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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 12:23:18 PM
Any fellow Anne (with an e) lovers out there? I read the entire series as an adult and I treasure it most dearly.
What are some of your favorite quotes from the books - L.M.Montgomery had such a way with words. You felt like you were right there with Anne Girl!
"My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes!" that is one of my favorites - as is "September slipped by into the gold and crimsom graciousness of October"
How about the part where Ruby Gillis dies - could anyone keep a dry eye.
I have it on audio tape read my Megan Follows and it is delicious to listen to. I also have all the VHS tapes - although I don't much care for the last one.
I think a little bit of Anne lives in all of us 
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jun 03 2006 : 7:18:00 PM
Kindred Spirits magazine is out of Canada, you can order it in the USA. Look on any search engine and put in Kindred Spirits magazine and you should find it with no problems.
I dropped out of Alibris but if you look under sellers on Abebooks.com I am under seller ID Enchanted Wood Books.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Jun 03 2006 : 01:01:12 AM
kATHY,
What magazine is you cute kitty standing on, never heard of that one? And where are you on the ALIBRIS book site? i just ordered several books from there this week.
NANCY JO |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jun 02 2006 : 8:56:50 PM
I must be doing something wrong on photobucket.com let me see if this works
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jun 02 2006 : 8:53:32 PM
Here is some pics of the Kindred Spirits Magazines about Anne
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 9:27:51 PM
You will love these Kay...this girl is so michieveous and fun!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 9:03:37 PM
I have never read Anne of Green Gables. After all the discussion and the round robin I got all of the books from the library today. I'm going to read them with my daughter. I have to be honest and say that I have a hard time reading books that are written a long time ago -- the way the sentences are constructed and the wording just seem to be a chore for me to read. But I'm going to stick with it!
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 7:09:17 PM
I am a fan as well. I also liked the books about a girl named Emily. It's been a while since I have read them all, but they are some of the first books my daughter read once she knew how to read.
The movies were great too.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Krisathome |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 6:28:32 PM
How fun! I'm a big Anne fan, too. I lucked out and found the Disney version of Anne on VHS for $4. I couldn't pass that one up!
I need to reread the books, too. They are among my favorites. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 05:54:18 AM
started reading Anne of Green Gables last night .. oh my gosh .. sounds like me in another lifetime. i find that i even 'talk' like LM Montgomery when telling the tales of the trials and tribulations of my rag chillun who amble down the dusty road headed for Sister Mercy's Foundling Home for Rag Chillun hoping to find a loving momma. Unlike the Asylum where Anne lived a short while ... all the Sisters at the Foundling Home are loving and understanding.
True Friends, Frannie
My KENTUCKY RAMBLINGS 'blog':
http://cabincreekfarm-kentucky.blogspot.com/ |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 31 2006 : 05:42:21 AM
oh my gosh georgann .. what a great site!!! i'm gonna' get all 'humped-back' just sitting here reading everything they have listed! hmmmmm .. gotta' figure out how to prop this computer on my stomach as i lounge in the hammock reading on a cool summer morning! what a great service they offer!! isn't the 'internet' mind-boggling'!!!
True Friends, Frannie
My KENTUCKY RAMBLINGS 'blog':
http://cabincreekfarm-kentucky.blogspot.com/ |
| Aunt George |
Posted - May 30 2006 : 9:54:35 PM
I found a site where you can read the Anne books online, complete and free! Here is the site.....
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
Just do a search for Anne of Green Gables or whichever title you want to read! It is a really nice service offered!
And Kathy, I hope you got my email. And stay away from those nasty little buzzing critters! Glad your DH is feeling better though.
Aunt George |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - May 30 2006 : 8:38:55 PM
Well girls, I would have written more today but this "Anne" girl had her share of troubles today. Husband's heart was out of rythm (he has A Fib) and he was pretty tired out today. Then finally he felt better tonight and we planted the garden in the back where we just tilled the soil. Oh and in between all this, I got stung on the hand by a very unfriendly wasp.
Soooooo tomorrow for sure I will be writing more - I have to admit, I am thinking a lot about Anne!
Frannie has her homework with her on vacation! Gotta love her!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 30 2006 : 4:52:22 PM
i stopped by our new library .. (the moved from a small building to a wonderful newly renovated building (City Hall is in there too!) it is DELIGHTFUL. and so charming .. they STILL use 'cards' to log books out. Had to laugh, cuz' i got Anne of Green Gables ... and all Ivy wrote on the card was (1 pb) .. one paperback .. on NAME of the BOOK and not my name .. unless of course she did all this after i left. I swear .. the library i went to in maryland was like appplying for citizenship with all the red-tape .. i love my town! xo anyhoo .. i have the book and will take it with me to florida. hope to see lots more chapters to "Anne's Story" by you gurlz when i reteurn! xo
True Friends, Frannie
My KENTUCKY RAMBLINGS 'blog':
http://cabincreekfarm-kentucky.blogspot.com/ |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 27 2006 : 12:48:55 PM
ok Now I have to go check out amazon for these books. My fourth grade teacher read Anne to us, but I have forgotten a lot of it, and when it was on tv I didin't watch it. Was the tv series just like the books?
NANCY JO
OH, and Kathy, you are some writter! |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 26 2006 : 7:51:06 PM
kathy .. i can't find my Anne books .. they are probably packed away. would be easier for me to just buy them again .. can always gift them when i find my originals (unless, of course, i gifted the originals!)
i don't remember all the anne characters .. soo .. i really can't add to the story-line .. but .. will pick up little tidbits from other postings .. and maybe add a little insert (like the tussie mussie instructions and recipe from tasha tudor's book for the picnic) if that is o.k. with you. xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie
My KENTUCKY RAMBLINGS 'blog':
http://cabincreekfarm-kentucky.blogspot.com/ |
| jallibunn |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 8:11:09 PM
Great books, and I was a great fan of the Wonderworks version of the movie. One of my best college friends and I decided at one point that Gilbert was the ideal man. I was working at a newspaper at the time, and one of my jobs as "the intern" was to file the photos that came in from the AP. Some of them were for movie promotions, and they let me have the ones for AGG. I gave the one of Gilbert to my friend (sitting on his horse looking tragic after Anne refuses him), and she's had it for years in a silver frame! |
| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 6:41:13 PM
favorite quote (from the movie)---
"the peddler we met on the road today!"--Anne Shirley
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 6:30:44 PM
As soon as I know you are interested, I will start a new forum with our Anne Round Robin Story - this will be fun!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 5:00:45 PM
"Anne started out alone in the morning, went down Lover's Lane as far as the brook. Here Diana met her, and the two little girls went on up the lane under the leafy arch of maples - "Maple are such sociable trees," said Anne; "they're always rustling and whispering to you," - until they came to a rustic bridge. Then they left the lane and walked through Mr. Barry's back field and past Willowmere. Beyond Willowmere came Violet Vale - a little green dimple in the shadow of Mr. Andrew Bell's big woods. "Of course there are no violets there now," Anne told Marilla, "but Diana says there are millions of them in the spring. Oh Marilla, can't you just imagine you see them? It actually takes away my breath. I named it Violet Vale. Diana says she never saw the beat of me hitting on fancy names for places. It's nice to be clever at something, isn't it? But Diana named Birch Path. She wanted to, so I let her; but I'm sure I could have found something more poetical than plain Birch Path. Anybody can think of a name like that. But the Birch Path is one of the prettiest places in the world, Marilla."
Okay girls - if we can't do a voice recording of Anne - how about we do a round robin story and make up our own Anne girl adventure? I will start and each of us can then keep adding a paragraph or two on to it? No need to worry much about grammar - this is going to be an adventure in imagination!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 08:20:58 AM
MaryJane- I am now sitting quietly at my computer trying not to cry. What a gift to give to your mother and those around her that cared for her. I don't think that there is anything sweeter than someone reading to another as they close the last chapter of their life, especially a parent and child. It is one of those moments when the circles of our lives intersect and we become endlessly bound together with the simplest of acts. In this sad time, you were able to share joy. I am sure that your mother will carry that with her throughout the eternities.
Karin |
| MaryJane |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 07:20:33 AM
I am also a big fan of the Anne of Green Gables series. Not only is the story line wonderful but the writing is excellent and endlessly clever. I usually wait about two years and then I read them again. I read them to my mother as she was dying. It was a huge comfort to both of us. Even the nurses and other people in the room loved the enchanted stories. |
| asnedecor |
Posted - May 25 2006 : 06:49:13 AM
Kathy in Portland -
That is great that you are close by, if you are interested we are having a get together of Northern Oregon Farmgirls on the 10th of June at my house - brunch and antiquing in Moreland and Sellwood. There are a lot of new members for this group that have not met each other yet. E-mail me if you are interested in coming and I will give you all of the details.
Anne in Portland
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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| Photobugs |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 10:41:26 PM
For some reason my post did not go through, so I will try again.
You can find lots of Anne of Green Gables and other goodies at www.sullivanentertainment.com It is the official site.
I also like their production of Wind At My Back. It takes place in the 1930's.
Our MJF Chapter group is called "Kindred Spirits." This is because we all like to do the same kinds of things. For the MJF quilt block I am embroidering a picture of a group of children dancing around in a circle to reflect a kind of Anne feeling to represent our group in Post Falls, Idaho.
I recorded the Anne series years ago off of t.v., but he quality is not the best by today's standards. I hope to get the set of DVD's soon..
If you liked Anne you'll also like the Avonlea Series offered by Sullivan Entertainment. It is during the same time period and has the same look as the Anne movies. I used to watch it on a cable chamel years ago, but have not seen it for some time now. So I plan to buy the series on DVD's soon too. I love the look of the homes on that series. It is what I try to duplicate in my house.
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 10:29:38 PM
Eww ladies, I was peeking on Ebay to see what Anne things they had, lots and lots and the prices have come down - plenty of VHS tapes for us dinosaurs - and they have the audio tapes and I did see the old Anne movie on there too.
If you are unsure about purchasing off ebay just look for a seller with a high feedback score percentage. I have been selling and buying on Ebay for years and have not had any major bad things happen.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| adomesticprincess |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 7:15:19 PM
Hi Anne,
I too am in Portland, and will try to post to the welcome wagon shortly.
Glad there are others from Oregon here.
Kathy |
