Thursday! It can’t be! It’s too gruesome!

Holly GoLightly, "Thursday! It can’t be! It’s too gruesome!"

Paul Varjak, "What’s so gruesome about Thursday?"

Holly Golightly, "Nothing, except I can never remember when it’s coming up."

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse with Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple

I watched ITV's Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse last night, it was thoroughly enjoyable and I finally felt comfortable with Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple, she was excellent.

Odd that when you consider that Christie's The Pale Horse wasn't a Miss Marple at all.

Anyway it would appear that Julia McKenzie also feels that she has grown into the part,

“I feel pleased with the way Marple has been received and I’m enjoying it a lot more now.

“I think I was rather in shock in the first couple of films because I did take over the role very quickly. I was just so surprised to get the part, added to which was the trepidation of taking over such an iconic role. I feel now that I’m much more secure in the characterisation of Miss Marple.

“I feel I’ve settled into it and would like to play her for the rest of my working life if there are enough stories to go round.”

(Julia's quote from Sunday Mercury.Net)

So what do you think?

Umbrella day?

A quick look out of the window this morning shows another grey day,

we may well be needing those umbrella's again.

Oh why, did it have to rain on St Swithun's?

Image from The Musical Umbrella a vintage childrens book by Friedrich Feld

The Village Show

If you like heavy horses as much as we do pop over to Renaissance Life to see the photographs of the village show. You'll find lots of Shires and Suffolk Punches as well as sheepdogs and vintage cars.

If you like vintage - Treevoole Farm

If you like (love) vintage as much as we do then get yourself over to A Mermaid's Tale, Christine has the most wonderful photographs on her blog of a visit to Treevoole Farm. You're going to love it

A Mermaid's Tale - Trevoole Farm

Continental Market

Not vintage - but don't these look delicious?

More photographs of our visit to The Continental Market can be found at Renaissance Life

Vintage 1940's Sewing Pattern Misses Long or Short Pajamas

Make your own vintage 1940's PJ's,

so cute,

vintage sewing pattern from Patternshop