favorite movies

Hello everyone! Now I recently posted on my favorite books so I thought I would also share some of my favorite movies!! You know the one you flip on at least once a month when you get bored!  Practical magic and Twister are my top 2!! I play those almost once a week at school!! Mostly for background noise because I know them so well!





















What are some of your favorite movies?

Blessings
       Tasha )O(

Some of my Favorite Books

Hope everyone is doing well! Life here is stable for the moment and hopefully will stay that way!!

          Now I am a total nerd and love to read!! Now I have read literally hundreds of books so far but these are some of my favorites and just good reads!!

hp - Now in fairness just about everyone has read this series in some small part and to be fair I read it about 7 years ago and have not read the last 2 books! Mostly because of cost and lack of interest! now yes they are good and yes I did watch the movies but honestly there are better books out there and I honestly lack the desire to read the last few books!

twilight - Okay I know the fight over whether they suck or not but if you need to disappear in a book for a while and just don't care about anything else they are good for that!


house of night - Now the house of night series is fantastic! I loved it when I read it in high school!! Yes it is a teen book (no judgement allowed!!) but it is a great witch/wiccan/vampire book and a ton of fun to read! I loved all the books and was so sad to realize that the rest of the series had not been printed yet!! Yet another series I will have to buy for my collection when they are all printed!! Also I don't know If I really want to be excited about the fact this will be a movie!








The Cure for Death by Lightening - good book! I liked it quite a bit and really wished it was longer! Although it was quite morbid and did have a few moments where it was WTF! Based in BC foothills it weaves together native american folklore and settler troubles of the time as well as focusing a small portion on the view of mental illness and marriages of the time.











When Autumn Leaves by Amy Foster - Loved this book and want the other ones to come out now!!  Its a story about a community that is based on the pagan calender but lives a pretty neutral life, with the telling of 12 lives and the connectedness of a community! Makes you want to pack up and move to Avening! Unfortunatly although she had written several books for the series she felt it did not follow along with the idea of the book and decided to start over! :( But hopefully there will be a sequel soon!!







Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff - Okay now this book is the most amazing book ever!! well maybe there is something slightly better but I have literally read this book to pieces! It is based in Ontario and is about a "witch" (not really but closest term!) who is trying to get out of her crappy job and cope with trying to be a 20 something and her family! Great read and series! The second book is summon the keeper and is just as good!  I have yet to find the third book (the long hot summoning) and want to read it something fierce! I will just have to wait and find all three to add to my collection!





Blessings
       Tasha )O(

Thoughts and update

So the sun has finally come back to the Okanagan and work is kicking my butt!! However, that does not stop my mind from running a million miles a minute! and the most recent tangent has been farming! I know my mind is always on the farm but honestly who doesn't want to be a farmer!! :D I know some of you are probably thinking "Dear god not me!" well that is cool too but farms are where your food comes from and with Monstanto and many other corporations controlling farmers and crops and ensuring they are genetically modified its hard not to want to farm in mind!  I mean the simple fact that food is now designed not to die when sprayed with tons (yes literally tons of round up!) of round up and then we eat that! Can't be healthy!!
        Just check out the facts: Here and here and here and here! Yuck!!  But hopefully this will happen!

  So if you can't tell that I want a farm and if you lived with me you would hear about how horrible Monstanto is and why we should grow our own food!! Alas I have to go to school and work and prepping all summer isn't really an option . . . . . YET!!  but that will never stop me from dreaming about it! so recently the dream is sheep!! Don't ask why just is!


The original sheep I wanted was the Scottish black faced sheep but alas you cant really import them because of a disease that is running its way though the herds in Switzerland! sad face :(
     
They are cute!!

The next sheep I can across was the Icelandic sheep, they are awesome! They are a triple use animal, that is easy to raise and can be used for milk meat and wool production.  They have a light taste with a mixed coat that is good for wedding shawls or baby clothes. As well they have rich milk that is excellent yogurt and cheese production. They have excellent leadership qualities and twins and triplets or more are common.
Yay!! Sheep plus they are small and cute!!

  


Plus they would look really cute with a bunch of these guys running around! Yup Icelandic sheep dogs! they are cute and practical!
   

And I mean if your gonna have Icelandic sheep and sheep dogs you might as well get a little Icelandic horse to ride as well!! Yup I know too much cuteness for one island but they did breed some cute animals them vikings!!

    
  

Okay well now that we are off topic (not that uncommon here!) the other sheep I was looking at was the  Shetland sheep.  They are a dual purpose animal used for fine wool and meat production. Small grazing sheep not used for commercial production. Twins are common in mature ewes.  It is a heritage breed of England and was proliferated during the iron age by Vikings. Yup just love the heritage breeds are a popular choice here!

  

Cute plus Shetland sheep dogs and ponies!! :D

  

The last sheep I was looking at was the Finnsheep or Finnish Landrace.  Bred for their fine wool and sheared twice a year, they are most likely to have twins and it can be common to birth up to 7 lambs.  (Australian fins are quite lean and are particularly worm resistant.)   

  

So there are the potential sheep! Of course now I got most of my family on this idea so I wouldn't put it past them thinking they could be farmers!  Now a quick update on whats growing here!

small potatoes they are much bigger now!

potatoes

some snap dragons that are growing! it was a surprise!

Mint doing very well in its new home!

some basil! Hopefully it will grow!! 

sweet peas and a garlic bulb!!

some rosemary! 

Thyme loving its pot and location!

poor photo of the potatoes but they are bushy and huge!

My dads Virginia creeper! Doing great this year!

Whew that was long!  I will try and make sure that you all don't have to go another month without hearing from me!! 

Blessings 

         Tasha )O(