Wildlife: The Raccoon was splashing around the reeds by the lake last night. There's a male pheasant who jumps onto the box feeder on the deck too, for the sunflower seeds.



Visit: A Tale of Two Movies
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Weather: No rain yet, but there's low clouds sailing overhead, threatening moisture any minute. There's still lots of blue sky in between.

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Media Watch: The original Topper, from 1937, starring Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young as "Toppy," and BILLIE (Glenda, Good Witch of the North) BURKE as Mrs. Topper. It is an extremely well-timed comedy. Arthur (Dagwood) Lake was funny too.
TCM then played the sequel, Topper Takes A Trip, with the same cast, including Cary Grant in a flashback. Too bad it was a DAWG! (It even had a canine co-star.)
I didn't like Raincoat, a Bollywood movie with the beautiful Ashwari Rai and prolific Ajay Devgan. The writer/director/lyricist seemed too full of himself. His actors were absolutely first-rate, so when things were uninteresting or stupid, I knew who NOT to blame.