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1. Today I want….
2. If only ….
3. Once upon a time ….
4. Cold weather … .
5. Dude! OMG … .

Random and Odd’s SPF picture is “YOUR BUDDY”

Who else but Wolf! He’s my buddy!

Krista, over at Create a Connection have given us the following task:

This photo Thursday, I wonder if you would take the flash off your camera, light some candles, and try to get a good shot of anything, under candlelight. Take a picture of your favourite books under candlelight, of yourself under candlelight, or even take a picture of the candles themselves.

So here is a picture of a tealight candle illuminating its holder. I hope you enjoy!

DebR is the Wednesday guest blogger at Create a Connection and I’m playing along. This week, she says: Imagine you’ve made a connection with another blogger who lives in a completely different part of the world than you do. This blogger is about to take a trip and the connection you’ve made is so strong that she is going to make your house one stop on her trip. (Yay!) Unfortunately she can only stay at your place for 24 hours (boo!), but she’d like to see some nearby sights while visiting with you.

Keeping in mind that time is quite limited, so you have to stick pretty close to home (although not necessarily right IN your town – just anyplace you could go as a day trip), try looking around you with the eyes of someone who has never seen your area and tell us some things you’d share with…

1. Your visitor wants to see something historical. Where would you take her and why? Well, living in the Boston area, there are MANY historical things to see! Given the time contraints, I’d probably take her to Boston and weather permitting, we’d walk part of the Freedom Trail, and check out the Paul Revere House in the North End…stopping, of course, for a cannoli and a coffe.

2. She wants to see something hysterical…well, mildly amusing anyway. She’d even go for cute, quirky, odd, or unique. Where would you take her and why? Hmmm…I’d take her to Salem, MA, home of witches, goblins & ghouls. There’s enough odd & unique things there to satisfy anyone.

3. She wants to take some beautiful and/or interesting photos to fill her albums when she gets home. Where would you take her? I’d take her to Newburyport, MA. It’s gorgeous, on the ocean and a quintessential New England town.

4. She’d like to buy a souvenir that will remind her of your area every time she sees it. What would you suggest and where would you go to get it? I’d take her to Faneuil Hall, where there are many, many touristy souvenirs, and I’d look for something to do with the Swan Boats … that’s so Boston AND I have many good memories of my Grandmother taking me there.

5. Wow, it’s been a long day and you’re both ready for a snack, or maybe even a meal. Where would you take her to really get the flavor of your area? Legal Seafood, without a doubt. Fresh New England seafood, delicious chowdah and well made drinks.

Thirteen of My Favorite Movie Characters

1. Let’s get the obvious of of the way first, Professor Snape from the Harry Potter movies. I know he’s supposed to be a not so nice character…but oh my, that voice! I can see why Alan Rickman was Ms. Rowling’s first choice for this character. I also really like the character of Professor Lupin, as portrayed by David Thewlis and the original Professor Dumbledore. RIchard Harris nailed that part…the new Dumbledore, not so much…not so much at all. A bit of advice to him: Read the books.

2. Aragorn from the LOTR Trilogy. A loner, with vast responsibilites weighing heavily on his shoulders. Not to mention Viggo Mortensen was tossed into the movies at the last second, and did a fantabulous job! My other favs from this movie are Orlando Bloom as Legoas, Karl Urban as Eomer (YUM!), Ian McKellen as Gandalf & Elijah Wood as Frodo.

3. Doc Holiday, from the movie Tombstone, as portrayed by Val Kilmer. Snarky wit does it for me every time! I also loved Val as Jim Morrison, in the movie The Doors and of course, Iceman from Top Gun.

4. Captain Jack Sparrow! No need to say anything more about this one I also loved Depp’s performance as Roux in Chocolat, Don Juan in Don Juan DeMarco, William Blake in Dead Man and Edward Scissorhands, the role that made me a Depp fan.

5. Maude from the movie Harold & Maude, as portrayed by Ruth Gordon. She made me laugh, she made me cry, she made me think.

6. Casanova, as portrayed by Heath Ledger, from the movie Casanova. Mmmmm…yummy!

7. Renton, as portrayed by Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting. The accent alone was enough to do it for me!

8. Katsumoto, as portrayed by Ken Watanabe, in The Last Samurai. His role intrigued me…and I wanted the camera to linger more on him then on Tom Cruisin’ for a bruisin’.

9. Josephine ‘Jo’ March, as portrayed by Katherine Hepburn in Little Women. I wanted to be just like Jo!

10. Andrew Beckett, portrayed by Tom Hanks, and Joe Miller, portrayed by Denzel Washington, in the movie, Philadelphia. The emotion in both their characters…amazing. What an awesome movie!

11. Captain Daniel Gregg, portrayed by Rex Harrison in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Stubborn ghost!

12. The Ghost of Christmas Present, as portrayed by Carol Kane in the movie Scrooged. She is so damn funny!

13. Finally, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Frank Langella, in the movie Dracula. That was one sexy vampire!

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