Phelps and Twenty

The cats spent most of the afternoon sunning themselves in camping chairs in the garden. They looked at me evilly when I took their picture.

We watched a Saturday Morning Movie today. Jason and the Argonaughts. My heart sank when I heard what it was; I've seen bits of it over the years and it has never appealed. The first. 20 minutes did drag, but after that I was hooked. It was fantastic. The children loved it too. They were impressed with the fighting skeletons having seen that scene lifted wholesale and dropped into Merlin, Spy Kids and The Magic Roundabout movie.

They both loved (as I did) the scene where the rocks crash into The Argo, and Poseidon emerges from the sea. It was magical and I can't imagine todays special effects being able to do it even marginally better.

We've had another great weekend and I feel very sad about the holidays drawing to a close.