tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post97630847548149062..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: HAPPY NEW YEAR!Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21920226102920036862012-01-04T15:10:42.815-05:002012-01-04T15:10:42.815-05:00Thanks, Les. We've turned into a bunch of old ...Thanks, Les. We've turned into a bunch of old codgers. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-11445387718007891382012-01-04T09:03:06.533-05:002012-01-04T09:03:06.533-05:00As has been our custom over the past several years...As has been our custom over the past several years, my wife and I spent New Year's Eve with friends. As has also been true for at least the past few years, none of us made it to midnight. About 11 PM, as we all sat on the sofas yawning, we picked ourselves up, said "Happy New Year" and dragged ourselves home.<br /><br />Ah well. A very happy and healthy new year to you and yours, Yvette!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-1226117507527393432012-01-02T17:55:38.753-05:002012-01-02T17:55:38.753-05:00That I don't know, Pat. Could be oils I suppos...That I don't know, Pat. Could be oils I suppose. I'd have to check. I think I'll do a Saturday Salon on his work soon.<br /><br />Havercamp appears to have done some watercolor, but worked mostly in oils. I tried to find out if this particular painting is oils or watercolor, but had no luck. I'll have to dig deeper.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-66152067924278480142012-01-02T17:44:13.362-05:002012-01-02T17:44:13.362-05:00It was interesting to learn about Hendrick Avercam...It was interesting to learn about Hendrick Avercamp, Yvette, as I realy like this painting. There is a Currier and Ives feel to it. Is it a watercolor?Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68417812801017099102012-01-01T20:10:21.248-05:002012-01-01T20:10:21.248-05:00And back at you, Bev. :)And back at you, Bev. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-57808668367771905822012-01-01T19:49:36.271-05:002012-01-01T19:49:36.271-05:00Happy New Year, Yvette!Happy New Year, Yvette!Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-12708528469763250642012-01-01T16:18:15.198-05:002012-01-01T16:18:15.198-05:00Nan: Hadn't heard of that movie. Maybe it'...Nan: Hadn't heard of that movie. Maybe it's just as well. :)<br /><br />I love a quiet New Years. <br /><br />I love Cosmos. Now why didn't I think of that?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-37842788663350817362012-01-01T16:16:36.334-05:002012-01-01T16:16:36.334-05:00Prashant: Ah, predictions for the end of the world...Prashant: Ah, predictions for the end of the world. They're a dime a dozen. Ha!<br /><br />Confusion to our enemies!! :DYvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-2784918127404376572012-01-01T15:54:01.001-05:002012-01-01T15:54:01.001-05:00Isn't that the best video! I think JG-L has a ...Isn't that the best video! I think JG-L has a good voice. Maybe he'll start singing too. Let's see, substitute a cosmo for wine; and flannel nightgown for pjs, and our evenings were much the same. Except my movie was awful - Unknown. Tom said Hitchcock could have made a good movie out of that material. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-41896300241768851302012-01-01T12:44:47.192-05:002012-01-01T12:44:47.192-05:00Thanks, Skye! Hope you had a great one! Give that ...Thanks, Skye! Hope you had a great one! Give that little precious granddaughter of mine, a New Year's kiss from her Nana. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-52367143672701116502012-01-01T12:43:54.173-05:002012-01-01T12:43:54.173-05:00Merci bien, Karin.
Bonne Annee! :)
Thank you for ...Merci bien, Karin.<br />Bonne Annee! :)<br /><br />Thank you for dropping by my blog as well. We're all in this together. Or so I like to believe.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-27334413121431334242012-01-01T12:43:01.960-05:002012-01-01T12:43:01.960-05:00I have that feeling too, Yvette, no matter what th...I have that feeling too, Yvette, no matter what the Mayans think!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-13410640690634244002012-01-01T12:39:32.378-05:002012-01-01T12:39:32.378-05:00Thank you, Kathy. I aim to please AND to expand yo...Thank you, Kathy. I aim to please AND to expand your TBR and TBS lists to the infinity and beyond. Ha!<br /><br />There is never a time when Wolfe and Archie aren't in the mix. :)<br /><br />I'm glad you went out and had a good time. That sounds like a true Manhattan New Years. And today's gourmet meal...I'm so ENVIOUS! :)<br /><br />2012 is going to be a great year. I know it.<br /><br />P.S. I wasn't reading THE THIN MAN, just watched it. I was reading (after the film) THE AFFAIR, the new Lee Child.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-46894171292664506732012-01-01T12:35:57.749-05:002012-01-01T12:35:57.749-05:00Thank you, Prashant. The same to you! I don't ...Thank you, Prashant. The same to you! I don't do a lot of music because my blog just will not accept embeds, so I have to use the off-sight links. But if you all don't mind then I don't mind. :)<br /><br />I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a great year!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-62532203769468291532012-01-01T12:34:02.012-05:002012-01-01T12:34:02.012-05:00Thank you, Caftan Woman. Wow. ALL the LORD OF THE ...Thank you, Caftan Woman. Wow. ALL the LORD OF THE RINGS? Now THAT'S what I call endurance. Ha!<br /><br />I think New Years ought to be dubbed Official Movie Night. It certainly was that for us. :)<br /><br />You comment reminds me I have a Dick Tracy movie on my shelves. Haven't watched it in a long while though. I've forgotten which one it was.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-90322194724849607962012-01-01T12:31:55.369-05:002012-01-01T12:31:55.369-05:00Thank you, Eve. New Years with Cary Grant - what&#...Thank you, Eve. New Years with Cary Grant - what's NOT to lile? :)<br /><br />I spent my evening with William Powell dousing martinis as if prohibition would be signed into law again at the stroke of midnight. <br /><br />Well, he had the martinis. I just watched in amazement and enjoyed myself. I think I'm going to have to buy a BVD of THE THIN MAN. It needs to be in my small growing collection.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-7333671176207017682012-01-01T12:28:58.083-05:002012-01-01T12:28:58.083-05:00Thank you, Bill. Your New Years sounds like a more...Thank you, Bill. Your New Years sounds like a more adventurous one. Welcoming in 2012 in FREEZING weather. That means, plenty of brandy to keep the circulation going. Ha!<br /><br />I've never been to Calgary, but I remember the fantastic Winter Olympics they had there. Looks like a fabulous place. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-31045788157880956672012-01-01T12:26:47.041-05:002012-01-01T12:26:47.041-05:00Thank you, Pat. That champagne sounds like a great...Thank you, Pat. That champagne sounds like a great idea!<br /><br />It was even an quieter evening for me than I supposed. I watched THE THIN MAN (and really, I'd forgotten what a terrific film that is - I think I'll watch it again tonight) then read a few pages, then simply fell asleep. How's that for excitement?<br /><br />I missed midnight, but somehow it seems to have happened without me. <br /><br />The painting I'm using for my header (for now at least) is by a Dutch 17th century Master, Hendrick Avercamp. He was deaf and mute and was known for these wonderful winter landscapes. I've been meaning to do a Saturday Salon of his work...Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-54516437020853677602012-01-01T11:07:40.421-05:002012-01-01T11:07:40.421-05:00Hppay New Year Ma!Hppay New Year Ma!Skye https://www.blogger.com/profile/05663879992702576347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-69873108423416714342012-01-01T10:08:53.681-05:002012-01-01T10:08:53.681-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR, Yvette!
All best wishes for a gre...HAPPY NEW YEAR, Yvette!<br /><br />All best wishes for a great year 2012!<br />Bonne année! And thanks for visiting my blog and your friendly comment.<br />Warmest greetings from the Périgord,<br />karinLaPouyettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793966763489506817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68569449246888348542012-01-01T10:04:45.109-05:002012-01-01T10:04:45.109-05:00Just saw that you were reading and watching The Th...Just saw that you were reading and watching The Thin Man. When I finally read the book last winter, I really liked it. There is more serious substance to it in the book.<br /><br />But I watched the movie afterwards and enjoyed it more.<br /><br />Glad you had fun on New Year's Eve. I had to go to a party where I had responsibilities and friends to see, but it was fun and I mostly chatted to young folk who rewind to talk at 2 a.m.<br /><br />Time to go home and crash. Glad I went. Staying home with Sue Grafton's V is for Vengeance wouldn't have been a bad fallback plan. But I had to go and I must go today to a gourmet cook's New Year's meal where I will levitate from overeating fantastic food.<br /><br />Have fun today, too.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-91166176453111095332012-01-01T08:16:59.594-05:002012-01-01T08:16:59.594-05:00Happy New Year to you and your family.
With hopes...Happy New Year to you and your family.<br /><br />With hopes for a new year of health and the happiness that good books -- especially mysteries, with a generous dose of Rex Stout in the mix -- brings.<br /><br />And looking forward to a new year of interesting and often hilarious book and movie reviews -- and looking forward to adding even more books and movies to my TBR and TBS (to be seen) lists. (The movie list of vintage and recent movies has increased vastly from this blog's reviews.)kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-4084881781753333392012-01-01T07:40:40.496-05:002012-01-01T07:40:40.496-05:00Yvette, a Very Happy New Year to you and your fami...Yvette, a Very Happy New Year to you and your family! Here's to more books, movies, paintings, and music on your blog!!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-61675615105018220652012-01-01T04:57:59.765-05:002012-01-01T04:57:59.765-05:00May 2012 bring joy to us all.
It was movie night ...May 2012 bring joy to us all.<br /><br />It was movie night (aren't they all?) in Toronto.<br /><br />My sisters dove into some Charlie Chan flicks. I spent the evening with Dick Tracy. My daughter and her friends geeked out on all of the Lord of the Rings movies! All of them! Extended versions!Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-2361513648325070982012-01-01T01:15:55.764-05:002012-01-01T01:15:55.764-05:00Aww, they're so adorable and sing so sweetly -...Aww, they're so adorable and sing so sweetly - thanks, Yvette.<br /><br />I'm watching PENNY SERENADE as the year ticks away, so there may be a tear or two shed by the end of 2011. I had to spend New Year's Eve with Cary Grant, what can I say?<br /><br />Happy New Year, Yvette!The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.com