A WONDERFUL BIT OF NOSTALGIA

 We don't know about y'all, but we're both kids at heart around here...and a favorite memory from childhood was the annual airing of the Peanuts holiday shows.

It was a tradition as kids to watch every year (same with The Wizard of Oz, but that's a different story). 

These have been hit and miss in recent years and sometimes they only show one and not any of the others.  The other day, we read that all three are coming back this year on PBS, which probably means commercial free too.  Yes!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Sunday, October 24 at 7:30pm ET on PBS

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Sunday, November 21 at 7:30pm ET on PBS

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Sunday, December 19 at 7:30pm ET on PBS

We could all use a bit of the innocence of childhood in these trying times.  We for one, can't wait to welcome back some old friends!

EPIC THE MOVIE

Watched a really fun, cute and enjoyable movie and thought I'd post about it in case you haven't see it.

It's called EPIC.  They have a fun website centered around the storyline of the movie HERE.

Epic is loosely based on William Joyce's children's book "The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs".  It's a beautifully animated CGI movie about a teenage girl who gets shrunken down and transported to a world small enough that we can't see it, but big enough to be full of adventure.  You see, it seems our gardens are a hot bed of battles between good and evil, between flowers and green plants and decay and dead plants, all watched over by tiny people riding birds and living among the plants.  It's EPIC!

While some of the themes have been seen before in other animated movies, strained parental relationships, feeling like an outcast, good vs bad, etc, the film creates such a vibrant and exciting world that is hidden from our everyday view, it really connects to those of us who enjoy the mystery of nature with a healthy dose of fantasy.

It was released, theatrically a year ago so it should be available on DVD, onDemand, etc and if you love nature and being outside in your yard, we really think you'd enjoy this one.  It might just make you think twice the next time you see  a hummingbird fly by or see something move out of the corner of your eye while you are outside in the yard...