I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Yeah, snow. Still very gently falling, powder, crunches underfoot, don't know if I'll be as cheerful about it in a few months, but the First Real Snowfall is always lovely.

Speaking of WONDERFUL, for all my friends who love furry creatures, and Joyful Celebrations.....Happy Holidays

http://mashable.com/2012/11/29/bo-white-house-christmas/#

Belinda - we're no longer "political" but we're allowed to be "patriotic" - welcome back!

Ya'll prompted me to "waste" several hours last night going from page to page (person to person) on Wikipedia reading the life and times of the Tudors. It was fun and informational. Enjoyed the fictional books on the Bolyn Girls, not accurate but a fun read. Learned quite a bit last night ...

LIVE ART?

They are still processing the election results.  It will take time for them to adjust. 

Turkey chilli just reminded of Gail Collins' latest column.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/01/opinion/collins-mitts-oval-office-moment.html?ref=opinion

She is currently my favorite columnist.

Speaking of elections being over, has anyone else noticed the IRONY of Willard Romney getting 47.3% of the vote?  Really, as Dave Barry would say, "you can't make this stuff up."

Alexandria - I love Collins - also Ruth Marcus at WashPost.

Jezza, yes, do warn your husband. They have the wrong sisterr of Henry VIII married to Charles Brandon, they have her dying of something she didn't die of, and it is terribly aggravating for history buffs. Also, they have Henry VIII as young and handsome when he was pursuing Anne Boleyn and he ..er ..wasn't. And he only got older and fatter with each wife. The series on Masterpiece Theater in the 1970s -- Six Wives of Henry VIII -- was much better. The actor who played Henry was Keith Mitchell and did a great job.



I was a Tudor buff, too, as well as a Plantangenet fan. And another author who does a fabulous job on that era is Alison Weir. She wrote one of my favorite books, "Mistress of the Monarchy," about Katherine Swynford (whose life was fictionalized in the book "Katherine," by Anya Seton). Katherine Swynford was John of Gaunt's mistress and then wife, and her children went on to marry into royal families -- she was the ancestress of many European monarchs.



Love history!



L

"They have the wrong sisterr of Henry VIII married to Charles Brandon"

Oh, Libby, it's worse than that. They have combined both sisters (Mary and Margaret) into one character named Margaret. IRL, Margaret married the King of Scotland, and Mary wed the elderly King of France, and later, Henry's lifelong pal, Charles Brandon. In the series, this single sister marries (and murders!) the elderly King of Portugal and then Brandon. When the series first aired, there was some buzz about the producers having been afraid we poor feeble-minded viewers would have gotten "confused" by two "Princess Mary"s - Henry's sister and daughter. But they didn't have a problem with the multitude of characters named Thomas (More, Cromwell, Wolsey, Cranmer, Tallis, Boleyn, Culpeper, Howard, Wyatt)!

On a forum I participate on where we talk about TV, we dubbed this combined sister "Marygret". 

Morning suzie!!

You girls are turning me off THe Tudors DVD. Should have bought the Six Wives one!

Reading back a few pages I noticed Athena's posts on Jackson Pollock. There was such a fuss in the early 70s when his painting "Blue Poles' was bought for our National Gallery here in Melbourne, Australia. The painting was so expensive the purchase had to be approved by our the Prime Minister. Of course it has increased in value untold amounts since then.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-28/stroke-of-genius-the-legacy-of-blue-poles/4228672

Hmmm...maybe I won't tell hubby about the inaccuracies in The Tudors and see what he picks up!..

jezza

Welcome to Jezza!



Linda, I love yout real life art. We just spent the two weeks in Florida watching a mother duck and her chicks. We first saw them a day or two after they hatched. Ther were nine of them. There were only four left yesterday. Apparently that is a normal survival rate for ducklings.

Jezza, don't be turned off. Watche them all. It sends you to researching and makes it all that much more fun and interesting. Until the Tudors series I didn't get the religious consequences of what was going on and it sent me surfing and learning.



Ann of a Thousand days is another contribution. Fluffy stuff but more period drama to indulge in. Betty Davis did a turn as Elizabeth too as I recall.



Enjoy.

I'm a purist too. What Hollywood does to history is sinful.

I am fascinated by history but have not done any research into it since school. One of my many possible majors was history.

I went to the Farmer's Market today and feel like I scored big time. The coffee roaster had no decaf left, so he gave me the half pound or so he had to use for samples, for free So my DH bought some tea, bu that was only three dollars. Then I went to get meat and she didn't have everything I wanted so I waited for her husband to bring more and she charged me a little less because I had to wait.

There isn't much except meat and baked goods there in the winter but I go for the meat.

It was so cute. A little girl with a red shirt, bright purple pants and sparkly shoes was sitting at a table coloring. Sitting next to her was a little Mennonite girl in her long plain pink dress and prayer cap. if only we could all get along as well with people who are different.

Philippa Gregory! *spits* That woman wouldn't know the truth about history if it bit her in the ass. IMHO, of course. 

When I went to the Tower, I served as "tour guide" for my Mom, even though it was the first time I'd actually been there as well. I loved both chapels - the one tucked away in the White Tower, and the small building where Anne Boleyn is buried under the floor. I knew where she was, but couldn't go up to it, as it's roped off. But it felt very peaceful there.

It was also neat (not sure if that's the right word) to see the spot where they found two children's bodies buried under a staircase some two centuries after the "Princes in the Tower" disappeared in 1483. We'll never know for sure if those bones are them, but they've been reburied in Westminster Abbey under the assumption that they were the 12 yr-old Edward V and his 9 yr-old brother Richard, Duke of York. We'll also never know exactly what happened to them, but I tend to think they were indeed murdered by their uncle who grabbed the throne, Richard III.

Me in front of the Salt Tower (rumored to be haunted, btw) at the Tower of London with this strong, silent fella I met there. LOL. This was between chemo and surgery, so the hat was very necessary.