Revenant jacket

I've tried not to spam you with too much REVENANT stuff lately, but today I can't help sharing the final jacket design:





Click the image for a larger view!

I'm excited, but this still seems so surreal, ya know?

Mmmm . . . turkey and chocolate cake

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to my American friends!

(And whoever else wants to join in, please do!)

I am thankful for a low-key morning of sleeping late, reading half of Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall (so delightful!), and only having to worry about making one dish for our Thanksgiving meal with friends:


Too Much Chocolate Cake! (The chocolate glaze is supposed to be more drizzly, but hey! It's CHOCOLATE CAKE, FTW.)

The only bad thing is my stomach ache from drinking too much tea and licking too much chocolate glaze. :(

Happy Day, everyone! I am so thankful for your friendship. ♥♥♥

P.S. Steve is now suggesting we put chocolate sprinkles on top of the glaze. Thoughts?

[cross-posted from Livejournal]

Friday Five of fall color

Our fall color is just about at its peak right now, and though central Oklahoma isn't exactly known for autumnal beauty, I still found a few nice shots to share with you.


The young maple in front of our house. I deliberately shot into the sun because I liked the way the light peeks through the leaves.


Pumpkins on our front patio. This is the first year my crepe myrtles have had such fine color -- perhaps because someone finally told me I was overwatering them? Notice the neighbor's yellow tree across the street.

Now for a change of pace . . . some photos I took last weekend on the OU campus.


A tree across the street from the law school. Steve sees this one from his office window and takes cheer!


These trees haven't really turned, but it's always nice when the fall mums are planted on campus!


Two (or three?) ash trees mingle their leaves.

Happy weekend to all!

[Cross-posted from Livejournal]

Jane Eyre trailer!

I was so delighted when Michael Fassbender was cast as Rochester, and so far I am still very pleased!

It's a small thing, but I'm quite relieved to see a dark-haired Blanche Ingram. (This rarely happens.)

Just a wee glimpse of Jamie Bell as St. John -- I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Simon McBurney doesn't seem right as Brocklehurst -- too gentle? -- but I can deal with it.

I'm sure I'll have more thoughts after I watch it a few times.

What are your thoughts!

A magical discovery

This past Saturday evening when Steve was at a law school function, I was rather desperate for something different to watch on TV -- something he wouldn't mind me watching without him. After much fruitless searching, I stumbled across The Secret of Kells on Cox OnDemand.

I googled it before watching, of course. I had no memory of it as an Oscar nominee! (It had noms and wins for plenty of other awards, too.) I understood from the title that the story somehow revolved around the Book of Kells, but when I read that the hand-drawn animation was styled after the manuscript's illuminations, I figured it was worth $5.99 to check it out.

The film opens with a rather unremarkable "precocious boy gets in trouble" goose-chasing scene, but once Brendan gets to the forest, the real magic begins. In the following scene, the young hero is introduced to an oak tree by mysterious sprite Aisling (notice also the white cat Pangur Ban, who stole my heart):




In this haunting scene, Aisling and Pangur Ban help Brendan escape a locked cell in the abbey tower:




These clips do not come close to representing the film's beauty -- I do hope you'll check it out on a bigger screen! (It's available at Netflix.)

(I would love to have stills from the forest scenes, like this one, to hang on my walls.)

[Cross-posted from Livejournal]