#TuesdayTune - Theme song from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Welcome friends to NatashaInOz.com
Today's #TuesdayTune has a bit of a Halloween flavour to it, since today is Halloween!

I am sure that many of us have seen the Johnny Depp movie Pirates of the Caribbean and as much as I liked the movie, I really loved the soundtrack even more!

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the soundtrack for the Disney movie of the same title, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The score was composed by Hans Zimmer.


Hans Zimmer is a German composer and music producer. For nearly three decades he has composed music for over 100 films including:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)
The Da Vinci Code(2006)
King Arthur(2004)
The Last Samurai(2003)
The Thin Red Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1999)
Broken Arrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1996)
Beyond Rangoon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1995)
Crimson Tide: Music From The Original Motion Picture(1995)
The Power Of One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1992)
Green Card: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1991)
Rain Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1989 Soundtrack)(1990)
Driving Miss Daisy: Original Soundtrack(1990)

Phew!

His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He has won four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Classical BRIT Award, and an Academy Award. Zimmer also has been ranked Number 72 on the list of the "Top 100 living geniuses", published by The Daily Telegraph.

I hope you enjoy the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song!

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If you have ever posted a song on your blog I would love it if you could link up with me today! I love listening to all kinds of music and I absolutely love listening to the music that my blogging friends from all over the world share each Tuesday. Just copy and paste the URL of the blog post, link up and join in the fun!

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Thanks for joining and please be sure to come back later to visit the bloggers who have linked up.

I hope your day is wonderful and the first week of November is fabulous!

Happy Halloween!

Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz 

YuMmY pUmKin MufFinS!

Even though the days are getting warmer Down Under I have been so inspired by the Autumn baking that is happening all over blogland that I decided to bake some pumpkin muffins!

I found this easy recipe on the Martha Stewart website and they are absolutely delicious! My son Big Al who does not really like pumpkin ate several of them and raved about how "Yummy" they were!

The recipe makes 12 HUGE muffins or 24 smaller ones.

You will need:

3/4 cup vegetable oil, plus more for pan
1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour,
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (I made my own with 1/2 tsp cinnamon,1/4 tsp ground ginger, 1/8 tsp allspice and 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups pumpkin puree (I found a place that sells American goodies and I bought a can of Libby's Pumpkin!

1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
3 large eggs
1 cup turbinado/demerara sugar sugar, plus 2 tablespoons more for sprinkling
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts

These muffins are so easy to make! Just preheat your oven to 180C/350F degrees. Brush muffin tins (each  with oil and set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and baking soda; set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk oil, pumpkin puree, yogurt, eggs, and 1 cup sugar to combine; add 1 cup walnuts and reserved dry ingredients. Mix just until moistened (do not overmix).

Divide evenly and spoon batter into muffin tins; sprinkle tops with remaining walnuts and sugar. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan.
Source: Pumpkin Muffins - Martha Stewart Recipes 

 Enjoy!

Today I am joining in with

Foodie Friday with Michael Lee, Tickled Pink Friday with Holly, Show and tell Friday with Cindy,

Pink Saturday With Beverly.

Thanks so much for having me today ladies! Thank you also dear friends, for dropping in and spending time with me today in my little corner of the world Down Under. It has been wonderful to see you.

Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz 

Mom Cave Linky Party - "A Room of One's Own."

Welcome friends to Natasha In Oz. I am so thrilled that you have taken time out of your busy day to spend some time with me- in my little corner of the world, Down Under!

Today I am so excited to be joining in with the Centsational Girl's Mom Cave linky party, Susan's Mom Cave Party and Marty's Tabletop Tuesday Linky Party. My Mom Cave is our sitting room area. It is a room that is shared by everyone in the family so perhaps it is officially not a room of my own but it is the place where I relax, read, converse, decorate over and over again and just love being in.... so I guess it really is.....

My Mom Cave!

This is the room that we use for entertaining.....

It is also the room where I sit down at night with my family to chat about our day.....

 We all watch TV in here at night too.

I don't often get to choose what to watch but this is my favourite show to watch in my Mom Cave!

I often sit here by myself during the day with a cuppa and a magazine.

I am often re-decorating this room. I love creating little tablescapes and vignettes in my Mom Cave.

I change things around for the seasons and Holidays. Here is my mom cave at Easter.....

And here it is all decorated for Christmas!

I love my Mom Cave!

Thanks so much for coming to visit my Mom Cave today! I can't wait to see all of the other beautful spaces out there in blogland! Thanks also to Marty and Kate and Susan for having me today and for hosting this great linky party!


If you would like to listen to some lovely music while you tour other Mom Caves, just click here to be taken to my Sunday Song post featuring Enya's song "Trains and Winter Rains"-please come and visit and if you have ever posted a song on your blog feel free to link up and join in!

Best wishes,
Natasha In Oz


"...a woman must have money and a room of her own... "
— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

#TuesdayTune ~ Enya

Hello my dear friends! Welcome to NatshaInOz.com and welcome to this week's #TuesdayTune post!

Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. She was born Eithne Ni Bhraonain in Co. Donegal, Ireland. She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad, before leaving to perform solo. She then gained much wider recognition for her music in the BBC series The Celts in 1986. (Source)

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Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album Watermark propelled her to further international fame with the hit single "Orinoco Flow." She became known for her unique sound, characterised by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesised backdrops and ethereal reverberations.

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This was followed by "Shepherd Moons" "The memory of trees" "Paint the sky with Stars" "A day without rain" which produced the single 'Only Time' "Amarantine" and for "Lord of the Rings; the fellowship of the Ring" the songs "Aniron" and "May it be". Enya, Nicky and Roma were nominated for a Golden Globe Award and for an Academy Award for the song "May it be" and have also merited many other nominations and awards, including the Ivor Novello for International Achievement. 

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The latest honours bestowed on Enya were two Honorary Degrees, the University of Galway honoured her with Doctor of Music and the University of Ulster honoured Enya with Doctor of Letters. She is Ireland's best-selling solo musician and is officially the country's second-largest musical export after the band U2. (Source)



Today's #SundaySong is "Trains and Winter Rains" from the album And Winter Came....

The music video shows a boy's journey home on a train in London. It also shows Enya on a train with some shots of the New York skyline.

City streets passing by

Underneath stormy skies

Neon signs in the night

Red and blue city lights

Cargo trains rolling by

Once again someone cries

Trains and winter rains

No going back no going home

Trains across the plains

And in the sky a star alone.

Agnus Dei (Latin for Lamb of God) 

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 I hope you enjoy it!


(Please click here to go to the official Enya YouTube Channel if this link doesn't work).

If you have ever posted a song on your blog I would love it if you could link up with me today! I love listening to all kinds of music and I absolutely love listening to the music that my blogging friends from all over the world share each Tuesday for #TuesdayTune. Just copy and paste the URL of the blog post, link up and join in the fun!

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Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope that you have a wonderful week.


Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz