Ethan Blackwell, a veterinarian, has returned to Falcon Creek to save the family ranch after his grandfather, Big E, disappears. Soon after his arrival, Grace Gardner informs Ethan she is pregnant with his baby! She wants to live in Falcon Creek, close to her family and start her own accounting business. He certainly doesn’t want to settle down in Falcon Creek! Once he successfully gets the ranch in order, he plans to leave, but Grace and their baby just might change his plans.
I enjoyed this story. I look forward to the next one in the series. 4**** stars!
Toward the end of World War II, The Captain (James Cagney) is the commanding officer of a cargo ship. He’s an overbearing tyrant of a man. Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda) is trying to keep the crew together while the captain bellows and is impossible to deal with. The crew is in desperate need of shore leave, but the captain won’t allow it, so the ship sits in the harbor in the Pacific, while the men are in dire need of shore leave. The doctor (William Powell) has the task of treating every manner of phony disease the men can think up. Mr. Roberts eventually makes a deal with the captain so the men can go ashore and the guys do enjoy their shore leave ~ a little to wild for my taste!!! But I think the point of the story was, Mr. Roberts was willing to sacrifice his own desire to take care of the crew. At the end of the film, the crew helps Mr. Roberts get his desired position.
This wasn’t my type of film. Rick recommended it. Mmm. I was a little lost during the first half of the movie. I couldn’t tell where the story was going at all. By the time the film ended, I think I did get it. This isn’t a chick flick at all.
Has anyone seen this film? What are your thoughts???
After the tragic death of her mother, Susan’s father and grandmother argue. Susan’s dad pack’s their bags, leaves Virginia and moves himself and his daughter west. Many years later, Susan’s father has passed away and she travels to Virginia to meet the family she doesn’t really remember and to find answers into the death of her mother.
As I read this story, I got a strange sense of de ja vu. I am certain I have read this story in the past. I checked goodreads and discovered I didn’t document my previous reading of the book there, so I think I read it before I joined goodreads?
This book is so well written and well crafted. Such great atmosphere and secretive characters. Mystery. Suspense. Romance. A great read.
I thought Susan’s grandmother was a strong, formidable woman. She was a ballerina when she was much younger and her memories of dancing are fascinating ~ to be sure. There are interesting glimpses of Susan’s late grandfather’s life in Peru and what brought him to America while at the same time sharing his life experiences in the United States.
I didn’t like Theresa, Susan’s cousin. I thought she was mean, spiteful and brazen.
The author created a intriguing story and I enjoyed it. 5***** stars!
Hello Peoples! I hope everyone had a great summer! 🙂 Our summer was FULL to overflowing! I had so much fun and I think we went everywhere!
I am eagerly waiting for everything autumn has to offer!
I have a big, colorful bumbershoot!
Surprised??? We enjoyed it! Zany? YES! Crazy? YES! Funny? YES!
Jon Blackwell is a divorced man with rambunctious twin five-year old daughters. He wants a nanny who has ranch experience, to care for his girls. But, he got Lydia Newbury, a woman from Philadelphia! Even though he plans to send Lydia packing, he doesn’t want a city woman, she turns out to be amazing. Not only does she take the twins in hand, by the way, they are adorable. She can cook and he finds himself falling for the nanny. What he doesn’t know, the nanny has a secret.
I liked this book. It was a fun read. It grabbed my attention and held it. I read it quickly. I didn’t want to put it down. I love the descriptions of the ranch and ranch life. Lydia arrives during calving season and I mean really, who wouldn’t want to hike out to the barn or the pasture and get friendly with a baby calf??? Jon Blackwell has a well trained border collie named Trout! I love collies! Trout and I would be fast friends. 🙂 Lydia is warm, friendly and sweet. She’s very good with the girls and I could see myself easily gaining weight eating her cooking. Of course, Jon is a grouchy cowboy . . . well, at first he is. Mmm. Lydia seems puzzled about his grouchy attitude, but she stays with it. When he fires her, he rattles off a list of responsibilities he would like his nanny to be responsible for. Well! He doesn’t want a nanny!!! He wants Wonder Woman!!! But our Lydia, is up for the challenge. She has two weeks to prove herself.
This is truly a heartwarming story. I enjoyed it. 4**** stars!
When I saw this film at our local library, I had never heard of it. It’s an interesting film ~ to be sure.
Sam Masterson (Van Heflin), Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas) were kids growing up together. Walter’s father is Martha’s tutor. Sam has an alcoholic father and runs away from home wanting to take Martha with him. As a result of the death of Martha’s evil aunt (Judith Anderson), who is raising her, Martha is unable to leave with Sam. He boards a train and leaves without her. Eighteen years later, Sam is traveling west, has a minor automobile accident and has to stop in the town he grew up in for auto repairs. He discovers things have changed. Martha and Walter are now married. Walter is the DA and has politics in his future. When Martha’s aunt died, she was the sole heir and she has increased her wealth and is very rich and powerful. Sam meets Toni Marachek (Lizabeth Scott) and the two become friendly. Sam and Toni soon find themselves involved in a deadly nefarious web of lies, secrets and cover-ups.
It is a somewhat dark story with a tragedy at the end that I did not see coming. The acting was great. I read somewhere on the internet this was Kirk Douglas’ debut. He did well! It was a good film that somehow drew me in and held me.
Hello Peoples. I am very excited to share our trip with you! We visited Winterset, Iowa and saw the Bridges of Madison County. It was such a good trip. We didn’t camp this time. We stayed in a motel in Winterset. The man who owned the motel was a great guy. He was friendly, jovial and had a good sense of humor. All the tourists were friendly. Many of them would stop and talk to me for a few minutes. We met several visitors from Europe! It was a fun, satisfying trip. The bridges have an ambiance around them that is difficult to describe. I think it’s nostalgia. They’re all in a serene setting. I could here the leaves in the trees as a gentle breeze blew. Sometimes the brook under the bridges would gurgle or babble. Yes, we did walk across every bridge, more than once! Sadly, one bridge was burned. It was arson. They have raised money to repair the bridge.
We also visited the John Wayne Museum! That is one nice museum.
Not to far from the Cutler Donahoe Covered Bridge is this amazing castle tower!!!
When we arrived at the John Wayne Museun, we watched a fifteen minute movie of clips from his films. His daughter said a few words at the beginning of the movie. It was very well put together. I thought it was a little sad and moving. The museum has a gift shop.
I don’t know why the photos are yellow. The museum is not yellow.
The museum has interesting facts about his personal life and his films. There are photos and movie posters. The little white house above, is the home of his birth. It’s next to the museum. It was a great trip!