Music Video & Lyrics - Dark Waltz; Hayley Westenra - Phantom of the Opera

The movie, Phantom of the Opera, wasn't invited into my movie or music repetoire until 2004's version was released which starred Emmy Rossum. Her voice captivated me on the movie previews and within a year, it was on sale for $2 at the local corner store! A 'me night' was soon arranged and I really loved the movie. No formal review for this one, only due to it's age (first published in 1911) but the singing is amazing! If anything, I regretted not watching it sooner much like the Titanic ;)

Anyways, sometimes I love sappy music that strikes a cord

 and lately, everything seems to strike a cord. Enjoy..

Dark Waltz - Phantom of the Opera - Music Video

Lyrics for Dark Waltz

Hayley Westenra - Phantom of the Opera

We are the lucky ones
We shine like a thousand suns
When all of the colour runs together

I'll keep you company
In one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny forever

Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light

Time dancers whirling past
I gaze through the looking glass
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven

Sacred geometry
Where movement is poetry
Visions of you and me forever

Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light

Dance me into the night
Underneath the full moon shining so bright
Let the dark waltz begin
Oh let me wheel - let me spin
Let it take me again
Turning me into the light

p.s. If you have dogs, turn up the sound and maybe you'll discover a super star. My dog, Hunter loves opera music and howls like a banshee whenever this type of music is on, too cute ;0) ...but does that mean he likes it or hates it?

My thoughts on Mark Cullen's Gardening Tools - Love the Trug!! Hand Shovel & Gloves, not so much.

The weather has been absolutely perfect for the month of April and up here in Canada, that's a huge wow factor for this time of year. Temperatures have been in the mid teens to mid twenties which has my plants, including the weeds, growing like wildfire. I've been outside feverishly plucking, digging and transplanting the foliage and both my body and my gardening tools have taken a supreme beating!

My back is ouch but with more time outside will be as good as new (I hope ;) but my gardening tools, they've seen better days. Within a couple of weeks I have already tossed two brand new items into the trash but I've also fallen in love!

Mark Cullen's gardening tools...

Women's Goatskin Gardening Gloves - I bought the pink pair (for ladies ;) and alhtough they are pretty good gardening gloves, within two days the seam around the base of the fingers on one of the gloves came undone. My skin's now exposed and dirt enters that much easier!

Hand Shovel - The hand shovel was used only a few times until it began to bend where it joins the handle. As I continued to use it, eventually it just snapped off leaving me two useless pieces. Yes, my ground soil is a little hard due to some clay but come on? I'm also sure that if used with prepackaged maliable potting soil and container gardening, this wouldn't have happened.

Gardening Trug - I had to look up the name of this awesome product, to see what it was called... other than a little piece of heaven ;) This awesome, flexible and light plastic container is perfect for toting everything garden related from weeds to plants, water or tools!

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Out diggin' in the garden... and making progress, slowly ;)

I spent yesterday afternoon poking around the gardens and managed to accomplish a few more overdue tasks leftover from last fall. As I made progress with the weeds, digging up and splitting plants came along in tow.

Last summer, a new sewer system was installed on our property which inevitably tore up the entire left side of our yard. In an effort to save money we ordered some top soil, bought grass seed and proceeded to care for the dirt and weeds that thrived! Now, months and oodles of seed later, I finally noticed tiny, green hairs coming up from the dirt. Yaaa!

With three attempts at seeding over the past 8 months, I wonder which batch of seeds took? Are they from the first batch laid out late last summer or the one's I just scattered a couple of weeks ago?

...quilty of not following my own advice and went out to work without glasses, again but luckily I'm unscathed unlike last time! It's really just a hard habit to form, I've never been accustomed to wearing sunglasses, ever. Not even to just be cool ;) ...maybe I need to incorporate them as one of my essential garden tools?

Rhubarb and Lupines are up and looking fantastic and my Bleeding Hearts are already flowering! Transplanted Lupines, Chics n' Hens, Iris' and some pink flowered ground cover (name?)...to be continued.

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Contest - Temptation is Beautiful Sweepstakes - Win a Trip to Las Vegas!

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Movie Review - Sex and the City

Welcome to What Wrinkles? Movie Review

Some movies are worth the watch while others
fall flat and disappoint. Here's what I think about ...

Sex and the City

Movie Review...5 out of 5!

 Drama - Released in 2008

Starring - Sara Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler

Carrie and the girls shine in this movie. I love Carrie's intro dress and Vivienne Westwood!...but I'm not going to tell you anything else except that the triles and tribulations of finding and keeping long lasting love can be earth shattering and not always in a good way. You'll need the tissue for this 'me' night movie.

...Sex and the City is a movie I waited far too long to see and with part 2 coming out soon, it was time to watch! I'm so glad too, this movie is the perfect closure to the show and simply has me hooked!

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Movie Review - The Blind Side

Welcome to What Wrinkles? Movie Review

Some movies are worth the watch while others

 fall flat and disappoint. Here's what I think about ...

The Blind Side
Movie Review... 4 out of 5!
Drama - Released in 2009
Starring - Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins

The Blind Side is a very touching story of how one single person can touch so many lives and how those lives take the time to notice and actually care back. This movie really is heart warming and I think I enjoyed simply because it's based on a true story. Quinton as Michael is a great choice!

...this movie portrays a family who went through an entire change of living without many pitfalls, they only touched lightly on that side of the subject. I'm wondering if it was as easy to conform, for everyone, as the movie suggests or was it just way too much to cover? This movie helps to maintain my belief that there are good people in this world! :) and kept me interested for the most part (except for when they delved into football a little much). This is a tissue in hand type of movie. Enjoy!