read, read, watched

Still recuperating from foot surgery and getting a bit restless.

at least now I have a post-op shoe and can get around a little.

In the meantime, The Bee Cottage Story entertained me.

I love a peek into someone's home, really..who doesn't?

The Bee Cottage Story is just full of before and after pictures of

Francis Schultz's redo...of her life & cottage.

I saw this book mentioned in several recommendations on the web.

I will add mine, as well.  This is historical fiction, about two women and weaving two tragic events:

the fire of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 and the World Trade Center attacks. 
A beautiful scarf of marigolds floats through the story.  Clara is a nurse in the hospital on Ellis Island and Taryn works in a fabric store called the Heirloom Yard in Manhattan.

Loss, survivor's guilt and allowing happiness back into one's life are the themes.

I'm mentioning this one to my book club.

I missed this one in the theaters, but was happy to find it on HBO.

A British period piece, this film is set in the time of King Louis XIV.

Kate Winslet plays a landscape designer hired to work on one of the gardens at Versailles.

Hmmm.....really enjoying this leisure time!