headstall]

35 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I was never fond of Lazenby as Bond. While I enjoyed the films with Roger Moore his Bond seems more cartoonish. Brosnan was in my mind the prettiest and his films played more like modern day dime store novels. While I wasn't sure at first, I've come to like Daniel Craig's portrayal the most.

I agree that Daniel Craig made a great Bond, but Sean Connery was always my favorite. 

[Headstall]

12 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I come home to a thread full of spiders.  What is wrong with you people?

Plenty...  

[clochette]

39 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I come home to a thread full of spiders.  What is wrong with you people?

It's val's fault, she opened up Marty's spiderd den