2014 Summer Movies #2: Places in The Heart

1930's Waxahachie, TX where a new widow takes in a boarder and a drifter who help her to keep her family homestead.  Released in 1984, we recently re-watched Robert Benton's film based on his home town.  Rated PG, the film does have some violence from racism and a tornado and a side story of the infidelity on the part of brother-in-law character.  The film strives for time period accuracy in furnishings, clothing, mannerisms and the like.  It's good example of  the depression era and it earned Sally Field her second Academy Award along with winning best original screenplay for 1985.

Sunday Randomness #261: And another insect (but this one's not for eating!)

This little critter was just outside our backdoor and we're glad he/she didn't get squashed by accident. Praying Mantis will eat any bug, both good and bad alike, but I still would rather have them in my yard than more pesticides.