Carry On Tuesday # 209

Time to say goodbye

Carry On Tuesday # 208

My Favourite Things!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens 
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things!

Cream coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favourite things!

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes
Silver white winters that melt into spring
These are a few of my favourite things!

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad, 
I simply remember 
my favourite things
and then I don't feel so bad!

Carry On Tuesday Plus # 207

Viva la difference!

'Adam's Rib' is arguably the greatest Tracy-Hepburn film, and is certainly the most popular of their teamings. Brightly written (by the husband and wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), it takes the premise of a wife (the sparkling Judy Holliday, in her film debut) on trial for shooting her unfaithful husband (Tom Ewell, establishing himself in the kind of role he'd reprise in The Seven-Year Itch), and turns it into a forum of the sexual values and standards of the 1940s, and a showcase for the fabulous Tracy and Hepburn, who were were never better than as the battling D.A. and defence attorney. In the courtroom and out, the love they share, and tweaking of each other's egos is a sheer joy to watch. That the story is also a knowing commentary about women's inequality under the law makes the film even more topical today, and doesn't reduce the film's enjoyment value at all. It is a VERY funny film, and can be enjoyed at MANY levels!

Carry On Tuesday Plus # 206

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

"The Best is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics written by Carolyn Leigh. It is generally associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones. It was the last song Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995, and the words "The Best is Yet to Come" are etched on Sinatra's tombstone.

Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum

You came along and everything started to hum

Still it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come

The best is yet to come, and won’t that be fine

You think you’ve seen the sun, but you aint seen it shine

Wait till the warm-up is underway

Wait till out lips have met

Wait till you see that sunshine day

You aint seen nothin’ yet

The best is yet to come, and won’t that be fine

The best is yet to come, come the day that your mine

Come the day that your mine

I’m gonna teach you to fly

We’ve only tasted the wine

We’re gonna drain that cup dry

Wait till your charms are right, for the arms to surround

You think you’ve flown before, but you aint left the ground

Wait till you're locked in my embrace

Wait till I hold you near

Wait till you see that sunshine place

There aint nothin’ like it here

The best is yet to come, and won’t that be fine

The best is yet to come, come the day that your mine

Carry On Tuesday # 205

"Come What May" is a phrase that originates from Shakespeare's Macbeth. It is the romantic love theme from Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge! It is sung by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman in their respective roles as Christian and Satine. It was originally composed for the film Romeo and Juliet, but was not used. It was then repurposed for Moulin Rouge!

Never knew I could feel like this

Like I've never seen the sky before

Want to vanish inside your kiss

Every day I love you more and more

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings?

Telling me to give you everything

Seasons may change, winter to spring

But I love you until the end of time

Come what may

Come what may

I will love you until my dying day

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste

It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high

No river too wide

Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side

Storm clouds may gather,

And stars may collide

But I love you (I love you)

Until the end of time(until the end of time)

Come what may

Come what may

I will love you until my dying day

Oh, come what may, come what may

I will love you, Oh I will love you

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Come what may

Come what may

I will love you until my dying day

Carry On Tuesday Plus # 204

Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda. In 1971 Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Come With Me, I Said, And No One Knew (VII) by Pablo Neruda

Come with me, I said, and no one knew

where, or how my pain throbbed,

no carnations or barcaroles for me,

only a wound that love had opened.

I said it again: Come with me, as if I were dying,

and no one saw the moon that bled in my mouth

or the blood that rose into the silence.

O Love, now we can forget the star that has such thorns!

That is why when I heard your voice repeat

Come with me, it was as if you had let loose

the grief, the love, the fury of a cork-trapped wine

the geysers flooding from deep in its vault:

in my mouth I felt the taste of fire again,

of blood and carnations, of rock and scald.

Carry On Tuesday Plus # 203

According to Wikipedia, "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase that has been used in some form since at least 1360 in storytelling in the English language, and seems to have become a widely accepted convention for opening oral narratives by around 1600. These stories often then end with "and they all lived happily ever after," or, originally, "happily until their deaths."

As well as being the title of an American fantasy-drama television series, it was also a French animated series of history lessons produced for children in the late 70’s. What follows is an episode translated into English.