Once again my fair province is covered in forest fires, and therefore most of August has been hiding indoors avoiding the smoke, good thing I've never much liked summer anyway. Note, none of the fires are a danger to where I live (at the moment) though one is a little close for comfort,.
The July WIPocalypse question is: Which are your favorite and least favorite fabrics to stitch on?
Least favourite would have to be 14 count Aida, I just find it so stiff and bulky. In general I prefer linen and evenweaves, and my favourite would have to be 36ct evenweave though I have a lot of 28ct.
The August question is: What is your comfort zone regarding the number of projects to have kitted and in progress at any one time,
I have 3 projects on the go at the moment, which is about one more than I like to have, and none kitted, I very seldom kit anything in advance.
So in the last couple months I did a couple more ornaments, one more of the Durene Jones Polar Friends series,
I will finish finish these when I have completed them all. And one Mill Hill Ornament, Holiday Polar Bear
I also caught up on the days for the Gothic Temperature stitch and will now just fill it in a week at a time.
As for what I watched
Critical Role
Dimension 20
Kelsey Dangerous’ Sims 4 playthroughs
White Collar Season 6 - It was a short season to wrap up the show, and had an acceptable ending, but the first couple years were my favorite
Game of Thrones Season 4 - I thought this was the last one I saw, but I must have lost track in the middle of 5. So much happened this season. It was awesome
Game of Thrones Season 5
Good Omens Season 2 - Such fun and such a cliffhanger ending, can’t wait to see what happens next, but that may take awhile.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It’s nice to see Indie swashing buckles again, it was a satisfying addition to the series and I loved his goddaughter
Men In Black - This one is so much fun and still has really satisfactory effects after all these years
The Maze Runner - This is a great twisting mystery of a movie, it has a cool premise and leaves a lot of questions
The Scorch Trial and The Death Cure - Unfortunately the answers to those questions were zombies and the second two movies do not live up to the promise of the first, I do enjoy the main actors though
Pokemon: Detective Pickachu - I heard a lot of good things about this, but have almost no interest in pokemon, but I found this in a bargain bin and thought “Why not?” and boy am I glad I did, this was so much fun, and rather beautiful as well.
The Man from Snowy River - This one is always sensational, great story about the old west in Australia. It has soaring scenery and music as well. In fact I sometimes find myself humming it randomly and have done so since 1982 when it first came out.
Return to Snowy River - A very good sequel to the first.
Spearphishing 3 - Now I have never seen, nor heard of 1 and 2 and would have no reason to even know about this low budget independent film out of Edmonton. Except that an old friend from high school that I hadn’t seen in 30ish years stopped by and handed it to me as he’s the star of the show. And it is a fun cops vs Russians in an attempt on the PM's life movie, maybe I can find the other two somewhere. And apparently they are going to make a fourth.
Miss Congeniality - Always a fun watch, Sandra Bullock is one of my favs and this one is a hoot, there is a second, but I wasn’t that fond of it.
Barbie - As a Barbie collector I was a little leery of this one, but was it ever good. It told both the positive and negative aspects of Barbie without demeaning those that liked to play with her. It had great social commentary and a brilliant soundtrack, I especially enjoyed the cover of Matchbox Twenty’s “Push” given that I saw them live in May.
Moana - I didn’t see this one until years after it came out, and it is a fun Disney with the usual great music.
Monster’s University - Another one I bought sight unseen, but it was very worth it, a nice prequel that actually did add to the story of the original
Monster’s Inc - I love this one and a lot of that is because in general I do not enjoy children in movies, they tend to be written as rude and/or smart alecs but my beloved Boo is not. She is adorable, and I may have a lovely porcelain figure of her and maybe a doll in my car as well. The movie itself is great as well.
Mary Poppins - It’s a lovely piece of my childhood, so much fun, and as I have said previously. I adore Julie Andrews
