I love the series also and I watched most of these also.About your headaches. I have had a headache for 3 weeks now. Do not know if this is the same type of headache but dr. told me it was my trapezius muscle. This is the muscle that runs from the back of your ears, T's off at your shoulders and then down your back. It reduced me to tears quite a few days at work that people at work thought I had something terribly wrong with me. It has eased up some, but though the pressing of my daughter I am seeing a chiropractor she works for. Just wanted to share.Hope it gets better soon...Deb

It is definitely still summer here - in a big way, and it is supposed to be 87 at the beach this week-end, and so I am very glad I have A/C. I cook turkey all year, and I freqently buy breasts that have been deboned, and then I smoke them in the electric smoker outside, using mesquite chips. Then I use the meat mostly for sandwiches, as smoked turkey is not as versatile as plain turkey. When I roast turkey, I do a dry salt rub a couple of days before roasting, and I add no other seasoning - I like to taste the turkey, and flavorings can be added later, if needed. If I am roasting just a breast, I will rub it with my Cajun seasoning mix, however, which is basically thyme, basil, oregano (the trinity of Cajun herbs) plus garlic, onion, salt, and cayenne. I get much more adventurous with chickens than I do with turkeys. I often make a mushroom sauce with the turkey drippings, unless it has been smoked. Apples are getting ripe on my tree, but I noticed from some of my old photos that November 2 is peak season for our tree, and so it has another month to go before we have to harvest. The tree keeps its leaves all winter, starts losing them in the spring, and doesn't get new leaves until May, leaving my bromeliads without enough shade, so that I have to move them into the pergola temporarily. This year I will be getting cherimoya fruit from my tree for the first time, but it looks like that won't happen until November either. When I had a mango tree, it also fruited late in the fall even though summer is supposed to be the season. Maybe cherimoya will be my new Thanksgiving fruit, replacing the mango. I've never grown pumpkins, but I do like to make pumpkin pie. Lars

In all honesty, I really, really can't stomach those movies, lol. But I hope that those who do like them get their fill!

Janey, Did the Hallmark channel show much on the horse participants? RFD was heavy on the many horse features. Probably because one the hosts is very much into that subject. Has a weekly show on RFD featuring horses. She skimmed through the floats rather quickly in many cases, but dwelled more on the horse groups. All in all I liked RFD's coverage. I watched the London Parade...seemed to be more of a mass confusion than a parade. Was surprised at how many bands from the USA was there.