We've been watching a lot of old movies. It's surprising that while it seems it "wasn't that long ago" that we first saw those films on the big screen, how many of the details seem fresh, after having faded in memory.

One video was new to us, "Gosford Park". It is a period drama set in 1930s and also is a mystery. Very good! Julian Fellowes, the guy who wrote the "Downton Abbey" series, wrote it.

I ordered a bunch of DVDs of old Coen brothers movies and Wes Andersen movies. They are slowly arriving. We saw "Hail Caesar!" and enjoyed it more than when we saw it on the big screen, because we understood it more. "Lady Killers" with Tom Hanks was so funny, a complete delight.

But "Royal Tenenbaums" was awful, not at all what I remembered, and I can only conclude is that what I remembered is something I dreamed, loosely based on seeing the trailer. So sad, they could have done so much better with the theme of a squabbling family that all return to their childhood home.

"Hugo", which is a Scorsese effort, was wonderful, one of my absolute all time favorites. I'll want to watch it again. "Grand Budapest Hotel" was also good. We'd seen it back in 2014, and I'd forgotten much of the details. It's hard to imagine it was six years ago, as anything seen after 2013 (since moving into the house) seems "recent". We also watched "BFG", I absolutely love Mark Rylance as the gentle giant. That one is 'newer', having first seen it in 2016.

We have waiting to be seen "Brother, Wherefore Art Thou" and "Fantastic Mr Fox". 'Brother' is Coen Brothers, while 'Fox' is Wes Anderson. Oddly, they both star George Clooney.

Our pleasures are simple these days. Acquisition of a second soap dish has brought much joy and "peace". The face soap and hand soaps would battle with each other, one always causing the other to hit the floor. Now, it is peaceful: