When Brad and I lived in California, we had a favorite getaway spot that was a small bed and breakfast in Palm Springs. It had a Moroccan theme that influenced some of our house design, and each evening they showed movies outdoors on a small makeshift screen. Often, we were the only two moviewatchers, huddled under a blanket on lawn chairs. (We were often there in the winter.)

We always said that someday, we’d like to have outdoor movies like that.

Last night was the debut of ranch movies. We had a few neighbors over for dinner and then went outside to watch “Moneyball” on the side of the house. Despite temperatures in the 90s during the day, the evenings are quite cool, so again, blankets were in order.

It was really just lovely. Exactly how we’d imagined it.

We’ll be taking requests for future showings.