Dreamflower's Mathom-house

Friday night the DH and I watched Saving Mr. Banks. I really enjoyed it; Emma Thompson was amazing in it!

Saturday was a quiet day; the DH did some yard work, I tidied the house and did some laundry and after lunch we pretended to watch TV and nap. Then Saturday evening there was a free rodeo at the local rodeo arena. There was even a free meal. It was sponsored by some churches and was also an evangelistic event, so you knew going in listening to a sermon was the "price". Supper was a choice of hot dog or hamburger, small bag of chips and a canned soft drink or bottled water.

We had not been to a rodeo in years and years, and it was a lot of fun; the best part (I always think) is the barrel racing, but they also had bronco riding, several roping events, and bull riding. For the kids they had "mutton busting" (sheep riding, which was hilarious!) and a calf scramble (about a hundred kids trying to chase five calves and get a ribbon off its tail. Winners got $20 and every kid taking part got $1. They also had a junior and a peewee class for the barrel racing. The highlight was a little girl in the peewee class--she looked to be about six or seven--riding a pinto. She approached the first barrel and her horse balked. It would NOT go. She sat there and kicked and bounced, and the pinto just set its hooves. then tried to turn and go the other way. She pulled on the reins and finally it meandered around the barrel. It went on to the next two barrels and didn't balk, but it didn't rush any either. She was so cute and stubborn! The only bad thing was: sitting on bleachers for four hours! We are getting way too old for that. Our backs and backsides ached and we were so stiff that we were hardly able to walk back to the car!

I took some pics with my phone, but I'm not sure they came out good enough to post.

Today I did have to work, but it was only a short shift from 10AM to 2PM; I rested this afternoon. After supper the DH went down to the pond at the high school to fish. I listened to music and played around with trying out some Zentangle which I've been interested experimenting with for a while. The DH got home with a mess of crappie and blue gill, which he cleaned and we put in the freezer. Sometime this week we'll have fish for supper.

WOW! just...WOW! This is why I love this show.


ETA: I should say there are possible spoilers in the comments.

Flowers the DH picked for me, in the kitchen window:

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There are still 8 stories in the wipbigbang that still do not have an artist--and one of them is mine!

If you are an artist or you know any artists, please pass along the word. The link is here:
http://wipbigbang.livejournal.com/8269.html

Besides The Hobbit, other available fandoms are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dungeons and Dragons, Harry Potter, Marvel and Mass Effect.

I've entered one of my WIPs in the wipbigbang and they need a few more artists if they can get them.

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Mine is in The Hobbit fandom (natch!) If anyone artistic is interested, artist sign up is here.

To all my friends who celebrate, a joyous and blessed Easter Day! And to everyone, I hope this day is a happy one!

This seemed very appropriate for Good Friday:

The Legend of the Sand Dollar:
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Taken from several people on my flist:

Name five ‘non-sexual kinks’ you have as a reader/writer: that is, five writing techniques, themes, settings, or character types that really draw you into a story. (If they are different for you as a reader than as a writer, please name both!)

1. I will call this one "turnabout". In every fandom there seems to be a character who gets the lion's share of attention (especially in hurt/comfort). In hobbit-fic, this character is almost always Frodo. I'm a sucker for fics in which that's turned around, and Frodo gets the chance to take care of someone for a change. And in any fandom, I enjoy it when the designated "caregiver" character gets the chance to be the "care-receiver" for once.

2. "Fluff with a bite". Drabbles are really good for this, but I've seen it in longer stories as well: sweet, light, inconsequential domesticity, with a sentence or two dropped in near the end to remind the reader that this won't last--something's happened/will happen to break your heart and spoil it all.

3. Opposite of the above: "Angst plus fluff", in which a sad, seemingly desperate situation is ameliorated by happy moments that remind the reader "this too will pass, and hope will endure as long as love does."

4. One theme I love is the triumph of compassion, in which things like mercy and forgiveness win the day; or in which the lack of these qualities cause the downfall of the villain(s). I suppose that is why LotR remains forever at the top of my favorite stories.

5. Friendship. Deep and loyal friendships that motivate the characters to help and to care for one another. I really love to read (and write) about how these friendships were formed and cemented.

I like to write about all these things, and even more to read about them.