Eternal Refuge

This set of icons is made for Round 55 of monthlyinspo  over at DW, with a theme of "Winter Solstice"

I decided to used favourite Christmas films ....
The Holly and the Ivy   -   1, 12
Little Shop around the Corner   -   5, 6, 8
White Christmas   -  7, 13, 15
Miracle on 34th Street    -  14
The Bishop’s Wife   -  2, 4, 10
I’ll be home for Christmas   -  3, 9, 11

1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15

As ever, all are snaggable, but credit would be appreciated. The credits are available over at my icon journal - d4s_icons

... but I have just got back from collecting my prescription. I have been taking Thyroxine for about 10 years, and todays boxes are a lot bigger than the normal ones. Just a small piece of cardboard, I know, but multiply that by many thousands ... and that is a lot of extra paper.

Oh well - at least I have the treament I need, so on a scale of one to ten, that's the important fact ... thank you NHS

As I don't really have any news I thought I would post a few icons from posts where they had to be entered secretly. .... As ever, they are all snaggable, and the credits are mostly over on my icon journal, d4s_icons


itsabattlefield Big Battle : 22

INSIDE vs. OUTSIDE
 



All from Stargate SG1



moviefilmstills  Challenge 168 – 5 icons of one actor
Anyone who knows me, knows that I will make icons of James Marsters -



A New Life
Dragonball Evolution
High Plains Invader
Moonshot
PS I Love You


Challenge 158 - Your Comfort Movie
I know it is corny ... but it has to be "Sound of Music"





perioddrama_ic  Challenge 43

Friendly Persuasion.  A US Civil War film about Quakers, and how they cope (or not) with a local battle -





So, there we go - enjoy.  Now before I make some more ...


14. Have you ever raked leaves, and then played in them?
Hasn't everyone?
Actually I suppose mostly it was dad who did the raking, and I did the playing!!

8 When you are watching films do you Google the actors to find out if they are still alive and/or what else they have been in?

Since having a lap-top I tend to often head to the Wikepedia page of the film ... and then often look at the links as well - so, yes, I do.  However until I had to answer this question I hadn't realised how often I did it!!

I noted I was the only one wearing a red rose today at Church, or among the few I met or our weekly wander round the cemetery. But, that won't stop me wearing it for the rest of the day ... and again, next year!

The other good point about St. George's Day is that it means I have popped into LJ, and managed to catch up with a few of your posts, and have even snagged a film meme from petzipellepingo ... the only problem is that it does call them movies, not films!!

( Here's the Film thingy! )

YOUR FAVOURITE FILM


Another very hard choice, as I have loads of favourites, and a lot depends on what mood I am in.  I love 40/50's films ... musicals especially.  And I have favourite actors like Cary Grant, Doris Day, Danny Kaye,etc. I do also love Will Hay films and The Marx Brothers films ... yes, I'm a bit mad!

Some of my favourite films are -
Guys and Dolls
Arsenic and Old Lace.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Fiddler on the Roof.
Carry on ... Up The Khybur/Screaming/Cleo
Passport to Pimlico
etc

And, of course, one actor I must mention is James Marsters.  I love all his work, but am especially fond of Moonshot, as I remember standing in our back garden watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon!  (I do also love Appollo 13, which never fails to grip me with the story)

I decided to ask someone elas for 7 words to talk about in this meme thingy.  edenskye gave me -

1. Faith (religious beliefs not vampire slayer LOL)
2. James Marsters
3. Jiffy
4. family
5. Queen Lizzie 2.0 (as Jamie calls her)
6. Classic Movies
7. Clarinet


( And here is the long rambling answer )

Well, congratulations if you read even half of those! Thank you, Tommy, they were some great subjects.

Happy weekend everyone.

As I have been a bit disjointed I thought I would do a link page every 100 films ... that way I don't feel bad if I miss a few days.

1 - Moonshot
2 - Guys & Dolls
3 - The Longest Day
4 - Star wars
5 - The Jungle Book
6 - Hello Dolly
7 - Where Eagles dare
8 - Some Like It Hot
9 - Gone With The Wind
10 - The Scarlet Pimpernal

I bet most of you knew all of those, or had at least heard of them ... the next 10 will (I hope) be totally unusual, yet still favourites of mine!

I am doing a brief catch up on my 100 meme as I have been missing for so long. Thought I would share one of our family favourite films ... certainly one of Dad's.

Some Like it Hot .... Marylyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Prohibition days ... in an all girl band (yes, you read that correctly!) Tony Curtis as a girl in half the film, and in the other half paying homage to Cary Grant. Jack Lemmon ending up engaged to a (male) millionaire. Not forgetting gangsters having a couple of fatal shoot-outs.

Best Moments of "Some Like It Hot"

And for anyone who wants to see a clip -



Marilyn Monroe singing one of my favourite songs of hers.

I have decided what I am going to do for my 100 meme ... and you can skip or not ... up to you.

I have an love of old-fashioned films ... and rarely watch a modern one.  So, I thought I would write about 100 films ... as most of you won't know them, and probably won't even of heard of some of them.

I shall do them as I get round to it.  So, if I get time there will be a couple posted ... or if busy it will be a few days between posts.  Every so often I shall do a list of links in case you miss one and want to know about it.

Whether you read or not, I want to know, myself, why I like these films.

The first one, is a more modern film .... although not well known, as such, but holds a special place in my heart for lots of reasons ... any guesses?

Hope I don't bore you ... they will all be behind cuts so as not to SPAM your f-list.



PS - Happy Monday