Carry On Snowing
Less snow today.
There was a bit more snow this morning, but very little after 14:00. I know this, as Jóhann dug out our shared balcony and it's now only got a thin dusting of snow as opposed to the half-metre or so that was there beforehand. Just to get a sense of scale for the photo, the bottom panel of the door is about 8 inches (20cm) and there should be a similar-sized gap between it and the floor.
While it was still snowing this morning I spent some of my quality time (I have become so zealous in guarding my weekends that it's beginning to get a little scary) watching A for Andromeda. Not the recent remake, but rather the original 1960s version. Although most of the original series has been lost it the episodes have been recreated as 'telesnaps', subtitled stills intercut with the remaining film footage. One entire episode remains (The Face of the Tiger) and short snippets from the other six. It's the sort of thing that sometimes turns up at conventions in the video room.
I really rather enjoyed it. I'd heard so much about it and had wanted to see it for many years, so I was delighted to find it in Borders. I'd read Fred Hoyle's novelisation, and of course I'd seen the new version but it was good to finally see the original.
Other than that I've done a bit of embroidery over the last couple of days, often to the accompaniment of a Carry On film (Cleo, Up The Khyber, Screaming and the more-rarely screened Henry). It did occur to me that Carry On Henry was only marginally less accurate than the recent Elizabeth film. At least the Carry On film contained a disclaimer saying that was all based upon the recently-discovered manuscript of WIlliam Cobbler - some bits were historically accurate but much of it was pure Cobbler's. :)
There was a bit more snow this morning, but very little after 14:00. I know this, as Jóhann dug out our shared balcony and it's now only got a thin dusting of snow as opposed to the half-metre or so that was there beforehand. Just to get a sense of scale for the photo, the bottom panel of the door is about 8 inches (20cm) and there should be a similar-sized gap between it and the floor.
While it was still snowing this morning I spent some of my quality time (I have become so zealous in guarding my weekends that it's beginning to get a little scary) watching A for Andromeda. Not the recent remake, but rather the original 1960s version. Although most of the original series has been lost it the episodes have been recreated as 'telesnaps', subtitled stills intercut with the remaining film footage. One entire episode remains (The Face of the Tiger) and short snippets from the other six. It's the sort of thing that sometimes turns up at conventions in the video room.
I really rather enjoyed it. I'd heard so much about it and had wanted to see it for many years, so I was delighted to find it in Borders. I'd read Fred Hoyle's novelisation, and of course I'd seen the new version but it was good to finally see the original.
Other than that I've done a bit of embroidery over the last couple of days, often to the accompaniment of a Carry On film (Cleo, Up The Khyber, Screaming and the more-rarely screened Henry). It did occur to me that Carry On Henry was only marginally less accurate than the recent Elizabeth film. At least the Carry On film contained a disclaimer saying that was all based upon the recently-discovered manuscript of WIlliam Cobbler - some bits were historically accurate but much of it was pure Cobbler's. :)