Wednesday's Attic

When we were at Disneyland the other day aboard the Mark Twain Paddlewheel steamboat, I happened to see this guy over on Pirates Lair. I had never seen him before. He is fabulous! SO after lunch we went and took his picture.

EEEeeeeee! This excellent clock will be here soon! My sweet husband got it for me! Do you think I can fit it in my purse?  I can't wait!

I enjoy making Julia Childs recipe for French Onion Soup. It takes hours to make it properly, but is sooo worth it. Look my cooking is even in a blog about cooking! You can see it HERE

Chumash beach ceremony This could only happen in California- Cowabunga!! Malibu's Surfrider Beach declared first-ever World Surfing Reserve The designation is largely ceremonial, but supporters hope that enshrining the world's best surf breaks will lead to legal protections against development and pollution. By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times October 10, 2010 After scouring the globe in search of the perfect wave, a nonprofit organization Saturday declared the waves off Malibu's Surfrider Beach the first-ever World Surfing Reserve — a distinction meant to celebrate surf breaks not only for their size and shape, but also for their cultural significance. Famous as the epicenter of California surf culture in the 1950s and '60s, Malibu topped a list of more than 125 nominees under the new program by the Save the Waves Coalition. The designation is largely ceremonial and does not grant greater protection for the surf. But surfers and conservationists hope that ens...

This is another reason why ya gotta love this guy!  LONDON (Reuters) – Hollywood star Johnny Depp took "show and tell" to a new level at a London school when he turned up in full pirate regalia after a fan wrote to him seeking help stage a "mutiny," according to media reports. Beatrice Delap, 9, wrote to Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp's character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, asking for help with an uprising against teachers at Meridian Primary School in Greenwich, south-east London. "We are a bunch of budding young pirates and we were having a bit of trouble mutiny-ing against the teachers, and we'd love if you could come and help," Delap wrote to Depp. Depp, who is in south-east London filming the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie "On Stranger Tides," gave the school 10 minutes notice on Wednesday that he was on his way. The school quickly called an assembly and Depp walked in to gasps fr...

Wow, somebody even wrote music for it! I am fortunate in that I rarely am ill. I must have caught something however because I have had it since Sunday evening.  I seem to have taken a turn towards better and just must return to work Monday. I hate being sick, I am far too busy for that. By the way- Get your flu shot early, they made lots this year!