HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE.'BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY' WITH MERYL STREEP ? AT THE END OF THE MOVIE CLINT CLIMBS IN HIS PICK UP TRUCK AND HEADS AWAY AND LEAVES IT ALL BEHIND,THAT INCREDIBLE SOUNDTRACK, SOARING STRINGS-THE FULL ORCHESTRA CRASHES IN--YOUR HEART HITS THE FLOOR..ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS..BIT LIKE WHEN MORGAN FREEMAN GETS TO MEET HIS 'FRIEND' AT THE END OF 'SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION'. OVERWHELMING -'TEAR YOU TO BITS' STUFF.THE SCREEN GOES BLANK...

IT STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD(NAME DROPPER JOHN)..I KNEW WHEN I STOOD ON THE 'FLEETWOOD MAC' STAR-ON THE WALK OF FAME,THAT THERE WAS MORE IN STORE ON THE 'MAC' FRONT.WELL,I WAS RIGHT, IT WAS THE LAST NIGHT AT LARRY'S ,WHICH WAS BOUND TO BRING IN THE CROWD,LINDA AND LISA CAME THROUGH,LARRY AND MARLA OF COURSE,NEVER EXPECTED ANY 'A' LIST CELEBS TO SHOW UP -TO SEND US ON OUR WAY...WHEN,THERE SHE WAS,THE GOLD DUST WOMAN HERSELF.COULD IT BE 'DREAMS...

BACK TO OUR FAVOURITE EATING PLACE IN FLORENCE-THE DUNES CAFE(502)-WHERE THE SPECIAL OF THE DAY IS PRIME RIB(503)-THE PICTURE OF IT JUST DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE THING...YESTERDAY THE SPECIAL WAS NEW YORK STEAK AND THAT WAS BIG ENOUGH,BUT A MERE BABY WHEN COMPARED TO THIS MOTHER..DAY BEFORE THAT THEY DISHED UP A FULL RACK OF BABY BACK RIBS--ALL THIS BEFORE NOON,NO WONDER LILAH-OUR HOST-HAS THAT GLEE IN HER EYE(504).HERE SHE IS TAKING OUR PHOT...

DECIDED TO TAKE A TRIP TO HECETA HEAD, TO TRY AND IMPROVE ON THE LIBRARY SNAP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE (USED IN A PREVIOUS BLOG.).(YOU'RE HAVING A LAUGH RIGHT-FOR A START THERE'S NO SUN OUT THERE AND THE WALGREENS CAMERA IS HANGING ON TO EXISTENCE BY A THREAD..)FIRST THING WE NOTICED, ON GETTING OUT OF THE CAR ,WAS THE SOUND OF THE SEA LIONS ON THE ROCKS BELOW-IT'S A SHEER DROP DOWN THERE AND THE GRASS IS WET,SO,THE ONE AND ONLY PHOTO WAS THE ONE THAT SHOWS UP HERE(497...

THAT WAS A FIRST-HALLOWEEN IN THE U.S.-KEPT ON ABOUT GUY FAWKES AND MISCHEVIOUS NIGHT-BUT THAT ALL FELL ON STONEY GROUND,THEY DO HAVE A NICE 'GO' AT IT THOUGH(483)-(496)WE WERE DOWN AT LARRY'S PLACE AND KEPT THE BAR GOING AS THE LOCALS STROLLED THE STREETS OUTSIDE !! ALL THE BARS AND SHOPS DISH OUT CANDY(THAT SHOULD READ 'SWEETS') TO THE KIDS,WHO LOOK AS THOUGH THEY ARE DOING ALL THIS,AS A FAVOUR,TO GIVE THEIR PARENTS AN EXUCE TO DRESS UP ALL GOTHIC STYLE ONCE A ...