4 things and 6 photos.

[the_muppet]

1) snowflake cookies: Thank you so much to all of you who sent me snowflake cookies; it was really thoughtful of you ♥ Additional thanks as well to aruna7 and nicole9514 for the extra LJ gifts ♥

2) smile: Was reading the report by dawniky about the Bradley/Colin signing she was at on Tuesday and this excerpt makes me smile every time I think about it:

"I had a bunch of kids behind me in the queue who were commenting on why Colin and Bradley were half an hour late getting out. I heard "what if Arthur has found out about Merlin's magic and has killed him?" from a little boy (he was 7) and also "maybe they came by dragon and it went the wrong way."

I'm also buying some purple wool tights this weekend and that also makes me stupidly happy.

3) deletion: Have deleted shedloads of comms from my flist lately and am likely doing yet another flist cut soon; I'll have nothing left to read if I keep on like this.

4) photos: Some random photos for you. I've posted them thumbnail size so if you're not interested you can skip them; if you do want to see more detail just click each to enlarge:

A photo from my visit to Tintagel 3 weeks ago.


2 random Christmassy photos from my flat. The reindeer with the jangly legs is my favourite decoration.

2 photos from the beach last Saturday when I was there with my nephew Josh. Last photo of the three was taken yesterday afternoon. The dots you can see in the sea are surfers.


Hope you're all doing okay; sorry I'm not around much ♥

*hugs muchly*

Comments

[gealach-ros.livejournal.com]

TINTAGEL! *squee* OMG, this looks amazing! :D I'd love to go there one day and take a million pictures. \0/

The remark about Bradley and Colin coming by dragon made me giggle so much, I can almost see how Colin fiddles with a map and tells the dragon to fly the 'scenic route'. :D

BTW, I only found your PM this morning (stupid notification system, still a few hiccups...), do you still need my email address?

Before Christmas the last batch of pics from A Night less Ordinary will be released, I'll make a post to merlin_sceneit with all pics once all pics are out. :)

❤

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Tintagel is stunning and in such a gorgeous location. Sadly there's really very little left of the actual castle now plus their link to Arthurian legend is fairly tenuous and they do acknowledge this by making sure it's clearly stated in the video (which you can watch at the entrance) and on several information plaques that the castle was in fact built some 500 years after the birth of any fictional/actual Arthur. Still, they milk their Arthurain claims for all it's worth in the village but it's actually done in a really nice way - everything is lovely and not at all touristy and that was a pleasant surprise; plus like I say, the remains of the castle and the views are quite stunning =)

It was the comment about Arthur maybe having found out about Merlins magic and killing him that was making me grin; so sweet ♥

If/when you're ready to post those pictures that'd be great; thank you. Not to worry about the email address, I do have it here at home and will contact the mods sometime over the weekend.

[cotharay.livejournal.com]

OMG the reindeer looks absolutely adorable ♥
I hope you're doing ok *hugs tightly*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

The reindeer is indeed very cute =)

I'm okay. Thank you ♥

*hugs muchly*

[vita-candeo.livejournal.com]

Tintagel looks wicked cool! European history is so cool compared to US... but then again, what's considered "modern" in Europe is "old" in America... we're a young country! (And yes, I know there's native American history, but it wasn't recorded as well as historical events were in Europe [plus the buildings in Europe were stone and lasted longer]). I want to see it some day :)

**hugs back**

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

We are indeed very lucky here (and I'm sure in the rest of Europe) with the long history we have and the amount of sites we can visit. Hope you get the chance to travel someday and enjoy it all for yourself =)

*hugs muchly*

[vita-candeo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you do :) Hell, I went to South America and there was more history *lol*

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

Drive by hugs because I'm running late for work, as usual. More commenting tonight!

*hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

♥

*hugs muchly*

[adelagia.livejournal.com]

Yay ~*Tintagel*~! I'm so glad you got to go and visit (even if Bradley remained elusive), and your postcard still makes me smile.

Your decorations are adorable! And is that a batch of CM I see sitting in the corner? :)

*hugs you lots*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I have another of the knights postcards which I bought for myself too: Sir Bors de Ganis =)

Those are the CM boxsets which some of my friends bought me for my birthday; I'm trying to rewatch some of them lately =)

*hugs muchly*

[kjcharmed.livejournal.com]

Hee Hee, I love the reindeer, lol :)

And Tintagel looks amazing!

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

The reindeer is very cute; my favourite decoartion =)

Tintagel was very beautiful; some scary steep climbing though!

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

oh WOW! these pictures are completely amazing.
tintagel looks EPIC! and that beach, *siiiiigh* do you know how long i haven't been to the sea? i'm slightly jealous now ;) it looks so perfect.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I do love spending time down at the beach (just looking, I'm scared of large amounts of water!) and as I live so close it's quite easy, so I know how lucky I am =)

[coffeejunkii.livejournal.com]

oh wow, that pic of tintagel is awesome! it makes me wish i could go, too!!!

i agree that the reindeer is very cute :). i should take some pics of my decorations.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

That's about the best picture of the lot and I think it shows such a good view of it all =)

[nimielle.livejournal.com]

Your photos make me miss the sea. I really hope I get a chance to go and stay there for a while, when I get home this christmas.

Glad to hear something made you happy and I totally believe in the dragon's bad sense of direction ;)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I hope you get to visist the sea too if you're missing it ♥

The dragon bit was funny but for me it was the bit about maybe Arthur had found out about his magic and killed him!

*hugs muchly*

[valika56.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures! And your reindeer is so cute!

The story about Arthur, Merlin and the flying dragon made me laugh.:) Only kids could find out such little stories, their imagination is not so earth-bounded.

Buying some new stuff can always make a woman happy.:)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

The bit that made me laugh more was the boy thinking Arthur had maybe found out about Merlin's magic and killed him =)

Beautiful pictures! And your reindeer is so cute!

Thank you; glad you liked them ♥

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

Those beach photos are so gorgeous! (Actually, seeing anything that's not snow-covered is welcome at the moment!)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

It was pretty dark both times even though it was mid-afternoon, but I thought it looked gorgeous ♥

[nicole9514.livejournal.com]

(HUGS)

woah those pics are so lovely :)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie ♥

*hugs muchly*

[rae1013.livejournal.com]

I just purged a ton of communities myself. I now have a few vidding and graphics comms and the rest are all trek related. I am such a nerd! (and I love it)

I defriended a few people as well. It doesn't seem like they minded. =|

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I'm such a wuss about flist cuts; there's always more I sort of want to cut but don't.

[prfctdaze.livejournal.com]

The kid's comment about Arthur finding out and killing Merlin is too cute :)

Beautiful pic of Tintagel. And I love the other ones, too. Especially the Christmas ones. Adorable decorations. And I see someone is a big Criminal Minds fan. lol (I think I already knew that :) Beaches are so peaceful and calming. Beautiful.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, sweetie. *hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

The kid's comment about Arthur finding out and killing Merlin is too cute :)

I KNOW! Just thinking aobut that line has me grinning; so damn sweet =)

Some of my friends bought me those Criminal Minds boxsets for my birthday recently; have been having a bit of a rewatching session ;)

Hope you'e having a good weekend too ♥

*hugs muchly*

[yourremedy.livejournal.com]

1. Your icon is CUTE!
2. Gorrrrg pictures!! I want that reindeer for myself! And I saved the last beach picture to look at :)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thank you ♥ It's a new one I've just made and will be part of a paper_packages post later today ;)

That reindeer is sweet and I do love his jangly legs; glad you enjoyed the pictures =

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Ooh pretty photos!

Hee, I went insane flist cut a while back and I keep berating myself for it now that I have more time. I always feel bad when I cut people, but I doubt I really hurt feelings or anything... I hope. lol I totally need to do a comm cut again though.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

See, this is what I meant the other day about your adorably infamously late comments! *lol*

I do so many cuts lately; partly due to my own stupid feelings of paranoia, whatever. But I did cut a lot of comms too which was actually a good thing as I just don't follow them anymore.

*hugs muchly*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I'm only 3 days late. That's not so bad for me. lol

[bellasianna.livejournal.com]

Surfers. In December.
I'm sorry the thought alone has left me so cold I can barely type... :O

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

They're crazy boys who are out there pretty much constantly =)

[bellasianna.livejournal.com]

Boys think: We so manly and brave to surf in December.
Girls think: They must have really little willies from the cold water...

*tries to look innocent*
:D