Summer Reminiscence

On Sunday August the 5th we set out on a holiday--a seaside holiday to be precise. The car packed like a sardine can with snacks, pillows, duffels, and extra bags for the ride (belonging to Erika and Rachel) filled with our journals, sketchbooks, and current book we were reading (Harry Potter, of course).

The five days we spent by the sea (Lake Huron) was magical, and pure bliss. We took lengthy walks along the shore, collecting seaglass as we went, and setting the camera down on timer occasionally....well a bit more than occasionally.

We saw a sailboat race during an outing and wished that one of those boat's could have belonged to us, we imagined wonderful things to call our sail boats. 

We swam in the beautifully pure and blue water and, still wet from the swim, took pictures. 

We watercoloured on a rocky cliff, read on the beach, and all of us kids practically lived off Animal Crackers, which is probably the best snack in the world. The first two days we had afternoon outings and always listened to the infamous Vampire Weekend-all the little kids singing along too-we have taught them well! 

On an outing the first day we found swans in the water and dubbed them: Pat and Meryl.

One evening a fog came round that took our breath away--it was magical. At one point a barge was on the horizon blowing its horn. The sound and fog reminded us of an old British murder mystery film. 

We took magical late night walks and looked out upon the stars.  It was pitch black and all you could hear was the sound of rushing waves.  Nighttime was a great time to just sit on the beach in silence, it has an eerie feel about it, but was brilliant all the same. 

Ian (Erika's brother), Emma (Erika's sister), and us got to sleep in the loft above the garage. It was so fun to have it all to ourselves. At night we all took our turns taking showers, then would go back to the house across the sidewalk and hang out with everyone (one night we watched The Dark Knight and another night we painted adorable little tug boats), and then come back at about midnight and stay up for ages talking of all things brilliant.

The last night was grand--Aunt Linda and Uncle Corky (our hosts) treated all of us kids to ice cream from the shop down the road.

The whole week was full of wonderful memories. We have both agreed it was the main highlight of our practically perfect in every way Summer. 

And many times all of us kids came down and fumbled around on the rocks trying to see how far we could go.

The week was magnificent, and oh so fun. It makes us miss Summer all the more than we do already. We end this little post in hopes of going on another seaside holiday next Summer. Summer is officially over, but it's always good to reminisce and hope for good times the rest of the year! 

With lots of love,

Erika and Rachel ♥

XOXO

Fifty little days until amazingness

Throughout the years of this worldwide phenomenon we've seen these wonderful characters grow. The movies have had several different directors-all bringing their own flair and interpretation of the books. Every one of them has done an excellent job doing justice J.K. Rowling's amazing books. 

All of the actors and actress's do such an amazing job-they're all practically perfect for their roles, are so believable, and make you just love them. We love all the directors-but most especially David Yates (who directs the 5th, 6th, and 7th). He's brought this wonderful boarding school feel to Hogwarts, and films beautifully.

The trio has done an impeccable job as Harry, Ron, and Hermione. In the first two they start out as these adorable little kids and have continually happily surprised, if you will, us with their excellent acting--able to be emotional, intense, and hilarious at times. They are all just brilliant. 

The films are all amazing-and our very favourites. They portray the books so well and are brilliant!  We love everything about them-the acting (superb), cinematography (beautiful-but more so in the later films), the costumes (again, in the later ones-that more boarding school feel), and of course the soundtracks-it gets you every time. 

So, as the countdown grows smaller (!!!), and today is fifty days until Deathly Hallows pt. 1, we feel oh so excited. The official trailer came out exactly one week ago and blew our minds--this film is going to be amazing--epicness of mind blowing proportion!

We CANNOT wait to see what masterpiece David Yates creates with this film and we're confident it will be excellent.  It will be so intense and amazing and emotional and just completely epic! 

We are oh so excited for everything about this film-Malfoy Manor, Godric's Hollow, The Ministry of Magic whole epic part, the wedding-AH!!! We just cannot wait!!

So, 50 DAYS UNTIL AMAZINGNESS! 

Cheers!

-Erika and Rachel 

P.S. Furthermore, this means that you have exactly 50 days to read all seven books and watch all six movies if you haven't done so yet.  

Oh the joys of Autumn!

Hello my darlings! Autumn thus far has been wonderful. I've been taking pictures all the time! I cannot wait for the leaves to begin changing, Erika and I shall have the best photo shoots. 

All the weekends pretty much have been spent with Erika. And, last weekend short notice her and Emma came over and we watched Diary of a Wimpy kid! 

Oh my goodness! The movie was brilliant. So, we start the movie and are thinking we're going to be the only ones watching it because my family would think we were dumb for watching such a movie and leave us all by ourselves--but no! they all stayed and watched! It was brilliant. And the movie was SO hilarious. We knew going into it that it would be funny and brilliant but it far exceeded our expectations. And we felt pretty legit since we'd read a couple of the books. 

I've completely got into the swing of starting school. In case some of you didn't know, I'm homeschooled--and oh goodness how wonderful it is. I get done at about half-past three (and lately have been starting at like eleven-ha!) and then immediately go outside and take a walk in the woods, read on the porch, etc. :) So yes, it's wonderful! 

Tuesday night I watched The Borrowers with Hannah. So, you all know how much of fans Erika and I are of Harry Potter and Tom Felton (who plays Draco Malfoy) is in the Borrowers--but oh my goodness! It's a little nine-year-old Tom Felton who melts mine and Erika's hearts all over the floor. 

"Squished, might get squished...not much of an option is there!"

Ummm yes!!! Tell me your heart didn't melt all over the floor. Erika had watched it last weekend and had told me how unbelievably adorable he was and I was like, "Oh of course!" But then I watched it and was like, "Oh, Erika was right...I cannot even handle it!" But yes, the movie was adorable--so British and little kiddish but so cute. 

Erika and I have plans to go thrifting next weekend for new Autumn clothes so that shall be so much fun. We're planning on spending the whole Saturday morning/afternoon at some thrift shops not far from our house. Hopefully we'll have some good finds! It will be our first of the season, so that's exciting. 

I've been doing so much reading on my front porch lately--Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to be precise. Oh, and I'm working on the Mitford series--have any of you ever heard or read those? They are so adorable and idyllic, I love them. 

The fields have become golden, the air has become chillier, and the wind has been blowing. Oh how I love this season! The best days of this season are when they're cool and windy. Bliss! Especially while I'm walking in the woods.

So, my dears I shall draw this little post to a close. But I shall finish with some super exciting news. The Deathly Hallows pt. 1 trailer was released! Aaaaaah! It came out Wednesday night at 9:00, I watched the trailer (getting chills, my heart beating in excitement), had my mind blown, then of course called Erika. We talked for an hour and a half about our excitement for themovie, what we thought of the trailer (we thought it was amazing of course!) and what particular parts we were most looking forward to.

Yes, the movie looks amazing. But, I won't go into great detail right now because Erika and I have a post coming next week about it. You can watch the trailer here. This trailer is epicness of mind-blowing proportion, to quote my friend. :) If that's how good the trailer is--imagine the movie! Ah!

Well, darlings, sorry for rambling about the trailer! Hope you've enjoyed this little post in celebration of Autumn--have a wonderful weekend! What are your plans?

Lots of love,

Rachel ♥