Yeah!!! Our First Rain of the Season!

 Ooh look,

a bit of autumn color here at home.

 We don't have spectacular colors

like some locations elsewhere...

I'll try not to be too jealous.

 In a sea of green  oak leaves,

which rapidly turn (boring) brown, 

I did find a touch of yellow.

I'll take it.

This zinnia flower was this bright

and vivid in person yesterday.

It's probably beaten down

by the rain and hail today.

Chrysanthemums, of course

are a welcome fall bloom.

Hey, a bit of autumn red

on the crepe myrtle.

 Yesterday's sunset. 

The last chore of the weekend was to

 get the pontoon tent enclosure panels

up on the boat.

 (Lake level 82.74' from the crest.)

 I wouldn't have gone anywhere

this weekend if it weren't for helping

out with the boat.

  

Rick spent a lot of time 

this weekend  taking care of outdoor

chores and getting ready for our first

rain of the season. 

The deck project is almost finished.

At least it's waterproof.

We still have to paint the rails 

and the stairway up to the deck.

We'll have plenty of dry sunny days

to take care of that. 

Maybe not this week, but soon.

Liberty is experiencing her first

rain ~ thunder ~ lightning ~ hail

storm today.

She doesn't care for the thunder

(an understatement)

and was sure she wanted to stay

on the deck rather than go potty

up the hill first thing this morning.

She got over it.

Rain + red soil + Liberty's paws

equal one big mess on

the deck and unfortunately 

in the house before I could catch her

with a towel.

We've recently watched a couple 

of movies that I thought were good.

'The Magic of Belle Isle'

with Morgan Freeman.

We like his movies.  

Both movies are available for rent

from Redbox.  We'd never heard

of this movie. Here's a synopsis:

A famous Western novelist's struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He decides to take a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle, and befriends the family next door-an attractive single mom and her young daughters-who help him find inspiration again.

Rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for mild thematic elements and language including some suggestive comments.

'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

I wanted to see this one when it was

at the theater, but we missed our chance.

A group of British retirees decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.

Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content and language.

Movie synopsis source:

Redbox.com 

I'm going to add one more movie

that we liked.

'Sarah's Key'

It is a very sad movie about the holocaust.

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard - their secret hiding place - and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released. Sixty-seven years later: Sarah's story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own romantic future.

Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for thematic material including disturbing situations involving the Holocaust.

The movie is French  with English subtitles.

  

I think it's best to read the book first 

which we did. 

All of these movies are rentals now

and not in the theaters.

Have you watched any good movies lately?