I recently saw the movie
Bright Star, which is based on the poet John Keats and his relationship with Fanny Brawne. Having been at one time absolutely Keats-mad and still a big fan (he IS the best of the Romantic poets, you know), I adored this movie. It was a bit traumatizing toward the end when Keats dies, the least reason not being the fact that the actor who played him is a dead ringer for someone I once cared for very intensely just a few years ago. But the film fit the tone of his poems, which I was glad for. And it was interesting to think about Hampstead Heath as being removed from London, since now it's more of a suburb than a separate village from Town. I highly recommend this movie as a break from the flighty English period dramas (cough Pride and Prejudice, et al) that we've been blessed with recently. The cinematography was beautiful and the acting very well done.
In other news, you'll all be happy to know that I finally found some knee-high boots for this fall. This picture is little but here they are:
Nice brown Italian leather with the cutest little buckles. Needless to say, I'm very excited for these.
