I WON THE PRIZE!

I had to do a post and tell you about my prize.  The lady in the picture is Balisha, my friend from Never Enough Time blogspot. Check out her blog!  Balisha is a poet, gardener, writer, and artist among many other things.  She is one talented lady.  Balisha is my friend and one of my favorite bloggers.  We tease each other about posts, my recipes on Southern Lady Cooks, (she didn’t think there was such a thing as chocolate gravy!), and e-mail jokes to each other.

Balisha recently did a post saying she was going to do a give-a-way at her place and it would be something she made. I know how talented she is and was hoping and hoping I could win her prize.  She put a piece of paper in a container for every comment and on her 1000th post, she drew out the winning name.  She posted the winner yesterday. I WON!

I am so excited and can’t wait to receive this item in the mail.  I am posting a picture below for you to see!  I just love her painting on slate. I will love and cherish it forever and give it a special place.

                                                                                                                                

I have not posted on here for a while. I just can’t seem to keep up with both blogs like I used to.  The Southern Lady Cooks Facebook page now has 1140 people and grows a little every day.  If you are not on Facebook, you would have fun here.  We discuss everything from aprons to St. Patrick’s Day!

I had to tell you about my prize and how excited I am. Hope everyone is doing great and spring is near at your place. I am so ready for warm days and some sun on my face!

(Note: You can click on the picture of my prize to see all the little details Balisha added!)

THE HOUSE OF THE HANGING DOLLS!

I thought since it is so close to Halloween I would post some pictures taken by my son about seven months ago.  These are his words about this house in the photographs.

“As we were returning from Danville on a rain soaked Sunday afternoon I spotted the ruins of an old farm house on Danville Road just off US 27. I stopped to take a few pictures and wound up finding some of the most macabre imagery I have ever found in a ruin…”

There were vines overtaking the front columns on this deserted house and vines entangled the entrance.  English Ivy was growing into the foyer. 

The dolls were hanging with Christmas tree lights and cords from the ruined chandelier.  A turkey vulture was perched on the roof! 

I can’t believe he was in there taking pictures……..He said the place was really scary and he did not tarry long.

                                                                                                     

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      You can view a video of this, also.  Just click here.

IT’S MOVIE TIME, FOLKS!

Do you have a favorite movie or maybe several that really made an impression on you?  My girls will watch a movie over and over if they like it.  I have never been that bad but I do have a few that I might call favorites.  I tend to like movies that are true stories or are about Kentucky.    I joined Netflix a while ago and have really enjoyed watching a couple of movies each week.

I will post a few of my favorites and hope that you will do the same.  That way, I can put yours on my list to watch.  Some of mine are older movies and you may be seen them already but here goes:

SONGCATCHER

Set in 1907 in the Appalachian mountains, director Maggie Greenwald’s SONGCATCHER tells the story of Doctor Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer), a musicologist trying hard to reach the next rung in her academic career. She goes to visit her sister, Elna, who lives in a rural coal mining town, and discovers that the local musicians play traditional folk music that they learned from their ancestors in Ireland and Scotland. A gorgeous portrait of music, romance, and history, this film won the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast at Sundance 2000.

DREAMER

A lot of this movie was filmed in Kentucky in and around Lexington.  There are beautiful scenes of our horse farms throughout the movie.  It is based on a true story.

Ben Crane was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer, were wasted on making other men’s fortunes. Sonya was once a great horse, whose promising career on the racetrack was cut short, suddenly, by a broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner–who also happens to be Ben’s boss–Sonya is given to Ben as his severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben’s young daughter, Cale, to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. However, the true miracle might be that, in helping this injured horse, what they are actually healing is their own family

HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A.

Director Barbara Kopple’s film about the 1973 coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Ky., won a Best Documentary Oscar and was selected for the National Film Registry. Highlighting the struggles of families living in shacks with no indoor plumbing and enduring hazardous working conditions, the film details the conflict between the Eastover Mining Co. and the laborers determined to join the United Mine Workers of America.

WALK THE LINE

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

Now it’s your turn!  I could come up with more but that’s enough for today.  Let me hear from you!