I imagine most fourteen year olds spend their trips away from home talking about boys, putting on makeup, or gossiping about what have you. Not my best friend B and me. No, we spent our days of freedom holed up in B's Aunt's basement watching and re-watching every minute of Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea; you can't really stop after the first. Strange behavior for teenage girls? I contest that it was wise; what fourteen year old boys in our acquaintance could possibly hold a candle to Gilbert Blythe?
These waters run deep. Of the many reasons B fell in love with her wonderful husband, I
think his ability to quote "He called me carrots!" won her over more
than any.
To this day, one of my favorite gifts from B was a hunter green velvet bound edition of "Anne."Books really do make the best gifts.
So in honor of the new year, I made a printable of Anne's words of wisdom. True afficionados will know that in the movie, Miss Stacy gets the honor of this line (Tweaked a bit) but as this blog is for the BOOK bound, I stuck with Anne's original, "Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
Just click on the color you like best, and you can download, print or alter at your leisure.
Ahhh man. That post was a major tj. So many good memories of our dorkiness. I have yet to introduce my boys to Anne. It is family history, so they'll have to embrace it at some point.
ReplyDeleteI adore how pathetically romantic we were, it's one of my favorite things of that era. (Oh man, that Anne music on your playlist makes me feel all sorts of swoony; maybe I am still pathetically romantic after all.)
I have read all LM Montgomery's books once a year since I was about ten. Every season of my life I have found some new wisdom in those pages. I love the movies but I'm glad you quoted from the book! ~ Maureen
ReplyDeleteBrooke, I know, we were so dorky. But so happy :) If any mother ever were capable of instilling a love of Anne in her boys, it is you. And I dearly hope you have stayed pathetically romantic. I know I have. Sometimes I think reality has taken that from me a bit, but then I re-read "Anne" or "Jane Eyre" or some other such book, and it all comes flooding back to me. Thank goodness for books. :)
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this post! I spent many hours on my mothers bed watching PBS Anne of Green Gables marathons. Those were some of my FAVORITE times! I love this printable. I definitely want to put it up in my girls rooms! Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteNo one introduced my to Anne of Green Gables until I was married and had a new baby! I wish I could have enjoyed it during those awkward teenage years. But I survived with Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre (books and movies). :) Just found the blog via K. It's been fun to read! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I love Anne! I read all the books, then when the series came out on PBS when I was little (before the dvr, ha!) my sister and I would watch it every Sunday like clockwork.
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