Take Me to Your Leader!

With the elections coming up, everyone is focusing on our would-be new leader. Let's reflect for a moment on just who is our leader. Happy Sunday!

Pink Saturday - The Craft Show

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound hosts Pink Saturday. Stop by her place to see the many other pink items people are sharing.

Johnny and I went to the craft show this past weekend. What a big place! They even had booths set up outside under the portico! There were some handpainted, humorous, pink signs. Two examples were, "We have no children, but we do have one cat" and "I like to fish, but I must work."


Inside, they even had an information booth, decorated for the season, but not in pink!


There were the expected beautiful Autumn floral displays; however, no pink floral displays.


This pleasant couple posed for a picture with their gorgeous jewelry. She's got a touch of pink on her jacket.


Here's an example of their work, in every color but pink.


Some nice ceramic pieces were for sale at this table, but alas, no pink.


This friendly craftslady (did I just make up a new word?) showed off her pillow shams, made with Marlins/Yankee material to reflect the World Series when the Marlins beat the Yanks! She confessed that she was a bit timid about selling them as she didn't want to anger the embarrassed Yankee fans! My Marlins-fan husband had a good laugh at that. (We know those team colors are not the one we're looking for.)


This table, managed by Norine D'Auria, had a ton of ceramic pieces made, but this one piece was her focus. It was in honor of October's Pink Cancer Awareness Month. All of the profits from this piece will go to the Susan G. Kormen Breast Cancer Fund. You can go to her Pottery Peddler Etsy shop to see more about it. It's titled, Breast Cancer Challenge Entry.


With all of this temptation around me, I bought nothing! Then I saw pink and thought of Pink Saturday. Look at these pretty Christmas ornaments!


This display of hand crafted gifts by Carrie E. Appio had a delightful picture frame, along with many other pink things. You can click on her name to see her many beautiful gift ideas.


What did I buy? I collect apples, and so I bought this cute apple towel for my kitchen. See, the "blouse" attached to the towel? It is used to hang over the oven door handle. Apple red is a deep, dark pink, isn't it?


Reminders:

1. I'm giving away another book. Look over at my sidebar.
2. Remember Blue Monday is fast approaching. Come and play!
3. Happy Pink Saturday!

Friday fill-ins - 92

Janet hosts Friday Fill-ins here. Drop in a take a look. Maybe you'll choose to join in.




1. October is the beginning of lower humidity around here.

2. Mean-spirited people scare me.

3. Leaves are falling all around; it must mean that there's a disease, because this is South Florida. We have leaves on healhy trees year round! Now, please don't go feeling sorry for me because I haven't experienced fall; I grew up in Maryland. I saw plenty of beautiful leaves.

4. My favorite horror movie is I don't have one because I've never seen one! I was just reminded of Alfred Hitchcock; he's my favorite horror guy!

5. Family times = good memories.

6. It was a dark and stormy night which made me thankful that I was safe and secure, with a good book to read.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a relaxing evening with Johnny, tomorrow my plans

include church, and Sunday, I want to enjoy small group with our friends and read the newspaper!

Booking Through Thursday - Best

What, in your opinion, is the best book that you haven’t liked? Mind you, I don’t mean your most-hated book–oh, no. I mean the most accomplished, skilled, well-written, impressive book that you just simply didn’t like.

Like, for movies–I can acknowledge that Citizen Kane is a tour de force and is all sorts of wonderful, cinematically speaking, but . . . I just don’t like it. I find it impressive and quite an accomplishment, but it’s not my cup of tea.

So . . . what book (or books) is your Citizen Kane?

Funny, I never cared for Citizen Kane!

At first glance, I thought, "What a tough question," but then after thinking a couple of minutes, I came up with my answers. Please don't hate me, but Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one book I did not enjoy. I know that there are fan clubs for Jane Austen, and it's a classic, but I just could never understand what all the shouting was about.

Another classic that is a "Citizen Kane" to me is William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. It seems to me that the author set out to boggle the mind, and I must admit, that he did a good job boggling mine! I felt proud of myself for merely finishing that book!

A final example is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. The magic realism and those gold fish left me cold. (sigh)

It might appear from this list that I don't like classics, but that is simply not true. However, these three accomplished, skilled, well-written books I simply did not like.

What's your "Citizen Kane" book?

Be sure to click here for my
next book giveaway: Altar Call, a frothy, fun read by Hope Lyda.

Important Medical Alert

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically.

This virus is called Weary Overload Recreational Killer (WORK).

If you receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues, or anyone else via any means whatsoever, DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely!

If you should come into contact with WORK you should immediately leave the premises.