Game of Thrones and a Zombified Grimm

                                                                           

In my last post about Game of Thrones, I wrote about Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and how much I love this character. Last night we watched her work her magic again; she has a new admirer and supporter, Daario Naharis (Ed Skrein), a leader with The Second Sons, who eliminated his two comrades after they ordered him to kill Daenerys.

                                                                          

Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) was married to Sansa Stark (Sophia Turner); a forced marriage for both, but Tyrion was a gentleman and Sansa is still virgin.

                                                                              

Good thing too, because Sansa’s handmaid, Shae (Sibel Kekilli) would have killed him; Tyrion and Shae are lovers and soul mates.

                                                                      

                                           

Although Daenerys holds the title of “Kick Ass Heroine” there is a second runner up.

                                                                                  

 Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) a warrior and knight of the house of Tarth is charged with the chore of returning Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau safely to his home in exchange for the two Stark daughters, Sansa and Arya (Maisie Williams). Over time Brienna and Jaime form a friendship based on respect and understanding, but there might be feelings there that neither are aware of, yet.

                                                                               

 Last week, Brienne was in a fight for her life with a huge grizzly bear as entertainment for her captors, but Jaime risked his freedom and very life to go back and save her. Will respect turn to love? I would love to see Brienne and Jaime together.

                                                                       

Grimm

Season finale will have zombies and you know I’ll be watching the show. Baron Samedi (Reg E. Cathey) a Wesen creature known as a Cracher Mortel is using his lethal saliva to create an undead army.

                                                                               

 Grimm (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) need to fine the Baron and fast. While this is going on Rosalee (Bree Turner) and Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) introduce Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) to the world of Wesen creatures. Make sure you watch this on Tuesday night on NBC at 10 p.m.

A Trip to Winterthur

                                                                              

On Wednesday, my two ghost hunting sidekicks and I decided to take a non-ghostly adventure to the beautiful Museum and Garden property of Henry Francis du Pont’s Estate of 175 rooms. Yes, you heard me right, Winterthur has 175 rooms. Can you imagine trying to find your way through that house.

                                                                              

 It would seem like the Lewis and Clark Expedition. We only got to see a portion of the estate; thank goodness or I would still be there. Mr. DuPont was a collector and he had a good eye for early American art and furniture.

                                                                  

The guided tour of the house took about an hour and I claimed two rooms as my favorite;

                                                                         

                                                             The Oriental Room  

                                                                

                                                                              Sunroom.

We weren’t looking for ghosts, but there were several areas where my friends and I felt them.

                                                                                

Remember even if the house is not haunted, possessions sometimes are. Whatever spirits were attached to the antique furniture were all friendly.

                                                                               

Now for just a few pictures of the garden that we were able to take before the skies opened up and almost washed us away. We will return to Winterthur!

                                                                             

                                                                                   

 

This picture is of a small area of the Enchanted Woods

Episode Sixty-six of Lilith's Escape

 

                                                                         

“Come to my office,” the commander ordered Edward and Scooter.

Edward wanted to have a moment with Lilith, but he was pretty sure the woman in front of him was not accustomed to waiting. So he followed her and Scouter down a dim lit hall way to where her office was located.

                                                                      

Ruth took her seat behind the desk and gestured for the men to grab the folding chairs against the wall. “You’re going into enemy territory tomorrow. Are you ready for this?” Ruth asked as she lit the tobacco in the pipe that she grabbed from the desk drawer.

                                                                     

Yeah, we’re ready to go,” Scouter replied. Edward nodded.

“I’ll have to say, the doc did a fabulous job on your face,” Ruth said to Edward.

“I’ll have to take your word on it, because I’ve been too busy to check in a mirror,”

“No, it’s good and the doc said that most of the swelling will be gone by tomorrow when you’re ready to start out.” Ruth leaned back in her chair and studied Edward as she puffed on her pipe. Edward felt like a bug under a microscope.

“How come the enemy doesn’t attack this place? They have to know that you’re here, am I correct?” Edward asked, hoping that she would stop staring at him.

                                                                 

“Oh, they know we’re here, alright,” she replied.

“So, why haven’t they attacked?”

“It might be better to just show you,” Ruth said, as she stood and placed her pipe into the china tea cup that now acted as an ashtray. “Come along boys, I ain’t got all day.”

As the men followed Ruth from the office, Edward asked Scouter, “Do you know what’s she’s talking about?”

                                                                      

Scouter nodded and said, “unfortunately.’  

Kids! What's the Matter with Kids Today?

                                                                            

Yes, the song is from Bye Bye Birdie and it’s as true today as it was when the musical came out in 1963.

 http://youtu.be/1wCXr_6wgns

Every time that I stop by my daughter’s house there’s never a dull moment. Today, I walked in as my daughter was asking the oldest of the desperadoes if he was taking her to the Mother and Son dance as part of his senior year graduation.

                                                                   

   

                                                                   “I don’t dance,” was his reply.

                                                                                      

                                                  “So, we’ll just go and hang out,” was hers.

                                                                                 

                                                                 “Nope!” he replied.

This went on back and forth for at least thirty minutes. Jimmy has given my daughter angst since he locked her out of the house when he was only two years old. Oh yeah, let me tell you about that. His brother Josh was only a few weeks old, and it was summer. Jimmy wanted the air conditioner on and he wanted to watch cartoon central (or something like it). ReRe wanted to do arts and crafts while infant Josh took a nap. She went out onto the porch to get the mail. What did Jimmy do?

                                                                    

                                                               

He locked the door; put on the air conditioner; put on the T.V. and made himself lunch. We’re talking only two years old.

The only reason my daughter was able to get into the house was because I had called from work and asked Jimmy to put Mommy on the phone. I wanted to take him to the park. When ReRe got on the phone and told me what he had done; I knew then that she was in for a ride of a life time. Believe me, Jimmy has perfected the art of driving his parents crazy, and I’ve had to talk his parents out of sending him to Military School many, many, times.

After thirty minutes of this back and forth, blah, blah, blah, I did what any grandmother would do; I reasoned with him, cajoled him and then finally threatened him. I would post baby pictures of him on my blog.

                                                                        

 

                                        Jimmy is taking his mother to the dance! Amen.

Happy Mother's Day

                                                                   

                                     Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there!!



                                                                              

                                                 We know it's not easy being a mom



                                                                         

             Sometimes you wonder if all your energy, guidance and patience is worth it


                                                                     

                      Sometimes you wonder if there's a light at the end of the tunnel


                                                                        

                                                   But then they go away to college


                                                                         

                                        and you have that extra room that you always wanted.


                                                                            

   

                       Love to all the Mommy's out there. Sending you love, kisses and hugs.


Lilith's Escape will not be featured this week. Our immortal goddess is spending Mother's Day with her mom; GOD


                                                                          

Gibbs, Grimm and Haunted Collector

                                                              

                                                Just in time for my weekly catch up!
                                                       
                                                                        

On NCIS, A Petty Officer is insisting that he’s being followed. Is he crazy or is he part of a government funded study? Plus, someone from the Department of Defense is asking a lot of questions about Bodnar’s death. The snake in the grass had our team frazzled and mislead them into thinking he was after Ziva, but he’s really after Gibbs. Watch the show “On Demand”.

                                                                      

                                                                          

Grimm

Nick came in contact with a muse whose hobby is seducing artistically inclined men. She makes these men crazy in love with her and then encourages them into killing a rival before she moves on to the next victim. Unfortunately for Nick, the muse has captivated his mind and heart at the same time our Juliette has regained her memories of Nick and her being in love, and their living together. Will Hank, Monroe and Rosalie be able to help our star-crossed-lovers?

                                                                   

Haunter Collector

This show was spooky and I mean “big time” On the Episode titled Hollywood Haunting/Gold Rush Ghost, the spirits are extra busy scary the bejeebers out of our team. On the second part of this episode, you can see the sheets on the bed rise up and fall as the ghost climbs into bed.

See you next week and make sure to watch Defiance on Syfy. This show rocks!!!

                                                                              

 

Neighborhood Ghosts

                                                                

Last night, investigators Rita, Jean and I, went to a local park to check out the history of the mill, which is no longer there, and the reports of ghost sightings at the Crystal Lake section in Haddon Heights. Because we waited until dark to enter the park with all our equipment, we most likely frightened away some of the people taking late night strolls, plus the wildlife (not talking about the teenagers that trash the park) like raccoons, opossums and skunks.

                                                                   

 

                                          Haddon Heights and the Revolutionary War

The land was settled by John Henchman in 1699; in 1720, John Thorn Glover dammed King’s Run and constructed a Mill on the property. There are two important facts concerning the park: Betsy Ross was a customer of the mill and may have purchased the cloth used to make a flag; This Park is the site of a Revolutionary war skirmish with British General Cornwallis after the Battle of Red Bank in 1777.

                                                                       

 

                                          Looking for Ghosts in All the Right Places

                       Jean had her special night vision camera and caught these globes.

 Rita manned the flashlight so that we wouldn’t full into the creek and I took the rear with my camera. There was one section, where my stomach did a cartwheel and I knew something was close by. This shot below was taken as Jean began to ask questions and record the responses.

                                                                 

                                                                            

If you look close, you can see the faint shape of a globe. I took that picture because I had heard movement behind me and because of that nauseous feeling I always get when there is a spirit around.

                                                                       
                  

Jean then began to ask questions with her rod and that’s when we saw the mist begin to form in front of us. Look to the left of the tree. We had established that the person we were speaking to was a Hessian soldier who died at the skirmish. There are globes along with the mist.

                                                                  

 

We had a good night hunting ghosts and decided to end the night with a drink at Applebee’s; our version of a spirit chaser.