tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35596822406934899712024-03-28T07:26:50.714-04:00The Secret Files of Fairday MorrowDMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger1871125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-51761262846294982722024-03-25T05:00:00.001-04:002024-03-25T05:00:00.147-04:00MMGM: The Deliverers 4: Sparkling Mist of Time by Gregory Slomba<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_8o66825e-ZH20bhhDXRhleme623xEYPPfgQ3n4X5wbtBnOevGzwFORNcZBr34RvFB08pxr_qG3p00yTWI026QbKdVQ1S45NXf0x70iQvmdrZ1wwCMHCqadMASYqTsQULxBEEWioSp8VRSDswLuucTVp0n9VwVSDhPs49Y33fL5BaRewZEmXHAVriVxA/s4796/208031424.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4796" data-original-width="3598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_8o66825e-ZH20bhhDXRhleme623xEYPPfgQ3n4X5wbtBnOevGzwFORNcZBr34RvFB08pxr_qG3p00yTWI026QbKdVQ1S45NXf0x70iQvmdrZ1wwCMHCqadMASYqTsQULxBEEWioSp8VRSDswLuucTVp0n9VwVSDhPs49Y33fL5BaRewZEmXHAVriVxA/s320/208031424.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Every year on his birthday Eric Scott and his family celebrate by attending the local reenactment of The Battle of Canfield Corners which was fought October 22, 1777. But ever since his dad died, it hasn't felt the same to Eric. After the festivities he is summoned by The Gatekeeper who had given him his last three assignments. Eric meets with him and finds out that he and the rest of the Deliverers (Stig- a talking owl, Hallo Tosis- a dwarf, and Kate- a friend he met on his first assignment) must go back in time to 1777 to stop a creature who is using a sparking mist to punch a hole in the fabric of time. Although Eric is excited to see his old friends and to be working on a new assignment, he is also worried about going back in time and stopping something so powerful. When they arrive in Eric's town over two hundred years earlier it is familiar and strange. Luckily, they meet Mathias, a boy close to Eric and Kate's age, who is able to help them figure out what has been going on. In order to stop the creature they need to work together and use Eric's knowledge of the Revolutionary War to stop the creature from changing history and erasing the world and everyone in it. Can The Deliverers stop the creature? Will they be able to figure out the creature's reason for trying to change history and alter the world? What will happen if they fail? You will have to read this exciting ending to The Deliverers series to find out!<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">I have read all the books in this series and </span><i style="color: #1e1915;">The Deliverers 4: Sparkling Mist of Time</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"> by Gregory Slomba was an amazing ending to an awesome series. I love that everything was wrapped up. It was a story that will keep readers turning the pages. I also liked that readers who haven't read the other three books would be able to read this one and understand what is going on (though it is always better to read the whole series in order, in my opinion). So happy to learn how this adventure/fantasy series ends! It was great to see the friendships continue to evolve and grow throughout their adventure in time. I also learned a lot about the American Revolution and some of the battles that took place in and around Connecticut. I definitely have some places I want to check out in person now- like </span><a href="https://keelertavernmuseum.org/">Keeler Tavern</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">. Changing time is such an interesting concept and I think the author did a fabulous job making everything easy to understand. As I turned the last page I was happy to have the series wrapped up and all my questions answered, but I was sad that I wouldn't be reading about these friends again. I recommend this series to anyone in 4th grade and up who enjoys adventure, sci-fi/fantasy, and history. </span></div><div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Has anyone else read <i>The Deliverers 4: Sparling Mist of Time</i>? Or have you read another book in The Deliverers series? We'd love to hear your thoughts!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Happy Reading!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">~L</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Our reviews of the rest of the series <a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/search/label/Lizzy%27s%20Book%20Review">here</a>.</span></p><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Visit <a href="https://www.deliverers.net/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gregory's website</a> to find out more about the books!</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6993917320904392013" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 506px;"><div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc;">.<br /></span></span></b></p></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-18752894037220169782024-03-04T05:00:00.004-05:002024-03-04T21:24:07.610-05:00Read Across America!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://auth.subscriptions.dennis.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-02/TWJRAA.pdf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1242" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQKBhg5XhpeX5dA9YZnHZ8hth9bcrN2288d5tKGmYhvXyZW_k7v7xu7kwuGlUW9WsmRaohryFbgShe5NaYdN_A4R22s-ktMMnlCVKlSIVRrlmrnoKdjP-KQj7TZV4ycbbfM8SPY5kJ1LnUhnRSJkg97gabnedR_6n7Gr4mL1m4hIjue-FwlX7xzKolVry/w458-h298/Map%20of%20books.jpeg" width="458" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2j3PzXJ8noRm-LKqbCySx6sfnN7lHEp5JM6NSSsPyYEgzP6VJ-y-LUxWDM1w4SKt_P_YobgE4AH3TTptJjTH3bngxLVFaLbA9vH7ZIzGfrWtMJUCgfA-ttlH8wIFg2-ZyEaLQCtRNuWmGBpN9jpqkMKCzEbsG3eXpfwSt1E6XHyW5dsMM4xPSew83N2A/s336/Read%20Across%20America%202024%20CT.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2j3PzXJ8noRm-LKqbCySx6sfnN7lHEp5JM6NSSsPyYEgzP6VJ-y-LUxWDM1w4SKt_P_YobgE4AH3TTptJjTH3bngxLVFaLbA9vH7ZIzGfrWtMJUCgfA-ttlH8wIFg2-ZyEaLQCtRNuWmGBpN9jpqkMKCzEbsG3eXpfwSt1E6XHyW5dsMM4xPSew83N2A/w200-h200/Read%20Across%20America%202024%20CT.png" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We are so honored that The Week Junior selected <i>The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow </i>to represent Connecticut for Read Across America. There are so many great titles included on the map, and we thought we'd spotlight a few of the books we've reviewed, and shout out a few we plan to share with you!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It's wonderful to see Fairday and friends representing CT! The Begonia House awaits. Fear not the unexpected. Anything's possible! </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOSlB7hj-lhDMrze-mEE77FJv-PP_90LFfZC193Ofh3kfOQEsuh8lQg3p_oKokpkdG986I2FGwulDi961modJTrDHn6Nbcwrd03YQECPB5EohzNoRWlTmf2rL86VuqVOqzcriH2rUnIw8D9COGG4JpSAYQHMb0ypywfTifDXcGlRtH5tf0FdReRKEg83d/s496/Secret%20Room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="496" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOSlB7hj-lhDMrze-mEE77FJv-PP_90LFfZC193Ofh3kfOQEsuh8lQg3p_oKokpkdG986I2FGwulDi961modJTrDHn6Nbcwrd03YQECPB5EohzNoRWlTmf2rL86VuqVOqzcriH2rUnIw8D9COGG4JpSAYQHMb0ypywfTifDXcGlRtH5tf0FdReRKEg83d/w435-h434/Secret%20Room.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="352" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-SpugumVEws" width="423" youtube-src-id="-SpugumVEws"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The mystery continues to unwind in </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library. </i>Stay tuned for the third book, <i>Fairday Morrow and the Master's Emporium</i>!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98OfnJrcybjjFU8lgoFpoFqv3yfhNWEjyv2JMQ2xx3dpUQk2WGiCFO41Urzu9I6wZ7bUK3cNyOvIGFnI5ywXwTWojyFoLWqdi4oqMIQQjU_z5ebU-EhNoOdgmOtJybEX1EdWI_17SLKrGLtyk3agt2cDLwMIuhY2LLrP3jYNy4deDvDInFxlSeGVCteor/s1575/Ch_4_Hatch_v2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1575" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98OfnJrcybjjFU8lgoFpoFqv3yfhNWEjyv2JMQ2xx3dpUQk2WGiCFO41Urzu9I6wZ7bUK3cNyOvIGFnI5ywXwTWojyFoLWqdi4oqMIQQjU_z5ebU-EhNoOdgmOtJybEX1EdWI_17SLKrGLtyk3agt2cDLwMIuhY2LLrP3jYNy4deDvDInFxlSeGVCteor/w456-h362/Ch_4_Hatch_v2.jpg" width="456" /></a></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gN5qgKJ8phU" width="407" youtube-src-id="gN5qgKJ8phU"></iframe></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZJBW_oNcrUnens7sKLHy_d7qNXFMWZdDMRSWPjpXl4ApBoEV9qMLqMn_BU16jCULUa5FfH4mlhEMB4Y7BvtXN71Zq4LKn0Z7SIpV2qnZ7q6rehvcublFKNs7Sgehttsl4GQWKT34CIIJwlz9p24Kcjce7X7g52H0Dhjvb6EfqNAI0dcgi_T8ZRJaoU3-/s960/Book%20Bundle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZJBW_oNcrUnens7sKLHy_d7qNXFMWZdDMRSWPjpXl4ApBoEV9qMLqMn_BU16jCULUa5FfH4mlhEMB4Y7BvtXN71Zq4LKn0Z7SIpV2qnZ7q6rehvcublFKNs7Sgehttsl4GQWKT34CIIJwlz9p24Kcjce7X7g52H0Dhjvb6EfqNAI0dcgi_T8ZRJaoU3-/w409-h307/Book%20Bundle.jpg" width="409" /></a></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z4xLsJzlBR2B_tsckb2_BQnQkYdoOYJfGmzIPHwpHwZq9-DPjVEvZ4hFfFmnaTLVDtbDWSsiuzjKMSuCSy3EXO2_Va5Mkfjrvf32wl5L_cdP8UhFLvO1VmUFfT5rJTG39BLdZTXmawVnRjmULLrZTFIyZ7RKvf4Z7UCqw3zQW6knVnIsyI6LpOylqKfh/s766/booklurk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="766" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z4xLsJzlBR2B_tsckb2_BQnQkYdoOYJfGmzIPHwpHwZq9-DPjVEvZ4hFfFmnaTLVDtbDWSsiuzjKMSuCSy3EXO2_Va5Mkfjrvf32wl5L_cdP8UhFLvO1VmUFfT5rJTG39BLdZTXmawVnRjmULLrZTFIyZ7RKvf4Z7UCqw3zQW6knVnIsyI6LpOylqKfh/w463-h331/booklurk.jpg" width="463" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few books on the map we've reviewed! </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">ARKANSAS</span></u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle6h-K_XdmL3cQC7wFC2ZcbSPeeoFax8VUe9XaTpF1dVuMsk3z4RMd1iKkTTWrF0BPvUPHiqY9huZv9-01bDX0CS2t8FVBB1tFtyo2xyfjNgZLy1KTYo1z_1fvWBHB9mv3W26PNm3j5BGkp4riFcQs84U96_0eczojGHTXfg124TUSEpivhEQWGQ0lMO-/s399/The-Lions-of-Little-Rock.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="260" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle6h-K_XdmL3cQC7wFC2ZcbSPeeoFax8VUe9XaTpF1dVuMsk3z4RMd1iKkTTWrF0BPvUPHiqY9huZv9-01bDX0CS2t8FVBB1tFtyo2xyfjNgZLy1KTYo1z_1fvWBHB9mv3W26PNm3j5BGkp4riFcQs84U96_0eczojGHTXfg124TUSEpivhEQWGQ0lMO-/w130-h200/The-Lions-of-Little-Rock.jpeg" width="130" /></a></div></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"I loved watching Marlee stand up for what she believes in, and she definitely tried to make the world a better place. It's an excellent book for people of all ages, and I think kids in fourth grade and up will especially relate to Marlee and Liz. The book makes history come alive." <b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/06/where-are-lions-lurking.html" target="_blank">Read our full review </a></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/08/author-interview-with-kristin-levine.html" target="_blank">Check out our author interview with Kristin Levine!</a></b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>SOUTH CAROLINA</u></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U4u-N2WMJqQvhPWnje3fahHUoa-fRpl2V6X3u5DwWZFl6Ey6zWeXAcO4yM3M6BCwg1kDzxg8TCqEMziMjbURi5sprtwha1XCpLGMAFF0wXQf6wDkZ_dA__NJIai0641f2tay_DqwKoVBWI6Xi_T10oObqit9y8pDkAMxPnM5N2RfcvHtz40D9xYHnjXe/s200/The%20Parker%20Inheritance.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U4u-N2WMJqQvhPWnje3fahHUoa-fRpl2V6X3u5DwWZFl6Ey6zWeXAcO4yM3M6BCwg1kDzxg8TCqEMziMjbURi5sprtwha1XCpLGMAFF0wXQf6wDkZ_dA__NJIai0641f2tay_DqwKoVBWI6Xi_T10oObqit9y8pDkAMxPnM5N2RfcvHtz40D9xYHnjXe/s1600/The%20Parker%20Inheritance.jpg" width="132" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>"I love how history and mystery were woven together in a way that makes you want to dig into your own history to see what you'll discover. I loved that the main characters both had a passion for reading and talked books with each other, like I do with my best friend." <b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2021/05/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-mmgm.html" target="_blank">Read our full review </a></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">FLORIDA</span></u></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHVffaUE8_zwoQFZ8Se-0auBZ5SwXNZEqWfMd4hFCvk0piEAbAPMTyVVUwRpaFH3MNuKtUrrNC0fepmuUD1vpIYi31JdUMxlHW8HdMfTKe95MXg85cqDnmQCjjG9MAUbKhzNTi1AWCd5MecqGl-g2F_wQJ5UbmpqqTxHhleZCWMKJz1vZEJ5kLnBnvvhp/s200/hoot_carl-hiaasen.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHVffaUE8_zwoQFZ8Se-0auBZ5SwXNZEqWfMd4hFCvk0piEAbAPMTyVVUwRpaFH3MNuKtUrrNC0fepmuUD1vpIYi31JdUMxlHW8HdMfTKe95MXg85cqDnmQCjjG9MAUbKhzNTi1AWCd5MecqGl-g2F_wQJ5UbmpqqTxHhleZCWMKJz1vZEJ5kLnBnvvhp/s1600/hoot_carl-hiaasen.jpeg" width="130" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">"Roy is a kid that I could easily relate to because he has a great sense of humor, and I love his passion for wanting to conserve the habitat of the burrowing owl.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">I don’t like to see animals endangered, people littering, or nature being destroyed.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">The characters in the book are quirky and add a lot of interest to the story. I especially like when someone can put a bully in their place!" <b><u><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2013/07/do-you-give-hoot.html" target="_blank">Read our full review </a></u></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few books we're looking forward to featuring!</span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">Louisiana</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif;">: <i>The Marvellers</i> </span></span></b></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nebraska: <i>The Elephant's Girl</i></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">California: <i>City Spied: Golden Gate</i></span></b></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>HAPPY READ ACROSS AMERICA MONTH!</i></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWYA84Jc1l8ymzOvCyPsyOuYDePRLhT8tR5udC1yCn-RGUbNF2zp6aLhySLN42W8-HimXJaZKckwmz03vj_WijbRFdVt1NzbIagkbwv89XA4x4XBkqOcQD86otTW8k9z5GeSeONi8oCdLt_7ZKOTl-OXLa1VIWHmVDSUL6xTYU0PN-ie-MWx-4nK8rU_p/s1242/Magazine%20of%20books.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1242" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWYA84Jc1l8ymzOvCyPsyOuYDePRLhT8tR5udC1yCn-RGUbNF2zp6aLhySLN42W8-HimXJaZKckwmz03vj_WijbRFdVt1NzbIagkbwv89XA4x4XBkqOcQD86otTW8k9z5GeSeONi8oCdLt_7ZKOTl-OXLa1VIWHmVDSUL6xTYU0PN-ie-MWx-4nK8rU_p/w470-h308/Magazine%20of%20books.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zIoFvPP41DF2jMV17OcWmdcSuSSHHBvozYJOegRACYfM4qqW2fMxPK5a7npdYIk3j2G7y5Z6owqqpdp966gklHzdlLPi8JsYeuRiIjTRl7tOPiB5zn_fzDEGSdyb5qrqkI9GVMTa7Fti36RFSf4tVuVq7SVNL5QgEKw3WWzzD7MYprJpPd2XPXqTCLwe/s1242/Magazine%20of%20books%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1242" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zIoFvPP41DF2jMV17OcWmdcSuSSHHBvozYJOegRACYfM4qqW2fMxPK5a7npdYIk3j2G7y5Z6owqqpdp966gklHzdlLPi8JsYeuRiIjTRl7tOPiB5zn_fzDEGSdyb5qrqkI9GVMTa7Fti36RFSf4tVuVq7SVNL5QgEKw3WWzzD7MYprJpPd2XPXqTCLwe/w467-h301/Magazine%20of%20books%202.jpeg" width="467" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtbprwj91Vy39KhPOooaA_fs6NqC3He-zsG0UCA4IXRkSFD8amtfGN4ugBAIktFO6Zypq_5BH7eGGV7rg__nFxJuMOtOmoSKPXCkw_GHSnroLec4f5-rRxefKkgqU26jj8Gi0jM0kMHwh61LKxtzNTXrAJB6_lQh3sxkGMDUvJebg8e0Vh2L1e69sNs1u/s520/wind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="520" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtbprwj91Vy39KhPOooaA_fs6NqC3He-zsG0UCA4IXRkSFD8amtfGN4ugBAIktFO6Zypq_5BH7eGGV7rg__nFxJuMOtOmoSKPXCkw_GHSnroLec4f5-rRxefKkgqU26jj8Gi0jM0kMHwh61LKxtzNTXrAJB6_lQh3sxkGMDUvJebg8e0Vh2L1e69sNs1u/w439-h340/wind.jpg" width="439" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-9701737140169190972024-01-30T05:00:00.018-05:002024-01-30T05:00:00.136-05:00View From the Pond October/November/December<p>Happy New Year! Hope 2024 is starting off well for everyone. One of my goals is to get organized with my View From the Pond posts- and I am doing it! I am able to wrap up the last three months of 2023 and I'll be able to get on track with 2024 now that I am all caught up. </p><p>This past week it has been freezing here, so it was nice to look back on some better weather. We didn't get any snow through December- so those photos will come when I share January views. Looking back it is easy for me to see why I had a hard time narrowing down photos for the post. The vibrant colors in October made the pond a true delight. Every minute the lighting changed, and I kept snapping away!</p><p>Sit back and enjoy looking back on the Fall views. 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Still, I was able to get some pictures, and even when I didn't get to take as many as I wanted- I was able to sit and enjoy the calming view. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9LbxbfoSoPn5hKyPrlk_9aQ81hgxPtFftSZH9eOHzcVNO3viivospzm97OjoIHrtzRz3mVmRpCX9TmkYjxldW2s_dVrxZJ0Q-M5YQthGIBy13GnCRW2AUBGWW1UaWDa39b-jQ1NXhwGN3wlzYjz6gu48m2jGrpyjPouc_yztpfn9wgTXlQRhzhGnhz-x/s640/IMG_4531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9LbxbfoSoPn5hKyPrlk_9aQ81hgxPtFftSZH9eOHzcVNO3viivospzm97OjoIHrtzRz3mVmRpCX9TmkYjxldW2s_dVrxZJ0Q-M5YQthGIBy13GnCRW2AUBGWW1UaWDa39b-jQ1NXhwGN3wlzYjz6gu48m2jGrpyjPouc_yztpfn9wgTXlQRhzhGnhz-x/s320/IMG_4531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVanDEKYhZsJNoJaz86dNczFmsfmKRQO5GHkksMY1fBwuq-Wln7SdZYSEqLu6kmb9S4qLkL7bCou_24nQmLoFj98VifF2454sRHthhaDhBfz8J8brNHkJqGgB4GfXHASMHqCNqgz2ZWX5Xk0AZWnpIhSWtWiU8NBrImInaLvnD4AKW_TV4IiimFw00n7l/s640/IMG_4615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We got 15 inches of rain in one month! It made the pond and the brook very full! The brook was doing a lot more than babbling that is for sure. The rain made it hard to snap as many photos as I would have liked, but it was amazing to watch. Plus, I find the sound of water running very relaxing and soothing, so I tried to soak it all in. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxK_iiRp40GCAOoHU2qCfeSii4aYT6PbExqoAVGVOgERIcMXZeTrvWclyRs2KVzJ5djq5rRnpxYIVvDCbV9s2Tg0AkNIcbG_9WSPyFxhgnIBHNInoaySL0UMPP6SU8hCwkf6T3QKIt4dvoQW_c9kIARIM3SdVTrPTInR8U4Y42rKSXpj7TiaZt4Q16iEr/s640/IMG_4903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxK_iiRp40GCAOoHU2qCfeSii4aYT6PbExqoAVGVOgERIcMXZeTrvWclyRs2KVzJ5djq5rRnpxYIVvDCbV9s2Tg0AkNIcbG_9WSPyFxhgnIBHNInoaySL0UMPP6SU8hCwkf6T3QKIt4dvoQW_c9kIARIM3SdVTrPTInR8U4Y42rKSXpj7TiaZt4Q16iEr/s320/IMG_4903.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMMRMgQdWrmY5Ybntctxs9hfnRwvTLuqx55lMfQre1QRLfwcYV1jB5W3a2PwIIEKBRL8ZTcnARUxuChxf9HN34AjF1A6dZXA2eNnYL_LrBAnKOqCuDIxXqz9zblTYT6DEULYK-qvDuR5EuvcliiBmeokSoC0caJHB7V5jeaPEYfARbNKPeIyeoroXrdrq/s640/IMG_4906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMMRMgQdWrmY5Ybntctxs9hfnRwvTLuqx55lMfQre1QRLfwcYV1jB5W3a2PwIIEKBRL8ZTcnARUxuChxf9HN34AjF1A6dZXA2eNnYL_LrBAnKOqCuDIxXqz9zblTYT6DEULYK-qvDuR5EuvcliiBmeokSoC0caJHB7V5jeaPEYfARbNKPeIyeoroXrdrq/s320/IMG_4906.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwuBbyhL5ZPyexldHYCAUDTxrB6THM395GyaTczn144TmoZgUCOC82I_beCeCYkpOQmUwypj1AMJFsdFF-zMjNZPf88zZ4KoOON3hqrjSSnxgJqvvIR7f4qGlNcjA5eW7vOsKtvL_5LFxk-kP-tiDWMmTEoZd_eIAriVDfWAdzU8IyVdOYWVVlSsPPFoX/s640/IMG_4907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwuBbyhL5ZPyexldHYCAUDTxrB6THM395GyaTczn144TmoZgUCOC82I_beCeCYkpOQmUwypj1AMJFsdFF-zMjNZPf88zZ4KoOON3hqrjSSnxgJqvvIR7f4qGlNcjA5eW7vOsKtvL_5LFxk-kP-tiDWMmTEoZd_eIAriVDfWAdzU8IyVdOYWVVlSsPPFoX/s320/IMG_4907.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycBIKw_I1OHdUETrx7UhEaRHSb5xFlaezm7tSiDlRGBF5DL687jITCNL8gkLmmYrLTXjzILmR8p1B4Qpf0Gg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(You can hear the brook and the rain in this short video.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">And that's a wrap on 2023! Stay tuned for views from the new year. Thanks for stopping by and visiting!</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-8740131165126379312024-01-15T05:00:00.004-05:002024-01-15T05:00:00.143-05:00New Scene. New Sights to See. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5fEdhykgW_0cjg16a2dT-Vwm1wiho3To69ynNjOSrpEtznKABnMraKJeiCYNKq9ls-fpCiD2eaDaQO3HWMZVfh-027owCfyxPZP3sP4AKx_06nrO7W5cdoU-TAOn8-DEI1qTZaeqRZr_Q41Ix4H6IXG5E21uK9sWw8Sxnc79N6F9r4CwgwW8jCdJkSdu/s3849/FullSizeRender%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="3849" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5fEdhykgW_0cjg16a2dT-Vwm1wiho3To69ynNjOSrpEtznKABnMraKJeiCYNKq9ls-fpCiD2eaDaQO3HWMZVfh-027owCfyxPZP3sP4AKx_06nrO7W5cdoU-TAOn8-DEI1qTZaeqRZr_Q41Ix4H6IXG5E21uK9sWw8Sxnc79N6F9r4CwgwW8jCdJkSdu/w362-h275/FullSizeRender%20(13).jpg" width="362" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently, the universe decided I needed change, and it made it so. Transition can be challenging, and I've done enough adulting to last a lifetime, but once dust settles, vision clears. My daily scene is different now, though some things are the same. Stephanie has her majestic pond, and I have a street to explore. It's filled with eclectic sights, and runs parallel to the Housatonic river. Change is swift when it comes; with open hearts and eyes we find the light playing in and all around us. Here's a peek into my new world...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeupj4mNULmm43hqPB1EVKM1RlSJke0ZNBFx_4LSAVOPMDDu9bxmUbQhEK8SxbHSuS78Rh_tMsCnUToOx0pwhH00gUbUjP4gOqoe4emK8u0b5m2UrPAge2KLscHk5tm3BNLNKVH83b63GGO24SlPFfpktWrqzzm2HiNXGBiKfDrrqnAEwR9MLLmLqhWt6D/s3442/IMG_3035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="2406" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeupj4mNULmm43hqPB1EVKM1RlSJke0ZNBFx_4LSAVOPMDDu9bxmUbQhEK8SxbHSuS78Rh_tMsCnUToOx0pwhH00gUbUjP4gOqoe4emK8u0b5m2UrPAge2KLscHk5tm3BNLNKVH83b63GGO24SlPFfpktWrqzzm2HiNXGBiKfDrrqnAEwR9MLLmLqhWt6D/w314-h449/IMG_3035.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rainbow Ride finally realized in a proper circle. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hope it blooms!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HgQk1nCmpddFJKD2h0AptGHVPkdmR68xnSe5GPIzdd_YorAmoMZ2q8H2zo7zbvlKJ95ug74ZpYaebJsFxgCJKV4yw8yp-YYp_lLjlz2H0_i0ma5i0tXGnZIxummSQbCcDNwKgZwryCHalwe6YO9a95sZbmTZkEGTdRo5vZIn7TVSa2bNN9lvUrYSBD5o/s3728/IMG_3037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3728" data-original-width="2686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HgQk1nCmpddFJKD2h0AptGHVPkdmR68xnSe5GPIzdd_YorAmoMZ2q8H2zo7zbvlKJ95ug74ZpYaebJsFxgCJKV4yw8yp-YYp_lLjlz2H0_i0ma5i0tXGnZIxummSQbCcDNwKgZwryCHalwe6YO9a95sZbmTZkEGTdRo5vZIn7TVSa2bNN9lvUrYSBD5o/s320/IMG_3037.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caught this rainbow playing with my house faerie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABER4RJCJg0byKQa2vERz42xtgbeGqBMH93jzopZddciBSzLL1dbWOMx85RanDnL21qxzNIKcNoGncDggoH9RkIpSpk01HQswVUwNxbNqVp0laOMSQaZW3_-i2J6cqZLELCpk5hdPDvlU4gUzxYLpDJOUzqKwjfGAJNPFKZjgQhTR9emDpxTh5QQ0nsZi/s4032/IMG_3043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABER4RJCJg0byKQa2vERz42xtgbeGqBMH93jzopZddciBSzLL1dbWOMx85RanDnL21qxzNIKcNoGncDggoH9RkIpSpk01HQswVUwNxbNqVp0laOMSQaZW3_-i2J6cqZLELCpk5hdPDvlU4gUzxYLpDJOUzqKwjfGAJNPFKZjgQhTR9emDpxTh5QQ0nsZi/s320/IMG_3043.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Found this magical crystal ball amethyst treasure at The Ruby Tree in Woodbury, CT (a good reason to shop at local eclectic shops, that's where you find these stunning, unique artworks. This one was waiting for me.)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEE496o24OBVEPeH89X3LAd86mRiWfmQClqr1t8HUXnMyTADLnaTo638okZdpnPtluuaJVyqZXeTPcattw9SYmGen74AsgHTMtqyONhuvl5LMKCf-F4jGaOqgHkZiufz4klOijlyzEkIOZtq7u-9FrmbGfz0f6NQaHUGI-K5dy8pTLQnsh4y2J7bVwcLfe/s2793/FullSizeRender%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="2793" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEE496o24OBVEPeH89X3LAd86mRiWfmQClqr1t8HUXnMyTADLnaTo638okZdpnPtluuaJVyqZXeTPcattw9SYmGen74AsgHTMtqyONhuvl5LMKCf-F4jGaOqgHkZiufz4klOijlyzEkIOZtq7u-9FrmbGfz0f6NQaHUGI-K5dy8pTLQnsh4y2J7bVwcLfe/s320/FullSizeRender%20(17).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwK6TkMUy4jW9u9tWOO31syBx-_uGuA-pbW1vmGZLonlWiZJ1hPnkQ3UJj7u0lQxVPRue5BX0doVCpD5mERysEO6vazvKlFZtbabUdHnS-U9gfSWWvmTmFPDqhi689w6IvI_JgIEv1M5JLuFvIGLxw7s8I65cNRA1p3lj92iVnWJzd8MmYBLMR9PFNJm2/s3365/FullSizeRender%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As always, we had a great time talking to readers and spending time with the awesome staff there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7bDFIkR8s9GC_Prpo57ekTXJ-dY6zMqHliWqwOWpHWz_W1bguSSiz8JbRFbdpwNjD9ZjNsRsXi6frd68dN4hkXbEdXfYHMaA5G4-Vje_aTu1e8KA4JYmoQmgC_TItCWucUGVxAGpgS6hJn2z25dMngRSY_Wu_X30jdjWR0t2r6sIPG3TQ94FBxKUGZ9e/s4032/IMG_2792.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7bDFIkR8s9GC_Prpo57ekTXJ-dY6zMqHliWqwOWpHWz_W1bguSSiz8JbRFbdpwNjD9ZjNsRsXi6frd68dN4hkXbEdXfYHMaA5G4-Vje_aTu1e8KA4JYmoQmgC_TItCWucUGVxAGpgS6hJn2z25dMngRSY_Wu_X30jdjWR0t2r6sIPG3TQ94FBxKUGZ9e/w381-h286/IMG_2792.jpg" width="381" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVI3qNWSIVhtipfnhhxZlAE8VB8ocLOoCTZiB0jYVdnTrfUNwaAmiQliJ4TsOUqs0uCfb2C6N4iyugCG5ZKeSYytDzoTpD8c9oqtKMZp17cQDfRfxVxkRVolDznroIc1UiSMuF7h-p5KAoH__KT0qipVVjBdJcVE7kcoLrlP_NaYwU_Jk2SYvlGoF8zeV/s4032/FullSizeRender%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVI3qNWSIVhtipfnhhxZlAE8VB8ocLOoCTZiB0jYVdnTrfUNwaAmiQliJ4TsOUqs0uCfb2C6N4iyugCG5ZKeSYytDzoTpD8c9oqtKMZp17cQDfRfxVxkRVolDznroIc1UiSMuF7h-p5KAoH__KT0qipVVjBdJcVE7kcoLrlP_NaYwU_Jk2SYvlGoF8zeV/w377-h282/FullSizeRender%20(5).jpg" width="377" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg-aqSy1BaxleKcf0L-CtT8KAVxo2Qt8M8f4KVrobdSfpVJIGqlnJ-8TVBcuw8rhslxAiJdrKOldS3xkl2j1ddthgvhVKoszibB5-QEevbLZS8nbs5vsa_qnTXlklRlsEsp5q8phXly-OEro1b8pisykLx4R1jMLD2Px1trhyphenhyphenRKKLaYqihRj9MUflt3NF/s960/Book%20Bundle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg-aqSy1BaxleKcf0L-CtT8KAVxo2Qt8M8f4KVrobdSfpVJIGqlnJ-8TVBcuw8rhslxAiJdrKOldS3xkl2j1ddthgvhVKoszibB5-QEevbLZS8nbs5vsa_qnTXlklRlsEsp5q8phXly-OEro1b8pisykLx4R1jMLD2Px1trhyphenhyphenRKKLaYqihRj9MUflt3NF/w377-h282/Book%20Bundle.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wishing all of our readers peace, love, and abundance in the new year! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1h_v7De1LAWgzgN9eyRSyz_eGPG3HFweL_qsW3QPsn_PQBwzNIh1Pc_GCF3m-Z0AHEdW5yFq1gu0jPeuZWnD7k-gq4efaIyJuspO0gR7l3rc-gmAvqscJ6DeSk66W4z3ienY49EerCsgXAwvmceSF98yGCJyOwkYsNeSZ8yTvZP4LOvPSaguEYpYBnz1q/s4032/FullSizeRender%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1h_v7De1LAWgzgN9eyRSyz_eGPG3HFweL_qsW3QPsn_PQBwzNIh1Pc_GCF3m-Z0AHEdW5yFq1gu0jPeuZWnD7k-gq4efaIyJuspO0gR7l3rc-gmAvqscJ6DeSk66W4z3ienY49EerCsgXAwvmceSF98yGCJyOwkYsNeSZ8yTvZP4LOvPSaguEYpYBnz1q/w329-h439/FullSizeRender%20(16).jpg" width="329" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCdbtEHWlJqIoF95jl0pfKzIo7AH9AiQO82smuPF9580JdF4F8rBfAhkKiOWHSnlXlciZga-gIoGgR9TWZvXSdc_sEZ-Uom-Cz_m7xE5BS_fdWi0a4lFAk0ogbW1cjh1AuNQ74A3h5ilGCp4E3YAZWmKJR6xE0zrQSlR50bTex54MnzfSmqhMZMide_MI/s3845/FullSizeRender%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3845" data-original-width="2697" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCdbtEHWlJqIoF95jl0pfKzIo7AH9AiQO82smuPF9580JdF4F8rBfAhkKiOWHSnlXlciZga-gIoGgR9TWZvXSdc_sEZ-Uom-Cz_m7xE5BS_fdWi0a4lFAk0ogbW1cjh1AuNQ74A3h5ilGCp4E3YAZWmKJR6xE0zrQSlR50bTex54MnzfSmqhMZMide_MI/w333-h476/FullSizeRender%20(15).jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-51381922748941918712023-12-11T05:00:00.053-05:002024-01-29T22:20:33.825-05:00MMGM Spotlight: The Deliverers by Gregory Slomba<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG0XzmePUSIu3f5sp1bAdSNu_VsMKaPuFzJ1XDy4XSsuBgp4Nedw_QL8TO3-IStkhzISZDf2lYui0dcbaov4QNDZlC_omV-i-KHEoGJL1o6LnX7xPPjD95WH_5o5vTJEOVIESyV-khaCagqTD-IcBADT-NtxTvUkDcCu-kjfgUtuDVvW5RQz2sLXwaCub/s1180/Deliverers%20Blog%20Header%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1180" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLG0XzmePUSIu3f5sp1bAdSNu_VsMKaPuFzJ1XDy4XSsuBgp4Nedw_QL8TO3-IStkhzISZDf2lYui0dcbaov4QNDZlC_omV-i-KHEoGJL1o6LnX7xPPjD95WH_5o5vTJEOVIESyV-khaCagqTD-IcBADT-NtxTvUkDcCu-kjfgUtuDVvW5RQz2sLXwaCub/w458-h189/Deliverers%20Blog%20Header%202.jpeg" width="458" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>This week we're spotlighting an excellent middle grade series, The Deliverers. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We connected with the author of the books, Gregory Slomba, some time ago, and we've been on the book block with him pretty much since the beginning of our own journey into the depths of the Begonia House. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Deliverers books have new illustrations that whisk you right off into the adventure, and the fourth book is in the works! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRD-3AjWYJs6yaUbzSySotNcncnjODaGkua5WQpD_7Ilti160rqDFuxaQGU1mpoO_UZ_KPFDJahzy92KdrpWZQ7REnmhfwQ7khbdl50xWSzfq6j23iZvFqzB3fFNu1JkgIVirv1JJJ6KKrfulvHQFkIRHZiv2HJI8zaAQ0VP4XqzaTWw0R32rVagcyEaN/s269/three%20books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="269" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRD-3AjWYJs6yaUbzSySotNcncnjODaGkua5WQpD_7Ilti160rqDFuxaQGU1mpoO_UZ_KPFDJahzy92KdrpWZQ7REnmhfwQ7khbdl50xWSzfq6j23iZvFqzB3fFNu1JkgIVirv1JJJ6KKrfulvHQFkIRHZiv2HJI8zaAQ0VP4XqzaTWw0R32rVagcyEaN/w442-h328/three%20books.jpg" width="442" /></a></span></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo4_rF4B7MZvk-BTgUhv9Vi3Z2R-QpfJZ0YQCbMuE_FeDmAi9cAYwZdVJP_Qk9_4oE45t3YXrCW4WpFc4CB78d2FJir4bWA9WTMEmu3yE3khklpahp4ezC_QeiFPN8x8c92EQ2qTDE55JnVRp0TFx3kFGQJGsUYGDzEOVcLHa90UgGCm8ZkXnSabaxtxh/s2048/399936299_732858575525543_6653181862757897819_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1502" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo4_rF4B7MZvk-BTgUhv9Vi3Z2R-QpfJZ0YQCbMuE_FeDmAi9cAYwZdVJP_Qk9_4oE45t3YXrCW4WpFc4CB78d2FJir4bWA9WTMEmu3yE3khklpahp4ezC_QeiFPN8x8c92EQ2qTDE55JnVRp0TFx3kFGQJGsUYGDzEOVcLHa90UgGCm8ZkXnSabaxtxh/w225-h305/399936299_732858575525543_6653181862757897819_n.jpeg" width="225" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Book 1: Sharky and the Jewel</u></span></b></p></u></span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Eric has never talked to birds before, nor has he heard of a land called Calendria.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">All of that changes when an ordinary campout changes his life forever. After an owl named Stig asks him to go on an adventure with him, Eric is intrigued and agrees to go. They travel through a door to the Hallway of Worlds and the Gatekeeper gives them their assignment.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">From there Stig and Eric enter a new world and meet a member of Calendria, Kate. She is convinced that they are “The Deliverers” from an old legend and that they have been sent to help her people get away from Sharky, a pirate that has been making life difficult for her village...</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-they-deliverers.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Continue reading this review </span></b></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOUZWyhhV4BI4ql2XxmtfOgZ_UqTm_FgUkjOx12Zye64bTNH9_mcYw6zxbMWcxPwtCHrLDgwSrlxqQUPXXlcLAHXRbi6NbOLgL8eMfiuJxqai8EtWk9w6vx62vfWH6RAK0InCaE6LcprzlPJyJ6nOBHzngIe0qnkPGXH1X-gQZ5dehd3dlwvEQ-zADcyv/s600/71OcBR1NWzL._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOUZWyhhV4BI4ql2XxmtfOgZ_UqTm_FgUkjOx12Zye64bTNH9_mcYw6zxbMWcxPwtCHrLDgwSrlxqQUPXXlcLAHXRbi6NbOLgL8eMfiuJxqai8EtWk9w6vx62vfWH6RAK0InCaE6LcprzlPJyJ6nOBHzngIe0qnkPGXH1X-gQZ5dehd3dlwvEQ-zADcyv/w320-h320/71OcBR1NWzL._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><p><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Book 2: Order of the Crystal Lion</u></span></b></p></u></span></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Eric and the rest of the Deliverers are back together on a new adventure. This time the Hallway of Worlds has sent Eric, Kate, Hallo, and Stig to a place where the people and beings are involved in a civil war with each other. A group of people called the Vynistri have been using a device, the Machine, to alter the DNA of the Chazum. The Vynistri is being ruled by the evil Chancellor Trelango. H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">is brother, Selango, who claims to be the Crystal Lion spoken about in legends, is rallying the Chazum and their supporters. Two brothers fighting on opposite sides! It's up to the Deliverers to make sure that the Machine is destroyed and that peace is restored in the land...</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2013/12/is-there-really-crystal-lion.html" target="_blank">Continue reading this review </a></span></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyJyZCsXLySSJYCUxB2aK-ztFlspNwC3oo8CLLIarxIQiAddAvPSYEk7znnZmcwm2Z7g4MP-DFeDfbqFytS_SYztxvvGLy7L7qsl6DyxDpc-vDsuSbddZxApSx1h3FuohA-JE90yS-FhTH0Sd7oZmDwv8LsIx3XppTzxqMA0qn5MLwZHImaMcfGttUBIm/s600/91u2HoVPE3L._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyJyZCsXLySSJYCUxB2aK-ztFlspNwC3oo8CLLIarxIQiAddAvPSYEk7znnZmcwm2Z7g4MP-DFeDfbqFytS_SYztxvvGLy7L7qsl6DyxDpc-vDsuSbddZxApSx1h3FuohA-JE90yS-FhTH0Sd7oZmDwv8LsIx3XppTzxqMA0qn5MLwZHImaMcfGttUBIm/w302-h302/91u2HoVPE3L._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Book 3: The Golden Dragon of Ang</u></span></b></p></u></span></b><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eric, Stig, Kate, and Hallo are on another adventure to save a world under distress. The black mist from Eric’s recent nightmares seems to be connected to this new world, the Dragon Islands. Unfortunately, Eric isn’t sure what the mist is all about. Here the people rely on the Voice of the Dragon, a speaker who relays wisdom from Golden Dragon of Ang. Whenever a speaker dies, the next one is already announced and it must be a child between the ages of 12 and 15. But, not this time! The Voice is gone and no one is in line to take over. The governors from each of the five Dragon Islands are trying to figure out where the next Voice of the Dragon will be from, and they all want it to be the island they rule. With this unrest comes conniving and scheming in order to benefit different islands and bring them power...</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/08/who-is-dragons-voice.html" target="_blank">Continue reading this review</a></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6HbNEXLF8GeI8-cMD28Cunv8AnnpzGCGGgTfgE4V4mztzdlmz3hev39QgiPOm2DgYV_hWF3I435HcDbYA3x5q7b5Fh8vGRKVep_zX1gI5BiTfXZsBKPgs54iU-IxBe_jFFk4rP_aOyOPNj-W8s9eQKczaT-tBPVH6b7KTOT9UX8LmeekrnuXblBTe3qc/s273/starbee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="57" data-original-width="273" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6HbNEXLF8GeI8-cMD28Cunv8AnnpzGCGGgTfgE4V4mztzdlmz3hev39QgiPOm2DgYV_hWF3I435HcDbYA3x5q7b5Fh8vGRKVep_zX1gI5BiTfXZsBKPgs54iU-IxBe_jFFk4rP_aOyOPNj-W8s9eQKczaT-tBPVH6b7KTOT9UX8LmeekrnuXblBTe3qc/s1600/starbee.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCms4NqafZiJaO80rUY-YibocTUjMkQJ11n-3EaRD-4tZg5fZX598T85Kt3Zw2kXhsfTGn4N4HEtDB1yk_a6igPEAwl48D8EjkqvWWCn4Xy7qGBVRN_c6eqit8sf6cvc1IWJ6NSic2CXHpKlfHaCc9YjXbbHC2MQoT001ziW114S22LMRVpK5uAFPgiks/s940/382994840_287725097343988_7456234257690054838_n.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCms4NqafZiJaO80rUY-YibocTUjMkQJ11n-3EaRD-4tZg5fZX598T85Kt3Zw2kXhsfTGn4N4HEtDB1yk_a6igPEAwl48D8EjkqvWWCn4Xy7qGBVRN_c6eqit8sf6cvc1IWJ6NSic2CXHpKlfHaCc9YjXbbHC2MQoT001ziW114S22LMRVpK5uAFPgiks/w223-h186/382994840_287725097343988_7456234257690054838_n.jpeg" width="223" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Find out more about the author, Gregory Slomba!</span></b></div></span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where did you get the idea for the <i>The Deliverers 2: Order of the Crystal Lion</i>?</span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When I set out to write the sequel to</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Sharky and the Jewel </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to make it different than the first, so I made the setting a slightly futuristic sci-fi one. I actually wanted to make it more sci-fi than it wound up being, but as I wrote I kind of shifted back and forth between the future and the past. I don’t know if that was effective when all was said and done, but I think it made for a unique world.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2013/12/author-interview-with-gregory-slomba.html" target="_blank">Continue reading this interview </a></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Rw8wtsWavjkfgIKnyICzhPzDmZlw0rZmATfhaBU2BmiA-xhPop21vJHSRanhql2zqaXklzAF9sqG_rl-wXcfP_qXYQmqOUeXTyvEA9o1fcM7J6n0kRmJxCGUZzYJ0wYofT9NWypGJqzOq26MN4pN6N_hPpxORffYRrp6OSF-UwNR-BGBv3JAt9VarZPE/s400/039.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="400" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Rw8wtsWavjkfgIKnyICzhPzDmZlw0rZmATfhaBU2BmiA-xhPop21vJHSRanhql2zqaXklzAF9sqG_rl-wXcfP_qXYQmqOUeXTyvEA9o1fcM7J6n0kRmJxCGUZzYJ0wYofT9NWypGJqzOq26MN4pN6N_hPpxORffYRrp6OSF-UwNR-BGBv3JAt9VarZPE/w346-h274/039.jpeg" width="346" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Authors, Stephanie Robinson & Gregory Slomba</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Visit <a href="https://www.deliverers.net/" target="_blank">Gregory's website</a> to find out more about the books!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6993917320904392013" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 506px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc;">.</span></span></b></p></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 16px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px; text-align: start;"></div></div></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-41904370841877951932023-11-27T13:07:00.041-05:002023-11-27T13:07:00.132-05:00Views From the Pond July/August/September<p> </p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2193562045417392938" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 506.4px;"><p style="font-size: 16px;">Well, my plan of posting one Views From the Pond post a month is not working out as planned. I take millions of pictures, but posting has been tricky. The last few months have been busy with family weddings, work trips, work, helping a friend move, and then I sprained my wrist when I fell at work. I am fine and the wrist is finally almost back to normal, but it is amazing how much life is altered when you can't type with two hands! </p><p style="font-size: 16px;">So, this post will contain pictures for three months and then I will post three months in the beginning of January and I will hopefully be on track! Since it is three months worth of photos and activities- there is a lot to take in! I hope to be on a better schedule in 2024. Time will tell!</p><p style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">July</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2NNi2X-tLQwrGnXL7dRtpuGC6-4BCwXB6RW-mWuZdnLViUNKeo4fOGHsLfCVy80g26WnBq13_HZSfIv2swVvJ4nYvLj7P7f8ofwit6a2rjGPM5zHN3zOhOk1FFUrTOzMTIymrNSTsAQ0CgD_3e6C2Ju8_twFlfJ_mfrOWNFoJSLgv2xtRGC_qcWvhcGh/s4032/IMG_2273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2NNi2X-tLQwrGnXL7dRtpuGC6-4BCwXB6RW-mWuZdnLViUNKeo4fOGHsLfCVy80g26WnBq13_HZSfIv2swVvJ4nYvLj7P7f8ofwit6a2rjGPM5zHN3zOhOk1FFUrTOzMTIymrNSTsAQ0CgD_3e6C2Ju8_twFlfJ_mfrOWNFoJSLgv2xtRGC_qcWvhcGh/s320/IMG_2273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRgU5D2HlgrYmJBK59aiFFL9cDBqlbIcBQXFrw2gEyrkiVFEh5ZCdzxVY9wvPmWQapzxp4RGLPTZR1TOjdFKNQ9OX4kXRiC1OiUnQn3tiNL1hO2hE0yll1xdmB2ARaX6t4XN4LBvcJEbaCksQaZyCO-XHXuP7Nrpe32HYragIZPbnFcTsIxoKFQtnQ1rb/s4032/IMG_2300.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A family of deer which came daily for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">August</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpNySZK-lX0xT4JECbsNcamPrz-1J605g-73gd51mb_I69iCq5WXebMfzAtnpAgzye7U3bCE6FXv4wnZS8Cze5CkwbV6YTpOSmpw7ZPZmS3XRF4WeNd76p0HHfLQxDoiMmSqIs3v49X3SFGRS7UBlbsBdLBM6dJaxKW6dRd87hX0E3keQp0WzxEzI70XM/s4032/IMG_2598.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpNySZK-lX0xT4JECbsNcamPrz-1J605g-73gd51mb_I69iCq5WXebMfzAtnpAgzye7U3bCE6FXv4wnZS8Cze5CkwbV6YTpOSmpw7ZPZmS3XRF4WeNd76p0HHfLQxDoiMmSqIs3v49X3SFGRS7UBlbsBdLBM6dJaxKW6dRd87hX0E3keQp0WzxEzI70XM/s320/IMG_2598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzF6URl6V5saOGKyjcePFB4YYtf1nCmqrZw8OzsHqNXGNVYsXA809qpTfzrNC_I8thf7fpqTAEEcPDG8Qfm4Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A short video of the heron (which I watched for a long, long time)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5h4N3OVxGTsEiRuhSlKPDvrldrEn6tQCAUAGZDjS-v7GH_vSc_N2NFF16swl5TgorautdLgCMiftHHFr5ZR0TLRX4geWMo27_puP2qBYNyxc5oRNy6NGMwPZTRmTknpinCbtihM32jJVy42uPmpNzXsEi2zQ1Iu6M5El07T3CmwNL7ulV-ObWI5U1yvK/s640/IMG_2913.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5h4N3OVxGTsEiRuhSlKPDvrldrEn6tQCAUAGZDjS-v7GH_vSc_N2NFF16swl5TgorautdLgCMiftHHFr5ZR0TLRX4geWMo27_puP2qBYNyxc5oRNy6NGMwPZTRmTknpinCbtihM32jJVy42uPmpNzXsEi2zQ1Iu6M5El07T3CmwNL7ulV-ObWI5U1yvK/s320/IMG_2913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbvAtLp8S1eDhOYPL1edltIZP7CsKGGz4n59xfDJXYIaDFxadmaf8VG0uMsyfNR4vpGJOyRVnVNTi4AnvvP5jWAgIvNeRxEeH2T6XZ3a4MbQtQzhEPBTfdikNP-G6x8agGwxf6ZSlkQO07cXU32NYxac79w1j1yW1HBSn704Xcwp4gQ0FkI5Im6VSywyI/s320/IMG_3164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> (New grass growing in where we finally <div> finished a project we started in May! We made</div><div> the space to walk to the pond wider- and it was</div><div> a lot of work, but well worth it!)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQ13KrfUTLavLgMrVwpxV_iYLnjtS-b-lmerBMOF_zmCTUKkum9ovXf75fnqYKWgKAjxV7EH9DzGOuiLbO3PBJ0ml_Lwtox8lFyPGeBW3JEC3BUN7-LDbo5oMKWLTbtcS6F7QHfAZjYZ_KEIH3B_IqKUbFewRvMFJ3SsSSKlrWGLHQWLCHTCw91XtVdKi/s640/IMG_3188.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQ13KrfUTLavLgMrVwpxV_iYLnjtS-b-lmerBMOF_zmCTUKkum9ovXf75fnqYKWgKAjxV7EH9DzGOuiLbO3PBJ0ml_Lwtox8lFyPGeBW3JEC3BUN7-LDbo5oMKWLTbtcS6F7QHfAZjYZ_KEIH3B_IqKUbFewRvMFJ3SsSSKlrWGLHQWLCHTCw91XtVdKi/s320/IMG_3188.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4z_lMHyMqQzY_0XBkxEFMOXXSmew2HZD4MzayCL3kV7KZC-cPm5sYfuc8zuE8pE8kwr3hS88Yd4xfJh1nNcys_IAzo8rYhy1-tAG6zPAVpQO5NmyaMR928p50Xxb5eyW1tVPK1NGwu8Aa1RLd-m350l7lL3aVtFTrtF2WA4rG6XJJKW1DtNCBZu30Uls/s640/IMG_3226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4z_lMHyMqQzY_0XBkxEFMOXXSmew2HZD4MzayCL3kV7KZC-cPm5sYfuc8zuE8pE8kwr3hS88Yd4xfJh1nNcys_IAzo8rYhy1-tAG6zPAVpQO5NmyaMR928p50Xxb5eyW1tVPK1NGwu8Aa1RLd-m350l7lL3aVtFTrtF2WA4rG6XJJKW1DtNCBZu30Uls/s320/IMG_3226.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVp_SbcSBFB3dVLl_wmoQECct51K2eNeT79Poxb1KyP3MNE4DSkSVu8F_k3bs0NxPDobPl59oFfnlSFpIZrWA38FkfPAcn9pEnGVJBjalyGVnYDVBILg-mRbR-kr0afVYNrMcENrIVLdvUkaOKHAwOBvZDsBB6wv6UB2AYiEGw2l_uFpc0lM_j2w5xNmj/s640/IMG_3225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVp_SbcSBFB3dVLl_wmoQECct51K2eNeT79Poxb1KyP3MNE4DSkSVu8F_k3bs0NxPDobPl59oFfnlSFpIZrWA38FkfPAcn9pEnGVJBjalyGVnYDVBILg-mRbR-kr0afVYNrMcENrIVLdvUkaOKHAwOBvZDsBB6wv6UB2AYiEGw2l_uFpc0lM_j2w5xNmj/s320/IMG_3225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div>Thanks for coming by for a visit! I have so much fun watching the daily changes! Always amazing to me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next Views From the Pond will be up at the beginning of January for October/November/December! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-83535559704233032652023-11-20T05:00:00.087-05:002024-01-29T22:19:59.147-05:00MMGM: Bubba and Squirt: City of Bones by Sherry Ellis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4DVIiMLciQjIzHMgjwU3wMZolfAjZ82a7Sh3VxZRO12qchjzV1BVBzumcsyop7LuGkXFXJrf7DOS6PS-XZthuHaRwFuLL_Y9mIBKJASsl5fLL3CFcYt8qijbve1Gydu3FwlenJaL4H9rRDvW_KXNhaGh7jsYyKMYeo4i_cMzt7BQOa4kPHRkHGpgFR-z/s500/134466105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4DVIiMLciQjIzHMgjwU3wMZolfAjZ82a7Sh3VxZRO12qchjzV1BVBzumcsyop7LuGkXFXJrf7DOS6PS-XZthuHaRwFuLL_Y9mIBKJASsl5fLL3CFcYt8qijbve1Gydu3FwlenJaL4H9rRDvW_KXNhaGh7jsYyKMYeo4i_cMzt7BQOa4kPHRkHGpgFR-z/w213-h320/134466105.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;">Bubba and Squirt are siblings who have had some exciting adventures together. They may not always get along, or see eye to eye on a situation, but they are very loyal to each other and will do whatever they can to help the other one out. It’s been a awhile since their last adventure, but after a dream in which their great-great-grandfather comes to Bubba things move fast. Especially since the vision may send them on a path to find their missing father. They use their magic shovel and it sends them to the catacombs of Paris. While they are trying to figure out where they are, they meet new friends who tell them where they are and explain about all the bones. Although their main goal is to find their missing father, they witness something shady involving some artwork and they can't let the thieves get away with it. They four friends decide to follow the thieves to see if they steal any more art or lead them to any clues. Since Bubba's vision involved a door and artwork, they figure they are working on two cases at once. When another burglary happens right in front of them- they are right in the mix of everything. Danger is everywhere. What should Bubba and Squirt do? Is following the thieves worth it? How will they ever find the door Bubba saw in his dream? Will they ever find their father? You will have to read this fast paced adventure to find out!</span></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><i>Bubba and Squirt: City of Bones</i> by Sherry Ellis is the third installment in the Bubba and Squirt series and it was especially fun! It certainly helps to have read the other books first, but this could also work as a standalone. I loved learning a little bit about some interesting Paris landmarks and getting to learn more about some of the big museums in the area. The back of the book includes a glossary and extra information about some of the places and things mentioned in the book, which is a great way to learn more! I’ve been curious about the catacombs </span><span style="color: #1d2228;">since</span><span style="color: #1d2228;"> I first heard about them and it was interesting to have them as a setting in this story. The action really gears up and I couldn’t believe all of the things that happened. I like that the siblings met some nice friends and they all worked together to try to solve the mysteries. The story is told in the present tense (unlike the previous books in the series) and everything isn't resolved in the end, so readers will need to grab the next book in the series to find out where Bubba and Squirt are headed next. I recommend this book for kids in third grade and up who like adventure, mystery, and a little bit of scary in their books. Also- because this book is less than 100 pages it will appeal to readers who are intimidated by a thick book or for those who are looking for a shorter read. I look forward to the next Bubba and Squirt adventure!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;"><span><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Has anyone else read any of the <i>Bubba and Squirt </i>adventures? Or have you read another book by Sherry Ellis? We'd love to hear your thoughts! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">~L</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc;">.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-57798017513503424852023-10-31T05:00:00.002-04:002023-10-31T05:00:00.160-04:00Ferry Blackwell Strikes Again!<div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBdkOlHPNIj8pfOADzoCxCe2nGSGmyxovaftKh_6YzPj0qx6tWDPsDxPBRMlw4QNkpLs5axTat-FLR5vVA4LY8TBQ86smuo8mQaIHYsvKd3CQkW565ai7ikqvENsrYGgbk6NdOvcIZnCgDBz8p6rJ3wsNP9aHuUOuMlKn96Y8F7oTz85U7BIzSXpnYejM/s320/ferryedited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="228" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBdkOlHPNIj8pfOADzoCxCe2nGSGmyxovaftKh_6YzPj0qx6tWDPsDxPBRMlw4QNkpLs5axTat-FLR5vVA4LY8TBQ86smuo8mQaIHYsvKd3CQkW565ai7ikqvENsrYGgbk6NdOvcIZnCgDBz8p6rJ3wsNP9aHuUOuMlKn96Y8F7oTz85U7BIzSXpnYejM/w254-h356/ferryedited.jpg" width="254" /></a></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><b>HAPPY HALLOWEEN! </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><i>Here's a story that's sure to make you scream.</i></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Beware! </span>This tale is written to scare. It is not for youngsters, their fingers and toes are too small for Ferry's taste.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">FERRY BLACKWELL STRIKES AGAIN</span></u></b></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">“No way!” Georgie exclaimed. “Mom told you to stop making up stories.”</span><p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “It's true. I saw Ferry Blackwell,” Macy said. “He had a head like a melon.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> “You did not. Get your stuff and let’s go. We’re gonna be late.” Georgie walked out the door, and Macy followed, wishing her big brother would believe her this time. She did<i> </i>like to make up stories and their mom had asked her to knock it off, but this wasn’t a story. She had spotted Ferry Blackwell, she was sure of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">***<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Shifting from one foot to the other, Macy stared down the school driveway. All the buses had left; everyone was gone. Georgie was late. She had tried to call him on her cell phone, but there was no answer. Her mom was at work, but Macy knew interrupting her would guarantee a whole evening of arguing. Slipping the phone into her back pocket, she decided to walk home. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">As the pavement twisted and turned she found herself thinking about Ferry Blackwell again. Last week she had started reading a book about the history of her town, Devilsville. It hadn’t been very interesting, except for one phrase, which was handwritten on page thirty-three. It said: <i>In the woods of Devilsville, you’re sure to find a gory thrill. When the bakerman wants to eat, hide your hands and cover your feet. With a head melon-sized and fire burning in his eyes, he’ll harvest your fingers and your toes, then hide the rest so no one knows. Murdered by an angry town, he swore revenge when they shot him down. So watch your children, but never tell- if Ferry Blackwell comes back from hell. </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Macy knew the words by heart. She had looked through a few other books, but found nothing else about Ferry Blackwell. Then, the other day, she saw him. There had been an odd rustling behind the bushes in her backyard, and when she went over to investigate, someone was there. It looked like a man, but with a huge head. He had flashed a mad, toothy grin at her, and then disappeared. Her mother had come running out when she heard Macy’s rants of terror.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> “Macy! What did I tell you about scaring people with your stories?” her mother had yelled. Macy knew that no one was ever going to believe her, and why should they? After all, she did have a long history of making things up, which had opened more than one can of worms for her parents to deal with. Things like, Ginny Wader, in the third grade, refusing to touch door handles ever again or Georgie wearing a helmet wherever he went for a year. The list was long, she mused. Her thoughts were suddenly cut short. Just ahead, at the bottom of the hill, a school bus was stopped in the middle of the road. Macy cautiously walked up to it and climbed the steps. Other than the backpacks strewn about on the seats it appeared empty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Hello?” she asked quietly. “Is anyone here?” Macy slowly made her way down the aisle. Midway, something caught her eye and when she turned to get a closer look, her mouth dropped open in horror. On the seat to her left was a bloody pile of shoes and socks, and what looked like fingernails tossed into the gruesome heap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">BANG! Something hit the side of the bus. “What was that?” she whispered. BANG! Again, the bus shook and teetered. Macy reacted fast. She ran up the aisle and grabbed the door handle. Just as it was about to latch, long fingers pried it back open. Two red, veined eyes zeroed in on their target. Terror forced the air out of her lungs, and she screamed. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">***</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Macy was flat on her back when she woke. She was chained to the floor, and her feet were bare. A painful stinging in her fingers and toes sliced through her body. Where was she? What had happened?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">“Who else is here?” she questioned the darkness.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">“Shhhh,” a panicked voice ordered.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">“Who’s there?” she said again.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “Stop talking, you idiot. He’ll hear you.” It was a terrified sounding boy.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “Why’s it so dark?” Macy continued. She had no intention of shutting up.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “I think we’re in a basement,” another voice chimed in.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Suddenly it dawned on her where they must be. It had to be the abandoned house on Hull Street. She and Georgie would come here when things around the house got too serious. It was their hiding spot, and she knew it well. Even the moldy, abandoned smells were familiar. “How many people are here?” she asked.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “I’m here, Marcus Beltane,” came a nervous voice.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “Me too, I’m Jen Andrews.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"> The voices started to pick up, “Justin Deluca, Melanie Grism...” There seemed to be about ten kids sitting in the dark with her; all scared, and all, she was certain, without their fingernails and toenails.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> The creaking of a door silenced the murmuring. A light flickered on, cutting through the blackness. Macy squinted her eyes open a bit and stared up at the ceiling, watching as a shadow with an enormous melon shaped head moved across the room. Its heavy footfalls came to a halt. Suddenly, a cackling voice bellowed out, “Looky here, girls and boys, forget your mommies and your toys. The fun and games will soon begin; to scare me back is how you win. But should you lose, you’ll pay a price, your fingers and toes I’ll surly dice. Just try to leave! It won’t do you well. For I’m back from hell. I’m the Bakerman, Ferry Blackwell.” His howling laugh sounded insane, like a hyena calling out to its prey. He did an odd little jig. Then, in an instant, he was gone.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “Okay, this is really happening,” Macy said, more to herself than anyone else. She took a deep breath, then continued, “He said something about winning, didn’t he?"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “Yeah, he said, to scare me back is how you win,” a trembling voice squeaked. “He also said that he was a bakerman. What’s he going to do? Cook us into bread or something?”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “I think that’s exactly what he’s going to do,” Macy responded, remembering what she had read. “But, it sounds like if we scare him back, we win. Which, I guess, means we get to live.” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “How are we supposed to scare him? He’s a demon who makes bread out of kids’ fingers and toes. I mean, <i>what’s</i> scarier than that?” Macy recognized the voice of Jen Andrews.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “I know, but...” Her mind was whirring. Then, it hit her. She remembered the cell phone in her pocket. The door opened. Macy threw caution to the wind and whispered just audibly, “I have a plan.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">***<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> Her heart thudded in her chest as a shadow moved into the room. “So kiddies, who’s it going to be? Who wants to be the first to try to scare me?” His voice sounded crazy.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> Macy mustered up all of her strength and called out, “I’ll go first, you don’t scare me. You’re going to be caught any minute.” She kept her breathing even as Ferry Blackwell loomed above her, searching her face with his terrifying eyes. He was so close that she could smell his putrid, stinking breath. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> “You wait and see! I’ll show you just how scary I can be!” He pulled her up by her hair and dragged her to a chopping block in the center of the room. Grabbing her left arm, he slapped her hand down on it.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">She focused her mind on the weight in her back pocket, hoping beyond hope she hadn’t been knocked out for more than thirty minutes. The reminder alarm on her phone had been set to go off at exactly 4PM, and it <i>had</i> to be about that time. Macy glared up at Ferry Blackwell and said, “Everyone in town already knows where we are. Kids today have GPS trackers implanted in our bodies that tells our parents exactly where we are at all times. You’ll see, the town’s people will be here any moment to shoot you down and send you back to hell, Ferry Blackwell.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> He looked bemused, as he replied, “Clever girl! You know my name! Now, let’s begin our little game. Terribly funny to think you’ll be saved- when for a century, fingers and toes I’ve craved!” He raised a sharp blade above his head, poised to strike. Macy squeezed her eyes shut and braced herself. Please go off alarm, she prayed, believing that this would, at the very least, buy her more time. As if on cue, a loud beeping blared out from her pocket. Ferry leered at her, unsure. Just then, in a brilliant moment of pure luck, another cell phone rang out, perhaps a concerned parent. Another one went off with a mechanical jingle. The timing couldn’t have been better. Suddenly, there was a frantic banging on a door. The demon spun around wildly, looking terrified. “No, no, not to hell. Hide, I must and never tell,” he bellowed and dropped the blade. It landed with a clink just as Ferry Blackwell shot into the air and burst into flames, disappearing in a black puff of smoke. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">No one breathed. Somewhere above, Georgie’s worried voice called out, “Macy, are you in here?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8rHR-GRX61sG427OR3UCmJETIuZb8e1T2JeSbBgxNMCmCQxWYhfXeHk2Q98kHi4FC3G919IO4gI22DBYKd0IepCUtu37nMir1I0-eBA2nqLrzNrMRCnX3Q0XuRWPx6CsfKPZeiVlz0k/s1600/0_meatloaf-bread.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8rHR-GRX61sG427OR3UCmJETIuZb8e1T2JeSbBgxNMCmCQxWYhfXeHk2Q98kHi4FC3G919IO4gI22DBYKd0IepCUtu37nMir1I0-eBA2nqLrzNrMRCnX3Q0XuRWPx6CsfKPZeiVlz0k/s1600/0_meatloaf-bread.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Ferry's Toe Finger Bread</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><b><u>INTERVIEW WITH FERRY BLACKWELL</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;">Hosted by <b><a href="http://catemasters.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cate Masters </a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">What do you love most about Halloween?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> Halloween's a joke, that's what I say! It’s better in hell on that boring day. I can't even scare, so there's nothing to win- the people <i>want</i> horror and are likely<i> </i>to sin. I'd rather lay low and bide my time, when the moment's right, I'll get what's mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Do you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">There was this one time, now let me see- I remember a Halloween treat that I baked just for me. I'd gathered my wits, then sought the ingredients, hoping to find a few fresh, young deviants. Mostly I needed fingers and toes, so I snatched them right up, despite all their woes. I sliced and diced, and baked my bread, even shared it graciously with those not yet dead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> <b>Have you ever had an unusual experience you can't explain?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> <i>I am</i> an unusual experience you can't explain! You won't see me coming, and then you'll know pain. (<i>Stands up, does a quick jig, then sits down again- grinning</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">What frightens you the most?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> The time I told you about the treat, that Halloween was not so sweet. You see, though the bread did taste grand, the people found me, guns in hand. I was scared when they shot me down, but I swore I'd be back to haunt their town. Now here I am, as you can tell- Ferry Blackwell's back from hell! (<i>Cackling laugh</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ever gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on your own?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> Bah! Ghosts are for babies! They can't even speak. Nothing scary about them, they're flimsy and weak.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Any favorite Halloween recipes you'd care to share?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 27px;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Lookie here! I'll grant your wish- Toe Finger Bread's my signature dish! It's so scrumptious, you'll surly agree. Next time I bake it, I shall slice some for thee.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7zbw9hYf4vXCHdfyHIzeS5AdOFrDpL2rcpX9NXUydOqPl11A-Nk-S_UYGpK0n0DtGWpxVDzCpl6JoWfETjFTAP38yRkQPOPl933nHAiqESiKULg2V_OVlkWB386bkgy4pmlhLcSy8L7Q/s1600/510lnJTW86L.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7zbw9hYf4vXCHdfyHIzeS5AdOFrDpL2rcpX9NXUydOqPl11A-Nk-S_UYGpK0n0DtGWpxVDzCpl6JoWfETjFTAP38yRkQPOPl933nHAiqESiKULg2V_OVlkWB386bkgy4pmlhLcSy8L7Q/s1600/510lnJTW86L.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lovecraft-Me-Sybil-Fogg/dp/1329695895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509465897&sr=8-1&keywords=lovecraft+me" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Preview the book on Amazon</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><i>Ferry Blackwell Strikes Again </i>is included in Lovecraft anthology published by the spooktacular Macabre Maine. Pick up a copy and give yourself a fright this Halloween!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1vBIqj3wcn_EsNEbwvzQO57cJNfgAwlKnJCHgR9nz2kLt9Q38V-Ui6kvW-y3ydWiPzIMau9UFNo0I3_cxDvF4sACx6u_ZLvcbIJS6jFFOnPRx2LzCguGy0rfGauZwH97CCGP2IGic_hdYOQWKx6ACOhz2OLM2XLLBhN4DePTlJe8dacFqqnwWSTWElk7/s4032/FullSizeRender%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1vBIqj3wcn_EsNEbwvzQO57cJNfgAwlKnJCHgR9nz2kLt9Q38V-Ui6kvW-y3ydWiPzIMau9UFNo0I3_cxDvF4sACx6u_ZLvcbIJS6jFFOnPRx2LzCguGy0rfGauZwH97CCGP2IGic_hdYOQWKx6ACOhz2OLM2XLLBhN4DePTlJe8dacFqqnwWSTWElk7/w371-h495/FullSizeRender%20(3).png" width="371" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-59964189389355940652023-10-09T05:00:00.001-04:002023-10-09T05:00:00.139-04:00Haunting October with Eleanor Skeleton<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="435" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Lh453Q9rCo" width="291" youtube-src-id="3Lh453Q9rCo"></iframe></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijE1AlQh6WqXNj0PtKKsP1CRynNCf4MRfu7ZrJZO-GGzem_sJ7ZtCJIsJSkSHKGceBE17vYYjJxiq9P1wzlixuuhMpWQFU9TSMERzRKZxJZCj9c04HPHm02hgsBLjOCzdzcGhjJALJH35PqRLq-XIA3UE6nGnJw5hdYcIiv9t5QXpRW888ZIWbqCGth_lE/s3780/45CD552F-DCE7-465F-A4F7-775E65E7B24F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijE1AlQh6WqXNj0PtKKsP1CRynNCf4MRfu7ZrJZO-GGzem_sJ7ZtCJIsJSkSHKGceBE17vYYjJxiq9P1wzlixuuhMpWQFU9TSMERzRKZxJZCj9c04HPHm02hgsBLjOCzdzcGhjJALJH35PqRLq-XIA3UE6nGnJw5hdYcIiv9t5QXpRW888ZIWbqCGth_lE/w203-h254/45CD552F-DCE7-465F-A4F7-775E65E7B24F.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Well hello fleshy humans! Welcome to October on Fairday's Blog. As per tradition, I'll be rattling my bones around the Begonia House, telling you chilling stories and keeping your hairs on end. It's frightfully delightful to entertain the spirits, and there's plenty of scares and sweets going around. Keep your head on straight and follow your goopy heart, make no bones about it!"</div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><u>FANTASTIC BOOKS TO FALL INTO THIS OCTOBER</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Children's Picture Books</b></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-witches-supermarket.html#comment-form" target="_blank"><i>The Witches Supermarket </i></a></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2017/10/will-goblins-get-rainbow.html#comment-form" target="_blank">The Rainbow Goblins </a></i></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2016/02/margos-musings-frederick-by-leo-lionni.html" target="_blank">Frederick</a></i></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>Middle Grade Books</b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><div><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2021/03/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-mmgm.html" target="_blank"><i>The Phantom Toll Booth </i></a></b></div><div><b><i><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2017/03/lizzys-review-do-you-hear-ticking.html" target="_blank">The House with a Clock in Its Walls</a></i></b></div><div><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/09/whats-behind-attic-wall.html#comment-form" target="_blank"><i>Behind the Attic Wall </i></a></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Other Gems</b></div><div><i><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-strange-planet-of-beings.html" target="_blank">Strange Planet</a></b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/edward-gorey-master-of-mystery.html" target="_blank">Edward Gorey</a></b></i></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>Movies</b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2013/10/who-is-in-woods.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Watcher in the Woods </a></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-happened-to-last-unicorn.html#comment-form" target="_blank">The Last Unicorn</a></b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>HALLOWEEN TOWN</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Be sure to read the comments!</i></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ57HD6_6Y75mlCcsktYh8AtKmkflhwXZI54LDjDKdObo3mNyPZaQeBQspkgsVMhh-EdUQ-1xtY6-qCY9UsnrkZzNXwfPvj-21WnkzrUHHiVKPspgmYwNYEySyquI4hKkrJYSTwoKcAemc86NOsTSp5LS69bK0ZoeY12uhnD1FwyhepGZH0h6etzszqGZr/s1600/greatpumpkin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="960" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ57HD6_6Y75mlCcsktYh8AtKmkflhwXZI54LDjDKdObo3mNyPZaQeBQspkgsVMhh-EdUQ-1xtY6-qCY9UsnrkZzNXwfPvj-21WnkzrUHHiVKPspgmYwNYEySyquI4hKkrJYSTwoKcAemc86NOsTSp5LS69bK0ZoeY12uhnD1FwyhepGZH0h6etzszqGZr/w253-h422/greatpumpkin2.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"La ti da, people. It's me, Great Pumpkin. Elly says yer lookin fer a scare. Well, I know jus' the place. Grab yer wits, an follow me ta Halloween Town, plenty of boos and boogie monsters to getcha!" <b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/10/monster-madness.html" target="_blank">Follow Great Pumpkin to Halloween Town</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FAERIE MARKET </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xsAzZEt_k6_mNqBvedzGIJVYgpFzNdNdGru3s-on-hhT4jeG0M3oSzvqyiRMn8p9zcO_Cw0hCbrMrVC_J1OuSrvphvPU5Zs6jjMsr8xC8sxZLkIPGrLxyfAmImSjdr0eYAC5qY4Q3pF0ptM2CifsW4wfemac0YFmmJ44wz-QjKh4cS0n2nEtfjTWV2pY/s1600/DSC05906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xsAzZEt_k6_mNqBvedzGIJVYgpFzNdNdGru3s-on-hhT4jeG0M3oSzvqyiRMn8p9zcO_Cw0hCbrMrVC_J1OuSrvphvPU5Zs6jjMsr8xC8sxZLkIPGrLxyfAmImSjdr0eYAC5qY4Q3pF0ptM2CifsW4wfemac0YFmmJ44wz-QjKh4cS0n2nEtfjTWV2pY/w305-h407/DSC05906.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Hello, Dearies. Did you know that if you eat a banana before noon it's like gold, and if you eat it before two it's like silver, after that it has no power. Want more tidbits of magic? <b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-faeire-market.html" target="_blank">Follow Eldrich to the Faerie Market </a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/p/its-perfect-time-of-year-for-spooky.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">TAKE A SPOOKY STROLL</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfmaGeAbipzESvAk68Fk3B9Ay86x-bLfyZE04XZuVMOhqxTSpmT4DdfydBmK0etf2GGg0a2_pkJB641Yy9cr_Z83rpFS00U_GE6J1bCIVphpP5hyjVSy_xIr9J-jdgpCfuo-7f0OxYzwcSJnUD4tk4fBLwNFHZic6dUvKvnFReren8CgmM7xPELl3wIZE/s713/Night%20Garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="713" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfmaGeAbipzESvAk68Fk3B9Ay86x-bLfyZE04XZuVMOhqxTSpmT4DdfydBmK0etf2GGg0a2_pkJB641Yy9cr_Z83rpFS00U_GE6J1bCIVphpP5hyjVSy_xIr9J-jdgpCfuo-7f0OxYzwcSJnUD4tk4fBLwNFHZic6dUvKvnFReren8CgmM7xPELl3wIZE/w396-h311/Night%20Garden.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GfFIJ3006xzfxidigCtMc6o2mJ-4jSfsTIVmvIhfFrQU5CZoUyMFoDpAx-ibjiyF0GbjkZ92_eIPSpMNFMik8BgjxAmpcqqk9lZxvOAhMMeYhMDhgPisS8wqol_AkhCdLCA-AQAFvmtU1pT_MNnMNB4Pn2tKF3uRsPxKp7t8h7PwOrdOzvjmSJZgojVB/s4029/FullSizeRender.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2645" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GfFIJ3006xzfxidigCtMc6o2mJ-4jSfsTIVmvIhfFrQU5CZoUyMFoDpAx-ibjiyF0GbjkZ92_eIPSpMNFMik8BgjxAmpcqqk9lZxvOAhMMeYhMDhgPisS8wqol_AkhCdLCA-AQAFvmtU1pT_MNnMNB4Pn2tKF3uRsPxKp7t8h7PwOrdOzvjmSJZgojVB/w326-h496/FullSizeRender.png" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Stephanie Robinson casting story spells</b></i></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ah, the <b><a href="https://www.ctfaire.com/" target="_blank">Connecticut Renaissance Faire</a></b>.<i> </i>What could be finer than a day spent with colorful characters greeting you with a hearty, <i>Huzzzah!</i> Catching whiffs of fried dough and baked potatoes seasoning the air. Mingling with artisans at an eclectic market, and watching happy faire-goers finding secret treasures along their way. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>Who wouldn't want to stay for a spell?</i></span><span> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lFJhB-1luxHQdCWkRwKLYdUdC5WbDzOuKS5wDKd8HJK2ojCfEMSj-8I_6pcvXtts8fhq97RrK1A02YhfvWOFeqytpOjsLSW9K1XEBBl7Nc38ib7iwyISMP_Eyn165WimJubi8P9UUz47E-PaDVEnv5gfQndBqiPaK7rAw3yL5wX7Vi9rDSQhmHQ3zHZY/s2345/FullSizeRender%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2345" data-original-width="1942" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lFJhB-1luxHQdCWkRwKLYdUdC5WbDzOuKS5wDKd8HJK2ojCfEMSj-8I_6pcvXtts8fhq97RrK1A02YhfvWOFeqytpOjsLSW9K1XEBBl7Nc38ib7iwyISMP_Eyn165WimJubi8P9UUz47E-PaDVEnv5gfQndBqiPaK7rAw3yL5wX7Vi9rDSQhmHQ3zHZY/w331-h400/FullSizeRender%20(2).png" width="331" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We feel delighted to be a part of the magic, and we sprinkled in mystery from the classic author booth on Shady Lane. The Connecticut Renaissance Faire offers this cozy nook to local authors to help spread the love of reading. We appreciate their support for local authors. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's always a pleasure talking to readers about <i>The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow</i>, <i>Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library, </i>and hinting at clues from the third book in progress,<i> Fairday Morrow and the Master's Emporium. </i>This Labor Day the faire brewed up plenty of good vibes, and we told our story to curious passersby who inquired about the mystery of the Begonia House. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Once invited in, let the story begin...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65gNlR77ebUJWF5RRRCv4rmxPlH3AQMpBO5Mhn5AuTnd8a99DDNGGB4uBj6yE9MTsDGg_-CcwMtjCxTF0YzIfVRRc-gKJnESRLcm1jRt_uARNABQH0PtemA9GZMptQ3WOi4F2bcMycuIWyTdojLAKDWDpdCUxZkpko7O2r7u1DuGh785xTQnUzkQtLD8N/s3189/FullSizeRender%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2676" height="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65gNlR77ebUJWF5RRRCv4rmxPlH3AQMpBO5Mhn5AuTnd8a99DDNGGB4uBj6yE9MTsDGg_-CcwMtjCxTF0YzIfVRRc-gKJnESRLcm1jRt_uARNABQH0PtemA9GZMptQ3WOi4F2bcMycuIWyTdojLAKDWDpdCUxZkpko7O2r7u1DuGh785xTQnUzkQtLD8N/w419-h499/FullSizeRender%20(1).png" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Jess Haight asking curious readers, "Are you in the mood for a mystery?" </b></i></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"In book one, <i>The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow</i>, eleven-year old Fairday and her family move from Manhattan to a small town in Connecticut, where her parents have bought a big, spooky, crumbling Victorian Manor called the Begonia House. They want to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, but after Fairday moves in strange occurrences start happening, and she finds out that an unsolved mystery had taken place in her home. Fairday and her friends, Lizzy and Marcus, in the Detective Mystery Squad, piece together clues to find out what happened in the house, and what they uncover is more shocking then they could have ever imagined. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first mystery wraps up, and in book two, <i>Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library</i>, Fairday finds out that the Begonia House is hiding more secrets when she receives a worrisome note from a mysterious librarian warning that words in stories are vanishing, and that a bookworm is eating them. Fairday and the DMS are on the case to save the stories! 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIixkKmNRlmspbKxgTSG49HVcMytuoMx_w6CU0y-Zp6yfelOIt6R9DS1-4jwJu7seHjuHB2K4PTuaci_mPzj2wAyf4XufvlgdwViQa4JT__xkxt28obm91_0ag9yhLXBGPqme96Ic6sQSYK4R5Sm-foXFMHVhFt1-okCG-cuaQyrfV7nNIRuXMBXpfDFi/s276/paneer.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIixkKmNRlmspbKxgTSG49HVcMytuoMx_w6CU0y-Zp6yfelOIt6R9DS1-4jwJu7seHjuHB2K4PTuaci_mPzj2wAyf4XufvlgdwViQa4JT__xkxt28obm91_0ag9yhLXBGPqme96Ic6sQSYK4R5Sm-foXFMHVhFt1-okCG-cuaQyrfV7nNIRuXMBXpfDFi/s1600/paneer.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lekha Divekar is the only Indian American in her small town. She was born in America, but she thinks other people see her as an outsider. Lekha feels like she is two people; the girl who does her best to blend in and be invisible at school, and the girl at home who is happy eating Indian food and watching old Bollywood movies. Trying to balance it all is hard. But Lekha can't stand being called names because of her culture and having kids make fun of her because they say she smells funny. Her best friend and neighbor, Noah, is the only one who knows both sides of her. Neither of them feels strong enough to stand up to the kids who are being mean. When a new Desi girls moves in, Lekha thinks all her prayers have been answered. Now she will have a friend who understands all her struggles. But when she meets Avantika she realizes that the new girl has moved to the small town straight from India and doesn't feel the same way as Lekha. Now that there are two Desi girls in school will Lekha be able to blend in? Will there be a time when Lekha will use her voice? You'll have to read this enlightening book to find out!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><i style="font-family: times;"><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><i style="font-family: times;">American as Paneer Pie</i><span style="font-family: times;"> by Supriya Kelkar is up for the Intermediate Nutmeg Award and I can see why! The characters tugged at my heart, and I also loved learning about Indian culture. Middle school is hard, so I can imagine that a lot of kids try to blend in, but for Lekha it's an even bigger deal. I felt bad for her thinking about how hard it was for her to live two lives. She kept finding herself in tough spots where she was going to disappoint her family, her swim team, or herself. When she has a decision to make during Diwali, the most important holiday of the year for her family, my heart broke for her. The kids in her town don't celebrate Diwali and to them it is just another day. It made me think about important holidays in other cultures and religions. It must be hard if you celebrate a holiday and no one else in your town does, so people expect you to do regular every day things. I like how the book helped me learn about Indian foods and traditions. I would recommend this book to people in 4th grade and up who like realistic fiction and stories about standing up for ourselves and what we believe. I can't wait to read another book by this author. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anyone else read </span><i style="font-family: times;">American as Paneer Pie?</i><span style="font-family: times;"> Or have you read another book by Supriya Kelkar? We'd love to hear your thoughts!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Happy Reading!<br />~L</span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc; font-family: times; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-47238364819030319322023-07-24T05:00:00.066-04:002023-07-24T10:04:40.096-04:00Color, Creation, and Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkOJ3UHEd0tr4Kx3iOKwSR9oCL4-GSkK-G3NjoKELY-VvyOJN3fPWOSWIssVmxaF6JhAi3PtyQl9FYyKQt4cUte7WVrgf4HtkiejHqeqDZTrD56vQlTXViMUsXD0lbnrX-8FMhmfv48xeY0qjOJiejpiRNsrbqjMzEVHp_SfjUsiWNvB1u-Z7ihVaJDmd/s3405/Seven%20Royal%20Colors%20Play%20Rainbow%20Ride.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3405" data-original-width="2613" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkOJ3UHEd0tr4Kx3iOKwSR9oCL4-GSkK-G3NjoKELY-VvyOJN3fPWOSWIssVmxaF6JhAi3PtyQl9FYyKQt4cUte7WVrgf4HtkiejHqeqDZTrD56vQlTXViMUsXD0lbnrX-8FMhmfv48xeY0qjOJiejpiRNsrbqjMzEVHp_SfjUsiWNvB1u-Z7ihVaJDmd/w475-h616/Seven%20Royal%20Colors%20Play%20Rainbow%20Ride.png" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;">"Seven Royal Colors Play Rainbow Ride"</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Who but I peeps from the unhewn dolmen arch? </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(excerpt taken from a translation of the ancient poem, <i>Amergin</i> in <i>The White Goddess</i> by Robert Graves)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Hello, Readers! Sometimes stories are channeled through art. My mind tends to travel down random conceptual tangents that wind up linking different ideas together. Skipping around on the creative path, no matter where it leads, permits me to follow along and let creative spirit show the way. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">As creation grows, so do stories. I like to listen to audio books while I work. Many of the books I listen to are about philosophy and quantum science, two topics I love to engage with. The books I digest influence my creative work, and I think it's interesting to see the elements that appear in a finished project. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">There is a lot happening on the story front these days; the 3rd book in the Fairday Morrow series.</span><i style="font-size: large;"> The Master's Emporium</i><span style="font-size: large;">, is in the works, along with a WIP that's been brewing up a storm lately. So, while the story cauldron is simmering, here are some of the art projects I've recently completed. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The more you look, the more you see; truth lies betwixt the lines. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Nature's spirits are my muse, and when I explore the essence of natural patterns on a deeper level,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I always find myself lost in a mad splash of matter. After all, that's where it's all happening! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmoD-H_4pWsPreiptW_7gK_JKh55ev9DMz_PdYp9BgdeGWtuyh3jMV1SsdSkdwb1HSZCAVbBjOZidDYZGkMu-zaX_8EFnVgEmhHC7i2k86to5-l4oe2OTWvxcbGj8wFX72BljDbSiR1Kam5fqynWaDqyhdeCp_0IGLAOLK67Utfp0lZZYaNYvmgSiwwLT/s4032/Myxtress%20Molasses.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmoD-H_4pWsPreiptW_7gK_JKh55ev9DMz_PdYp9BgdeGWtuyh3jMV1SsdSkdwb1HSZCAVbBjOZidDYZGkMu-zaX_8EFnVgEmhHC7i2k86to5-l4oe2OTWvxcbGj8wFX72BljDbSiR1Kam5fqynWaDqyhdeCp_0IGLAOLK67Utfp0lZZYaNYvmgSiwwLT/w348-h464/Myxtress%20Molasses.png" width="348" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>Myxtress Molasses</i>" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Microscopic Modern Art </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLt2RQOPl4X5mQh0tGEJQqBarinyKDv_Z5CRn6Auv9AtVrAif2b3iriAXPzSfpYyw4YKqhdpQdgf4mq1jDuLfDJXN7N5SbFZYOZSKlqkwrQDpWwqURZOxi6J7yxvdp1zEsi2I8ZvkoHVUdN_QaBhKYgfJAkGY_7CAnWhIXS49JlLBqGrVPSbg7TNA5cYj/s3732/Dream%20Dragon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2823" data-original-width="3732" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLt2RQOPl4X5mQh0tGEJQqBarinyKDv_Z5CRn6Auv9AtVrAif2b3iriAXPzSfpYyw4YKqhdpQdgf4mq1jDuLfDJXN7N5SbFZYOZSKlqkwrQDpWwqURZOxi6J7yxvdp1zEsi2I8ZvkoHVUdN_QaBhKYgfJAkGY_7CAnWhIXS49JlLBqGrVPSbg7TNA5cYj/w487-h369/Dream%20Dragon.png" width="487" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>Dream Dragon</i>" </span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Dream Dragon waking</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Knock, knock Skull of Forever</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Three fold vibe power</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bsUA1EGR0N5oSd3gJGe1lyBdigxnlfT3XcMfVdDkZ6SWbWJresi2hIvPf2OsZQAKd1cWILOCrzi7qIl7Ek7sTVpKdiqRzfgQcaENP_KQTQbVCF02enz7qzuMb8meGo4BQvqdgpPuNlymrycJXJYVa0Hry_ftnsokw2H6Lo4FBx4D8VEXJZy8R2YSM1Tc/s3658/Sorceress%20Purpura's%20Spell.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3658" data-original-width="2869" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bsUA1EGR0N5oSd3gJGe1lyBdigxnlfT3XcMfVdDkZ6SWbWJresi2hIvPf2OsZQAKd1cWILOCrzi7qIl7Ek7sTVpKdiqRzfgQcaENP_KQTQbVCF02enz7qzuMb8meGo4BQvqdgpPuNlymrycJXJYVa0Hry_ftnsokw2H6Lo4FBx4D8VEXJZy8R2YSM1Tc/w482-h614/Sorceress%20Purpura's%20Spell.png" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>Sorceress Purpura's Spell</i>" </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Conjuring violet in the Skull of Forever</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Spin, spin Rainbow Ride</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Purpura’s spell, call a star</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Spin, spin Rainbow Ride</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>When is now, and not so far </i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Spin, spin Rainbow Ride</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Xeerimoops, a stranger way</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Spin, spin Rainbow Rid</span><span class="s2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">e</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Skull of Forever in play</i></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM1uFPvwn9ad03lobambM_9p_QHtpxmpq0hODl3MSAC60QQnrvbZ7DndPROpGh77olJgdRrFbo1af09udCsLZS31h6INEXE-zSkFXvaLCzTxty0QjrbVXPSNiVtjFwdHgc39i8i_fAkIGzTsqZA3z1hlU-GHAPP8nuT8GXrY-Y_nHspybr260rtVnWckD/s3671/Colors%20Dancing%20in%20Mind.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3671" data-original-width="2761" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM1uFPvwn9ad03lobambM_9p_QHtpxmpq0hODl3MSAC60QQnrvbZ7DndPROpGh77olJgdRrFbo1af09udCsLZS31h6INEXE-zSkFXvaLCzTxty0QjrbVXPSNiVtjFwdHgc39i8i_fAkIGzTsqZA3z1hlU-GHAPP8nuT8GXrY-Y_nHspybr260rtVnWckD/w482-h640/Colors%20Dancing%20in%20Mind.png" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>Colors Dancing in MIND"</i> </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQd-Rd3D2hjX0lZOzFcRC6oz8fWxeVXLAx-x1-CCtQvIgn8TZ-YGhCnWnM0VFkzsyyQva5O4biSM_5i5q0jZU4S9akxyW4GDiUAQIq_t8q48PXfIYa6oUbJB0JmTVbi6HjNPUDQ6BSGcf-6X3deF2_vwSHLUnYuFtPmezwykkoncNediG059fUfCrFL4p/s3443/Color%20Storm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="2579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQd-Rd3D2hjX0lZOzFcRC6oz8fWxeVXLAx-x1-CCtQvIgn8TZ-YGhCnWnM0VFkzsyyQva5O4biSM_5i5q0jZU4S9akxyW4GDiUAQIq_t8q48PXfIYa6oUbJB0JmTVbi6HjNPUDQ6BSGcf-6X3deF2_vwSHLUnYuFtPmezwykkoncNediG059fUfCrFL4p/w480-h640/Color%20Storm.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>Color Storm"</i> </span></b></div><div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are clues about the stories and more artwork at <b><a href="https://www.cottagefive.com/crystal-creations" target="_blank">Cottagefive.com</a> </b>if you're interested in putting some of the pieces of the puzzle together. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.cottagefive.com/" target="_blank">Cottagefive.com</a></b> is my art website where you will find drawings, paintings, copper wire characters, mood candles, Microscopic Modern Art, and more! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my art. I love to share ideas and spark imagination. Enjoy the colors! They are eternally light and free. 😍💖</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">~Jess</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yd7NVLRZNn4kZQIcmDTKfNF0PBfbnZBLJT7VDWHUarWGQuwYnMxr03gpAtcpItgjUHxqZzXhBttidCbwNsiIyoxhHCaKxZn7erOJcX9J2l68PqfYAMn2WTt3vuUg7dEQvdjqCed_dUK2-RW4Dd2d_K5opKdLQNhpIbFY1BLh4gvbS8JWml8kDyiHqb3j/s3273/CopperMermaid:%20clam%20shell.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3273" data-original-width="2529" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yd7NVLRZNn4kZQIcmDTKfNF0PBfbnZBLJT7VDWHUarWGQuwYnMxr03gpAtcpItgjUHxqZzXhBttidCbwNsiIyoxhHCaKxZn7erOJcX9J2l68PqfYAMn2WTt3vuUg7dEQvdjqCed_dUK2-RW4Dd2d_K5opKdLQNhpIbFY1BLh4gvbS8JWml8kDyiHqb3j/w328-h425/CopperMermaid:%20clam%20shell.png" width="328" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Copper wire mermaid on fluorite stone/ clam shell</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EUW6CGGqe1dbLr2Ewey_tx58zE3Z4qFGt4Ra2JTfePMAJXAJelRpMtXmCv9Da27pjxG5JhfIt5ZSQ-fXadeXDqbFjEmTAB-confEV_ocGJX0E2MIKEjyQTW6vaYpHwO4KWQn1ikiwSOV5NDdD4CQ6RqaWEJ7HMpdMrOk0gXmW6eLAp4T3QdSJ3rZuD1A/s4032/FullSizeRender%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="511" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EUW6CGGqe1dbLr2Ewey_tx58zE3Z4qFGt4Ra2JTfePMAJXAJelRpMtXmCv9Da27pjxG5JhfIt5ZSQ-fXadeXDqbFjEmTAB-confEV_ocGJX0E2MIKEjyQTW6vaYpHwO4KWQn1ikiwSOV5NDdD4CQ6RqaWEJ7HMpdMrOk0gXmW6eLAp4T3QdSJ3rZuD1A/w383-h511/FullSizeRender%20(2).png" width="383" /></a></div>"Dancing with Spirits" </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mood candle art</i></div></i></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-21935620454173929382023-07-05T05:00:00.000-04:002023-07-05T05:00:00.144-04:00Views From the Pond May/June<p>I was hoping to do one post for May and one for June, but life had other plans. So, like last time, I will be sharing pictures from my pond over the last two months. Although May and June proved to be very busy months, I did find moments to sit outside and soak up the sights, sounds, and smells of Spring and early Summer. Of course, much of Mother Nature needs to be absorbed in person and I just wasn't fast enough to catch many of the visitors to the pond and yard. Maybe next time! </p><p>Every day I see the pond and surrounding area look so different depending on the light and shadows. It is beautiful and amazing. I can see why Monet created so many paintings of his water garden. The every changing views are good for the soul! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQGTF3dEh9p054Y3ar6FDKRPaoMuFpZ390FcV_MI8pcTsuYoIHNvGiqdKpAGwPkVzWbk624AMKAEG8KxJkDLceck0dwsq7T_5bOJyzdit-eEq-2Z3lN4sm97RDqWLrDp591nr9-wPpBaQrC2evkWfkGw-2VrOLNNFtch0mYxKUt_qwSMF2enzz0KXIhNb/s640/IMG_1252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQGTF3dEh9p054Y3ar6FDKRPaoMuFpZ390FcV_MI8pcTsuYoIHNvGiqdKpAGwPkVzWbk624AMKAEG8KxJkDLceck0dwsq7T_5bOJyzdit-eEq-2Z3lN4sm97RDqWLrDp591nr9-wPpBaQrC2evkWfkGw-2VrOLNNFtch0mYxKUt_qwSMF2enzz0KXIhNb/s320/IMG_1252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JtiOtC11vHiPJLHgf-usmxvHqompVBliZdOEDFvkhPCIf_hfe-YqNO2O2XmSXNUi3_KH8cVzlkPE7R_IMey4b02uZsvms0pInXK-oHRzdRqrYMiMlKEFZOnJpW1HTYdr7qpXgQ19gOKElMmrv6aSynsakw7V-5UkemaLrEPZxjzmUM55-lrBQD0OmJz-/s640/IMG_1254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The pond got down to a puddle and the brook dried up. The frogs and other animals were so sad. I hope this summer will have the right amount of rain for all the creatures big and small. I'll keep you posted!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-47326362282166887932023-06-26T05:00:00.001-04:002023-06-26T05:00:00.136-04:00Marvelous Middle Grade Monday # MMGM Book Review: The War I Finally Won l by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYv9-V-Yx8TpFEfRgQWvNjkvhBEX5hmCIQ1QzlUGfVy5i4O0dRCbQgS8ADt83YWVbCTdlcfL1WiY-4aGm1aMrUPlzfkcCDyjQ6nbVIXYdBiTMLbD_xmhqt7M1d3iTXt7LdhzfSNspo7grXOgFEARA4SP8nKqj-7LZZL_6YALfZSFnNXXCCL6NkaBL6g/s277/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYv9-V-Yx8TpFEfRgQWvNjkvhBEX5hmCIQ1QzlUGfVy5i4O0dRCbQgS8ADt83YWVbCTdlcfL1WiY-4aGm1aMrUPlzfkcCDyjQ6nbVIXYdBiTMLbD_xmhqt7M1d3iTXt7LdhzfSNspo7grXOgFEARA4SP8nKqj-7LZZL_6YALfZSFnNXXCCL6NkaBL6g/s1600/download.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="color: #1d2228;">The War I Finally Won</i><span style="color: #1d2228;"> picks up right where </span><i style="color: #1d2228;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2016/09/can-war-save-lives.html#comment-form" target="_blank">The War That Saved My Life</a> </i><span style="color: #1d2228;">ended. Adad had her surgery to correct her foot and there is a world of possibiliries awaiting her. She and her brother, Jamie, are living with Susan Smith, who has been caring for them more than their own mother ever did back in London. Sadly, they are no longer living in Susan‘s comforting house as it was bombed. They’re living in a cottage that belongs to Lady Thorton. This new house is dark and dismal, but they are making do. Lady Thorton is a little sharp tongued and cold, making Ada feel tense. Things become a little more difficult when a teenage girl named Ruth comes to live with them from Germany. Lady Thorton is not happy, but she has to allow it. Could Ruth be a spy? With the war going on and all the changes in her life, Ada has no choice but to change and grow. Who will she be?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #1d2228;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;">I absolutely adored </span><i style="font-family: times;">The War I Finally Won</i><span style="font-family: times;">. Ada is a characters who touched my soul and made me care about her and the things that she’s gone though. I was hoping now that she and Jamie are officially with Susan that there life would be easy. But, the times weren't easy and war brings a lot of sadness, and Ada had tough things to experience. I enjoyed getting to see old friends from the first book like Maggie and I enjoyed meeting new ones. It was interesting trying to figure the new characters out! The characters will definitely stay with me, as they have made their way into my heart! This is a great sequel to a wonderful book and one I would recommend to anyone who loves historical fiction and is 9 years old and up. I bet even people who aren't fans of historical fiction will be captivated by Ida, Jamie, Susan, and their story. I definitely look forward to reading more books by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.<br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anyone else read </span><i style="font-family: times;">The War I Finally Won</i><span style="font-family: times;">? Or have your read another book by </span><span style="font-family: times;">Kimberly Brubaker Bradley</span><span style="font-family: times;">? We’d love to hear your thoughts!</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;">~L</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-14927427609458092312023-05-30T02:42:00.000-04:002023-05-30T02:42:21.769-04:00Flora Fireworks and Forest Feels...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbRcZJC45VIWHBnPM2n8oen5JT996SnLAJetupz6yfdZSuqk1pVIMyKIsNpXSA2u3WkpN7T1Zze__XLV-dse4MsWixxVgDPvwTJ7JLgRIyEA07kdYUwo8fW1-dYWm6mOgh2gYm0XRcP3TUv6LqseoFZP7xzvYQrNU66QKUhOlXoGRH9p7eJ5QXFr4VQ/s2930/IMG_0218.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="2173" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbRcZJC45VIWHBnPM2n8oen5JT996SnLAJetupz6yfdZSuqk1pVIMyKIsNpXSA2u3WkpN7T1Zze__XLV-dse4MsWixxVgDPvwTJ7JLgRIyEA07kdYUwo8fW1-dYWm6mOgh2gYm0XRcP3TUv6LqseoFZP7xzvYQrNU66QKUhOlXoGRH9p7eJ5QXFr4VQ/w199-h267/IMG_0218.png" width="199" /></a></div><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>By the faintest breath of Persephone's rise, flowers pick peeping eyes. Conjuring colors to dainty petal, Nature simmers spells in a kettle. </i><i>Pattern, line, shadow, light; divine elements brewed up right. Once a charm is set in stone, its power ripples through flesh and bone.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemUi68p8HtRq7tYABJBrj-kloubV3yDhVXPYayCZwRvmLpJia_mbNOJMOMKuQLjXD-M0PddaEv1LtJJopcStDj6MiNmljNLppyiHIpG3AqBECxGuYzMKq4fU0EjGF43emM3ESlDZONKb-knIyRIYpMojnDWYQn6s1YVLnkPXuwfzVnM9odHIJlG2ryg/s3537/IMG_9852.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="3537" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemUi68p8HtRq7tYABJBrj-kloubV3yDhVXPYayCZwRvmLpJia_mbNOJMOMKuQLjXD-M0PddaEv1LtJJopcStDj6MiNmljNLppyiHIpG3AqBECxGuYzMKq4fU0EjGF43emM3ESlDZONKb-knIyRIYpMojnDWYQn6s1YVLnkPXuwfzVnM9odHIJlG2ryg/w466-h147/IMG_9852.png" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1StVK7_BAvF9gsZkFFD0yR-xjehenv8AcggUeiJiSaEO80G-AI4vN9ezJP7ImWvZwSitOPoFaiKoNQW8ZAN7MOxJmnQX8THqW5D4MxwVhPiUdtmIA-AgmX2wchXigd1zZh1ns-I7AZnxGV13XKpywGDqYuX_1d4pHPruUkLni3zpZLtDWhjPrd4LIXQ/s2048/22AE99F8-E698-4A64-985B-49807A1B804D.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1StVK7_BAvF9gsZkFFD0yR-xjehenv8AcggUeiJiSaEO80G-AI4vN9ezJP7ImWvZwSitOPoFaiKoNQW8ZAN7MOxJmnQX8THqW5D4MxwVhPiUdtmIA-AgmX2wchXigd1zZh1ns-I7AZnxGV13XKpywGDqYuX_1d4pHPruUkLni3zpZLtDWhjPrd4LIXQ/w470-h470/22AE99F8-E698-4A64-985B-49807A1B804D.png" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Microscopic Modern Art by Jess Haight: </i><b><a href="https://www.cottagefive.com/">Cottagefive.com</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Spring Bouquet"— bleeding heart, azalea, lilac, dandelion, forest flowers</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New England is blooming; flora showing off like fireworks, breeze smelling sweet. I invite you to frolic with the flowers and bask in their earthly patterns. Tip-toe through the tulips, eternity spins divine—no matter the measure. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXybacJ0eqPO08KfvpZa3jxVlWdrJnR-zegrYoCsjQ-nMcLJTuacFInK6T0U4x4w42qQ2zgZPeRNIl0Yv55jG6XqrThopLdqsuOGD8KBVxVYSuBpWQnnevR0v4C6ZEIb0RvKV2QQ0dEqFoE7vUFRDEgkWD2jhGZafc_vD1aWipkH3_uVqFBA7V-6E46A/s2993/FullSizeRender%20(19).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="2993" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXybacJ0eqPO08KfvpZa3jxVlWdrJnR-zegrYoCsjQ-nMcLJTuacFInK6T0U4x4w42qQ2zgZPeRNIl0Yv55jG6XqrThopLdqsuOGD8KBVxVYSuBpWQnnevR0v4C6ZEIb0RvKV2QQ0dEqFoE7vUFRDEgkWD2jhGZafc_vD1aWipkH3_uVqFBA7V-6E46A/w419-h327/FullSizeRender%20(19).png" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"Sorcerer Lazuli" </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When we saw </span><i style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Barnabus Project </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on display at our local library this past weekend I have to admit, I couldn’t wait to read it. I was curious about what it would be about and totally understood why my little sister, Margo, ran to it and snatched it off the table.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLh_vpePjh13EIV43FO_V5kERkmiySqrrK3qbsWwUEosw66hX8IxPTn4zxZJcW0Pcu598raF24dvXlxQ6gS7ICSuKjWc-MQUrB1VpluR1-YcydaVJ3DcSHRa2pUyCU-nXvZW8uuPry2Lg7QdWjFfk7DqyLksJCTvrox6hbzkgxyvKLiBpo5XbRFq_Jrw/s226/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="226" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLh_vpePjh13EIV43FO_V5kERkmiySqrrK3qbsWwUEosw66hX8IxPTn4zxZJcW0Pcu598raF24dvXlxQ6gS7ICSuKjWc-MQUrB1VpluR1-YcydaVJ3DcSHRa2pUyCU-nXvZW8uuPry2Lg7QdWjFfk7DqyLksJCTvrox6hbzkgxyvKLiBpo5XbRFq_Jrw/s1600/download.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Barnabus lives in a lab because he is a Perfect Pet. He lives near his friends and the men in the green suits come and feed him his favorite foods- cheese and peanuts. One day the guys in green suits come in to check on Barnabus and the others in his area and they are all rejected. They don't meet the standard for a Perfect Pet and this means they need to go back to the starting point and become a perfect mouse or elephant, not a mouse/elephant. But Barnabus is worried that becoming perfect may mean he doesn’t love his favorite foods or the things that make him him. His friends are worried too and they realize the only thing they can do is escape. But can they do it before the men In green come back? Where will they go? How will they survive? They aren’t sure, but they know they have to do it!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I0QEtT5XUImtx5BxTDICl5LDgufe3gyVMS8spU-g8x19qOOkx2IBpvHHEQCvKzNT-RbQParlzYOkshnllOhOjt0ogkIgKzSVmiOX7wkk2xbOt0E2sDZQMGaE1l8rKPvHKQSvITm_LsCv08RwNLkIrwDHVCRkjrZ_dSqBMPwo7U4YoD2WwB-B3jL0iA/s1225/1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1225" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I0QEtT5XUImtx5BxTDICl5LDgufe3gyVMS8spU-g8x19qOOkx2IBpvHHEQCvKzNT-RbQParlzYOkshnllOhOjt0ogkIgKzSVmiOX7wkk2xbOt0E2sDZQMGaE1l8rKPvHKQSvITm_LsCv08RwNLkIrwDHVCRkjrZ_dSqBMPwo7U4YoD2WwB-B3jL0iA/s320/1.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">The illustrations in this story are absolutely beautiful. So many details are hidden within the pages and there are new things to discover with every reading. The creatures are fascinating to look at, and I had fun pouring over the pages. The colors really set the mood of the story and turning each page was a true delight. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofBr7SrbSb9IB4bCP24v9_T0Ys1c9lEn7R_pKe6ujjegWGYddgUOJTdGh2OgJXH5Y0Y9zpe9YG_H55pIHuMA0M1fs_mkMuvsy-2Gd0dVGvXxoOyqqkbONq0bKr89OV1ZZI-lqVpHVPGu3yMUieJ529813eJQg2G2HwY9mJrTtd7D_qFsbc3bTo2GHKQ/s1200/Capture2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1200" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofBr7SrbSb9IB4bCP24v9_T0Ys1c9lEn7R_pKe6ujjegWGYddgUOJTdGh2OgJXH5Y0Y9zpe9YG_H55pIHuMA0M1fs_mkMuvsy-2Gd0dVGvXxoOyqqkbONq0bKr89OV1ZZI-lqVpHVPGu3yMUieJ529813eJQg2G2HwY9mJrTtd7D_qFsbc3bTo2GHKQ/s320/Capture2.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">I love the messages In this book because teamwork is crucial and it’s important to be who you are. I enjoyed the book for the complexities in the story, and Margo loved the simplicity. The story offers similar takeaways to people of all ages, but it also offers something different depending on the reader's age. That helps make this a truly special book for the whole family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZISOEEoyq7PKoYEspQ9z7hYFrxP_gtytdRxhdnai7NM5ZvBQmE8Bc1F6zPUktUL2X7Ght9Gak2IN8OR7T9aoE-kB_feiNHRaMdCVP9KZGtXNXJMyuHaserWmsY07zBIrMzQ07dIr3W4QYW4Ms9hqCjEsrGeCbs9LrwZ11paVHVegfT5IBjtTaNmKUw/s783/Capture4.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="783" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZISOEEoyq7PKoYEspQ9z7hYFrxP_gtytdRxhdnai7NM5ZvBQmE8Bc1F6zPUktUL2X7Ght9Gak2IN8OR7T9aoE-kB_feiNHRaMdCVP9KZGtXNXJMyuHaserWmsY07zBIrMzQ07dIr3W4QYW4Ms9hqCjEsrGeCbs9LrwZ11paVHVegfT5IBjtTaNmKUw/s320/Capture4.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">I think kids and adults of any age can enjoy this book together (or alone). The Fan Brothers worked together to create this masterpiece and it has been a treat to read and reread. I highly recommend this book and am sure it will become a favorite after the first reading. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrthIsTow0TpT4Eqo4Z-ipJxeFGEr6715fSChCHeOJOrf-6-GsgYZV5cvU8-IFx4KDzh6zPPBgkQNBHtiFnO_6di9wpuj4_uNkF2q5XcOXakjYPynt4Fqd-0ugXID8P0WiLMxH0iB7UcM56OElhRCx4gOpXcJZBh6lL1cJKq2dT6vNTDyvLe3rDcyeg/s906/Capture5.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="906" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrthIsTow0TpT4Eqo4Z-ipJxeFGEr6715fSChCHeOJOrf-6-GsgYZV5cvU8-IFx4KDzh6zPPBgkQNBHtiFnO_6di9wpuj4_uNkF2q5XcOXakjYPynt4Fqd-0ugXID8P0WiLMxH0iB7UcM56OElhRCx4gOpXcJZBh6lL1cJKq2dT6vNTDyvLe3rDcyeg/s320/Capture5.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Has anyone else read <i>The Barnabus Project</i>? Or have you read another book by The Fan Brothers? We’d love to hear your thoughts!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Happy Reading!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">~F</div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-76036688714320607662023-05-01T05:00:00.001-04:002023-05-01T05:00:00.144-04:00Views From the Pond- March/April<p>Over the last year and a half I have moved to a new house (it was quite a process). One of my favorite things about my new space is the small pond in the front yard. Although it wasn't on my list of things I "needed" when I was house hunting, it turns out it <i>was </i>something I needed in my life. </p><p>Depending on the season, there is a house or two visible in the distance, as the pond is close to my street (which is very quiet most of the time). If I sit on my front porch I can see and hear the pond and the babbling brook that feeds into it. There is also space close to the pond to sit and relax. Over the last year I have watched the daily changes and have marveled in the animals that come to visit. In the evening, the sounds of crickets and frogs mingling with owls and other night creatures creates a symphony that changes daily. </p><p>I decided to share my views with all of you- so this is the first of a new regular monthly feature on Fairday's Blog. </p><p>These pictures are all from this past March and April. I love the Mallard ducks that visit most days! I talk to them and call them Lord and Lady Quackerly. Some mornings it is hard to leave for work because there is so much to observe at home. You will notice algae in some pictures, and that is a new addition. There wasn't even a trace of algae in the pond until after the pond came back from a drought we had last summer/fall (it lasted for about 3 months and the pond became a puddle). </p><p>This post contains a lot of pictures because I am sharing two months of Views From the Pond instead of one. It is amazing to see how much the pond changes each day, and the view is so therapeutic. The first picture is from the morning of March 1st and the last is from the last weekend in April. 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Nature changing and coming alive is pure magic to witness. ~Stephanie<div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-27663555280655415082023-04-10T04:00:00.106-04:002023-04-10T04:00:00.238-04:00Marvelous Middle Grade Monday # MMGM Book Review: Unicorn Island: Beyond the Portal by Donna Galanti<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FtpnWYJJE23kyfgbAiXXVyYiVTzRpCxWs9FYtY5cCFBPwlE05W9ecdtSW3225UHJlp-HoHT9SV5bQ2C8vJKsmwsZW382fiXfQOR9KBaKoe_gD6nQR-tAPWrSaKnsrgay4WK8Q9CnK63XEjHYmbul2W9zGlGOqgnSNb9yhaGEHABOo93I-27V4vqWhA/s276/download.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="182" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FtpnWYJJE23kyfgbAiXXVyYiVTzRpCxWs9FYtY5cCFBPwlE05W9ecdtSW3225UHJlp-HoHT9SV5bQ2C8vJKsmwsZW382fiXfQOR9KBaKoe_gD6nQR-tAPWrSaKnsrgay4WK8Q9CnK63XEjHYmbul2W9zGlGOqgnSNb9yhaGEHABOo93I-27V4vqWhA/s1600/download.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">In the final book in this series, Sam is tying to distract herself now that she knows her mother disappeared through a portal on Unicorn Island ten years ago. Could her mother still be alive? It’s consuming all her thoughts, so she decides to learn everything she can about her new role as a unicorn protector. With the help of her friend, Tuck, she explores a book and uncovers a hidden code, explaining more about the portal. Sam and Tuck know going through the portal would be extremely dangerous, and they also know neither of their parents would allow it. But, they can’t resist the urge to find out more. How else will they know if Sam‘s mother is still alive. They decide to go through the portal, with Barloc (a unicorn) as their guide. They all know it is dangerous to bring a unicorn through the portal, because the portal was created years ago to save the unicorns who were being hunted in another world. What if they are still being hunted today? Is Sam‘s mother still alive, and if she is will they even be able to find her? Once they go through the portal will they be able to get back? </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s always a good feeling when the final book in a series or trilogy wraps everything up. </span><i style="font-family: times;">Unicorn Island: Beyond the Portal</i><span style="font-family: times;"> does just that! I was so happy that all my questions were answered by the end of the story. I liked seeing the way Sam grew as a character from when we first met her. I’m glad she has such a good friend in Tuck. They help each other come to conclusions and decisions, each bringing something different to their friendship. This book will be a huge hit with anyone who likes unicorns, adventures, or other worlds. I would recommend this book to kids in second grade and up. I think it’s awesome that the series can be found online on <a href="https://www.getepic.com/">Epic Books</a> for kids and it’s available in hardcover. My copy is beautiful, and I love the illustrations. They are bright and colorful! Having them periodically throughout the book was an additional treat to look forward to while I was reading. The three books in this series have been a fun adventure! Although this series may be over, I’m looking forward to the next book by Donna Galanti.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Has anyone else read <i>Unicorn Island: Beyond the Portal</i>? Or have you read another book by Donna Galanti? We’d love to hear your thoughts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">L</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2022/04/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-mmgm-book.html">Our review of Unicorn Island Book 2</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">For other MMGM posts, please visit</span><a href="https://gpattridge.com/" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;"> Greg Pattridge's blog</a><span style="color: #6666cc; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-12741338769784929982023-01-30T05:00:00.002-05:002023-01-30T05:32:52.818-05:00Fishy Perspectives and Mood Candles: Jess's Musings<p>I have a fish, his name is Mr. Fish, and he lives in a tank in the middle of my house. Mr. Fish is eleven years old, and he can communicate with me. For instance, if something is off in his tank, he swims as hard as he can and smashes into the glass. It scares the wits out of me, and I check to make sure he's okay. Message received. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbvHrRm1KC4e7lnNEpXiuCV5z1lZl47lSVWiQvaaLgz_83S62GUXnVHZDjbyqSooShDtKqr2HXTcLDPF1L1YcdArgGhymQyx1q19lvIrZ1d9EZJURtwjSGp2A45T77biPjUlpLVnu7wTR9vZeakzaDWdSp57tgrfVETiAxtiMBSyumC0aoyE4a7ORXA/s3988/IMG_9242.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3988" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbvHrRm1KC4e7lnNEpXiuCV5z1lZl47lSVWiQvaaLgz_83S62GUXnVHZDjbyqSooShDtKqr2HXTcLDPF1L1YcdArgGhymQyx1q19lvIrZ1d9EZJURtwjSGp2A45T77biPjUlpLVnu7wTR9vZeakzaDWdSp57tgrfVETiAxtiMBSyumC0aoyE4a7ORXA/w375-h285/IMG_9242.png" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDWGpy-ewQry2R8TzjX2UT6tG1U6RmHpK1DsUDFiDnXoyFwLL_7L8ACfuH_xmwyl6qK7H62Fzx0lPAQykoWC0ACQs522NTEicGl1uxQF-ncWIBwXAXYK4jr4wYgipiTEGE7-TaBgv30vYSrX0F-fYemugheuA5bKhFR60d789Jg2YToHPan6i4-1LNw/s4032/IMG_9262.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDWGpy-ewQry2R8TzjX2UT6tG1U6RmHpK1DsUDFiDnXoyFwLL_7L8ACfuH_xmwyl6qK7H62Fzx0lPAQykoWC0ACQs522NTEicGl1uxQF-ncWIBwXAXYK4jr4wYgipiTEGE7-TaBgv30vYSrX0F-fYemugheuA5bKhFR60d789Jg2YToHPan6i4-1LNw/w291-h218/IMG_9262.png" width="291" /></a></div><p>Sometimes it's super nice to shift into low gear and take in the scene. I think of Mr. Fish, and what his daily life must be like. How strange it would be to experience things from his point of view. 🐟</p><p>Contemplating perspectives is interesting, and when you relax into the moment and let your mind wander it's easy to get swept up in imagination. Magic lives in details; you must slow down for the experience. </p><p>So feel into your mood and flow with the good vibrations resonating right now. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="430" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF4dG4hIwYT71y5Ngi3PXOCL3tFY_mUh_pAkSobqJC7gzr769PcFXzRzhE_AmVW0e0mnyGbEfyjeNEzqaBlLOFszYhCUhxCsUXYl01xqH3mI99csu84bjGCtoTJjRLNjLvSEAvcDOhkZhStIGmet0e1qL9MiYzEzu-8N2_6poau4_5ZqIRgW3l0OwDg/w368-h292/JHAIGHT_SROBINSON-MES%20readingnight16.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to believe that we are about to start 2023. Our blog is going on 12 years! New beginnings make us think and reevaluate. We love all the people we have connected with through our blog and visiting blogs is always fun. There will be some changes here, but some things will remain the same. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As we pause and reflect, we want to take the time to wish all of you a Happy New Year! May the year ahead be filled with all the things that make you happy. </span> <span style="font-size: large;">😀🎊</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnjqeVPZ018WOKARLjfoenjHsqPvXlgmSxrQrOLmBOcF1ouaDhwmb-QH61XOQJRIKV0-9ojszBkY4D6_rD_suxkOXk5KNkzj1cxoo64xbkDPMDaIgn8WRPKJB4bgyAt69pdwqR3TMzPqbHCHzLhC1V3UmmA5ryJq2U5fGCVv3zbxJqmp_W5EiRMBoZg/s702/FandL2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="551" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnjqeVPZ018WOKARLjfoenjHsqPvXlgmSxrQrOLmBOcF1ouaDhwmb-QH61XOQJRIKV0-9ojszBkY4D6_rD_suxkOXk5KNkzj1cxoo64xbkDPMDaIgn8WRPKJB4bgyAt69pdwqR3TMzPqbHCHzLhC1V3UmmA5ryJq2U5fGCVv3zbxJqmp_W5EiRMBoZg/w404-h515/FandL2014.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-32158314766218652632022-11-20T13:14:00.003-05:002022-11-20T17:03:08.688-05:00Step Into a Mystery this Season...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="388" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uSrOPZqB4B8" width="489" youtube-src-id="uSrOPZqB4B8"></iframe></div><p><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stories stir our spirits and ignite our bones, so step into a mystery this season! Books are delicious to a bookworm, and if you have a hungry one that you love, it's important to keep them well fed. If your bookworm happens to love a good mystery, give them a bite of the Begonia House. The suspense will fill them to the brim. 👀</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Signed books make magical gifts! ✨</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jess and Stephanie will be at </span><b style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062153564-0" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble in Waterbury, CT</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> signing copies of </span><i style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><i style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on Saturday 12/3 at 2pm. Grab a signed book bundle and cozy up with a good mystery this season.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1FmQlPS95M8MU1RZlvnc2Z_iLB4WDQDuRj2QlDJ1St-ZJwBhKRqTQXxwEaO3YmKsphn0fcc8phVl64fF1onIpoIPWz91YHndP6ArxS5li70Tkp358Jp0aLWjquE2o3iXCBUiVNf4CeTZIolDcabx-vbO7T_oc7foS5LlQmIBcz2QqAazZVHBgqlWhg/s430/JHAIGHT_SROBINSON-MES%20readingnight16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="430" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1FmQlPS95M8MU1RZlvnc2Z_iLB4WDQDuRj2QlDJ1St-ZJwBhKRqTQXxwEaO3YmKsphn0fcc8phVl64fF1onIpoIPWz91YHndP6ArxS5li70Tkp358Jp0aLWjquE2o3iXCBUiVNf4CeTZIolDcabx-vbO7T_oc7foS5LlQmIBcz2QqAazZVHBgqlWhg/s320/JHAIGHT_SROBINSON-MES%20readingnight16.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jess Haight & Stephanie Robinson</i></div></i></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyyfbR47gkbLzk4Bt7keDtzdEgluKO8pS-2QEm9RWd-Fftp4kUxaN5KBT_nCwiFDWBZ6HldP-c5dZcUDbRQxTP-h9h7DFDgaKuXoH3z-hujYh59z4_fo-9l4D-SXu9Djy1JQfb9iRC6XPGAw2QqBd6jaPk5HcADJS19mNl2Vfxg2s6FjxRAfbD_BhBQ/s244/musicalsneakers%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="91" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyyfbR47gkbLzk4Bt7keDtzdEgluKO8pS-2QEm9RWd-Fftp4kUxaN5KBT_nCwiFDWBZ6HldP-c5dZcUDbRQxTP-h9h7DFDgaKuXoH3z-hujYh59z4_fo-9l4D-SXu9Djy1JQfb9iRC6XPGAw2QqBd6jaPk5HcADJS19mNl2Vfxg2s6FjxRAfbD_BhBQ/s16000/musicalsneakers%20.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-SpugumVEws" width="446" youtube-src-id="-SpugumVEws"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gN5qgKJ8phU" width="447" youtube-src-id="gN5qgKJ8phU"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow (Book 1)
Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library (Book 2)
<i>Middle grade mystery books for ages 8 and up
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Eleven year old Fairday Morrow moves from Manhattan to a small town in Connecticut where her parents have bought a big, spooky, crumbling Victorian manor called the Begonia House. They want to turn it into a bed and breakfast, but after Fairday moves in strange occurrences start happening, and she finds out that an unsolved mystery had taken place in her new home. Fairday and her friends in the Detective Mystery Squad, Lizzy and Marcus, are on the case. The three sleuths try to sort out what happened in the Begonia House. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first mystery wraps up, but Fairday soon finds out that her house is hiding many more secrets. After she receives a worrisome note from a mysterious librarian warning that a bookworm is eating words in stories, the DMS opens the next investigation. They stumble through a magical portal that transports them to the Talking Library, where books come alive and story magic abounds. Find out what happens when Fairday and her friends uncover fantastical clues</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and put the pieces of this intriguing puzzle together. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fear not the unexpected. Truth lies betwixt the lines.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmbrIOKeQaRz8tdi5gmyPMzM4FdI7r-0vw4azg-tyxfrrJ4WHXOVH_zdtxXHoVfNWcR_T11T1-5x3khUTFTPsC9e9Xr1r1BERhOvzvH9-z-JwSq7AGhCtyrYLke45FRMQLwEzGB4qOjmVzyKeIvxl-2KuDeKXiR8GnBjx7aqVbv9WwJk7XzI04W-eSw/s960/Book%20Bundle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmbrIOKeQaRz8tdi5gmyPMzM4FdI7r-0vw4azg-tyxfrrJ4WHXOVH_zdtxXHoVfNWcR_T11T1-5x3khUTFTPsC9e9Xr1r1BERhOvzvH9-z-JwSq7AGhCtyrYLke45FRMQLwEzGB4qOjmVzyKeIvxl-2KuDeKXiR8GnBjx7aqVbv9WwJk7XzI04W-eSw/w470-h353/Book%20Bundle.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnKJy9oZEbdL5l7jrNNoaVu2ZgOzyUgam-ZDvvPb1ekP7lny_Nc94aQIzQOPUhEJvO5aT4pZONummECjp-uG_jFIIQ3BD3VzEJA2Va8FEOUy7OukvqziCzcFqprqjkZbufC8CyAxCK2qmZbgrqoaw13GLwH9hnxkQn2Fy-raqZEuK_h9xhQdBbOHORw/s925/morrow_inside1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="620" height="702" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnKJy9oZEbdL5l7jrNNoaVu2ZgOzyUgam-ZDvvPb1ekP7lny_Nc94aQIzQOPUhEJvO5aT4pZONummECjp-uG_jFIIQ3BD3VzEJA2Va8FEOUy7OukvqziCzcFqprqjkZbufC8CyAxCK2qmZbgrqoaw13GLwH9hnxkQn2Fy-raqZEuK_h9xhQdBbOHORw/w470-h702/morrow_inside1.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_V85dtl_Wg9wkzKty9J2fp7UjuD8Ri1ERP7kl8wvIZvUst5EEFnRY2ruCgQJczMFlkGio4BLzLifT6fobrg94T6rJMLErWLp_fJaAkuycXVsqOBhL1sWtYgAc13kxBF4Set2245w2myPkdzU80nnlglwVCmBYscmiy29JLNNaikDZamoWJfoizUEZg/s2400/Ch28_Bittner_v2%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_V85dtl_Wg9wkzKty9J2fp7UjuD8Ri1ERP7kl8wvIZvUst5EEFnRY2ruCgQJczMFlkGio4BLzLifT6fobrg94T6rJMLErWLp_fJaAkuycXVsqOBhL1sWtYgAc13kxBF4Set2245w2myPkdzU80nnlglwVCmBYscmiy29JLNNaikDZamoWJfoizUEZg/w399-h608/Ch28_Bittner_v2%20(1).jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8jLmgL4LnQd06YQX5sSCG5kegxjD_skD6WENAHfGW85GhjsuNfa-wTfkiZiPpQJ8Km8dficeS-QcVF45qDCpdZZATf5izGRQc-mJUpKM9K0Xrd5sTuscZbNsfrWiGPBxNpr8NakfPDTig4wfZzasuzMP_16JfrsKzZT7Z4HuXu9nMgfC4gam6HHmHw/s518/fairday_spots_v2__0004_8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="518" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8jLmgL4LnQd06YQX5sSCG5kegxjD_skD6WENAHfGW85GhjsuNfa-wTfkiZiPpQJ8Km8dficeS-QcVF45qDCpdZZATf5izGRQc-mJUpKM9K0Xrd5sTuscZbNsfrWiGPBxNpr8NakfPDTig4wfZzasuzMP_16JfrsKzZT7Z4HuXu9nMgfC4gam6HHmHw/w400-h319/fairday_spots_v2__0004_8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_SzcVdjwpWmxoQAfxhyNktXqDo2FcGfPuX1DDjK5t4YaCcR-R--5XPfy4DWn8Imj0gxokSJv5s6UIW4eo8hP8zD-0RdGqchcz4-FNnDlFV2L8f0bjMJok6b8AeNR2vcpIi7DWVTRXmI3wpqcpRK2JJFlw_iBdiLDhcSW7XRywme-lAsokufncmGxLg/s1618/TTL_titlepage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1575" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_SzcVdjwpWmxoQAfxhyNktXqDo2FcGfPuX1DDjK5t4YaCcR-R--5XPfy4DWn8Imj0gxokSJv5s6UIW4eo8hP8zD-0RdGqchcz4-FNnDlFV2L8f0bjMJok6b8AeNR2vcpIi7DWVTRXmI3wpqcpRK2JJFlw_iBdiLDhcSW7XRywme-lAsokufncmGxLg/w434-h446/TTL_titlepage.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-77511466377761155252022-11-14T00:21:00.002-05:002022-11-14T00:21:27.942-05:00The Riddle of the Stone...<p><span style="font-size: large;">Hello, Riddlers! Jess here. I've been plotting ideas, making connections for story crafting, and this new piece presented itself. A creative play with art and words, inspired by the ineffable space where we allow our stories to unfold. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fear not the unexpected. Truth lies betwixt the lines. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRMv1F7lz6whh68hgSvRLQ6teigpZgINP0T2RXHWgOND8oLOIZwMTFhP5gj6a_Q86AqyaNoTiKFUorOnOZJ0Nqab4HL8wPNqd0Myne1u15vYGfQ435KyvAsh7hIGBXYMDaBTbibMLUGFi8Jgg8pL1ZLmiPzlm-qc2y6dIwhqRXN3WJooB0aT7YpUMMQ/s3644/Disasterpiece.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3644" data-original-width="2432" height="686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRMv1F7lz6whh68hgSvRLQ6teigpZgINP0T2RXHWgOND8oLOIZwMTFhP5gj6a_Q86AqyaNoTiKFUorOnOZJ0Nqab4HL8wPNqd0Myne1u15vYGfQ435KyvAsh7hIGBXYMDaBTbibMLUGFi8Jgg8pL1ZLmiPzlm-qc2y6dIwhqRXN3WJooB0aT7YpUMMQ/w460-h686/Disasterpiece.png" width="460" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">DISASTERPIECE</span></u></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The world had gone mad with stories, so I examined my own. Hum drum of days, in and out. Like breathing. Dew shimmies on leaves; chomping caterpillars hungry for greens. Bees buzz around while I paint my heart, watching colors cover nothing— no thing is the stickiest glue. Truth lies betwixt the lines, and in between those squiggly lines there is emptiness— that’s the truth; the strong force binding story flavor. So subtle, yet powerful. The liminal essence of creation scattered amongst the stars in a vast sea of space. History and Herstory forever smashing together in little bursts of light— lingering like ghosts in the dark. Memories swim asunder in endless pools of thought. A disasterpiece transformed into a masterpiece simply by the love of hearing the other— or vice versa.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Riddle of the Stone</span></u></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">There was once a stone that knew who it was.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The stone remembered the story.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The story had a beginning, middle and end@beginning, middle, and end@beginning, middle, and end@...</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The beginning was new.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The middle unwound.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And the end was known.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Who is the stone?</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Only you know the answer to this riddle. </i>😀</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcb6De1xTEFs8zXa6icc9BgL9ejU1GH2mmfXXT3XipToyTKzoXSAURGKdMFTNJrE2tw3xEmxQgVd6dyO4nDl5mCYfNaDk8GT5gXMYFSPrknoe1YG2WxsMjJEc-mFGzKDtLP4fqKLLMgitDnZSOOn1bEVib1eCs-9_kdU4ceqxF7eLlrSA_T9Io-S8r4A/s3346/Spectra.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3346" data-original-width="2596" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcb6De1xTEFs8zXa6icc9BgL9ejU1GH2mmfXXT3XipToyTKzoXSAURGKdMFTNJrE2tw3xEmxQgVd6dyO4nDl5mCYfNaDk8GT5gXMYFSPrknoe1YG2WxsMjJEc-mFGzKDtLP4fqKLLMgitDnZSOOn1bEVib1eCs-9_kdU4ceqxF7eLlrSA_T9Io-S8r4A/w412-h532/Spectra.png" width="412" /></a></b></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-73722671321312710222022-10-31T05:00:00.003-04:002022-10-31T05:00:00.237-04:00Ferry Blackwell Strikes Again!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><i>Here's a story that's sure to make you scream.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Beware! </span>This tale is written to scare. It is not for youngsters, their fingers and toes are too small for Ferry's taste.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “It's true. I saw Ferry
Blackwell,” Macy said. “He had a head like a melon.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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let’s go. We’re gonna be late.” Georgie walked out the door, and Macy followed,
wishing her big brother would believe her this time. She did<i> </i>like to
make up stories and their mom had asked her to knock it off, but this wasn’t a
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Shifting from one foot to the other, Macy stared down the
school driveway. All the buses had left; everyone was gone. Georgie was late.
She had tried to call him on her cell phone, but there was no answer. Her mom
was at work, but Macy knew interrupting her would guarantee a whole evening of
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">As the pavement twisted and turned she
found herself thinking about Ferry Blackwell again. Last week she had started
reading a book about the history of her town, Devilsville. It hadn’t been very
interesting, except for one phrase, which was handwritten on page thirty-three.
It said: <i>In the woods of Devilsville, you’re sure to find a gory thrill.
When the bakerman wants to eat, hide your hands and cover your feet. With a
head melon-sized and fire burning in his eyes, he’ll harvest your fingers and
your toes, then hide the rest so no one knows. Murdered by an angry town, he
swore revenge when they shot him down. So watch your children, but never tell-
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Macy knew the words by heart. She had
looked through a few other books, but found nothing else about Ferry Blackwell.
Then, the other day, she saw him. There had been an odd rustling behind the
bushes in her backyard, and when she went over to investigate, someone was
there. It looked like a man, but with a huge head. He had flashed a mad, toothy
grin at her, and then disappeared. Her mother had come running out when she
heard Macy’s rants of terror.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Macy! What did I tell you about scaring people with your
stories?” her mother had yelled. Macy knew that no one was ever going to
believe her, and why should they? After all, she did have a long history of
making things up, which had opened more than one can of worms for her parents
to deal with. Things like, Ginny Wader, in the third grade, refusing to touch
door handles ever again or Georgie wearing a helmet wherever he went for a
year. The list was long, she mused. Her thoughts were suddenly cut short. Just
ahead, at the bottom of the hill, a school bus was stopped in the middle of the
road. Macy cautiously walked up to it and climbed the steps. Other than the
backpacks strewn about on the seats it appeared empty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Hello?” she asked quietly. “Is anyone
here?” Macy slowly made her way down the aisle. Midway, something caught her
eye and when she turned to get a closer look, her mouth dropped open in horror. On
the seat to her left was a bloody pile of shoes and socks, and what looked like
fingernails tossed into the gruesome heap. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">BANG! Something hit the side of the
bus. “What was that?” she whispered. BANG! Again, the bus shook and teetered.
Macy reacted fast. She ran up the aisle and grabbed the door handle. Just as it
was about to latch, long fingers pried it back open. Two red, veined eyes
zeroed in on their target. Terror forced the air out of her lungs, and she
screamed. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Macy was flat on her back when she woke. She was chained to
the floor, and her feet were bare. A painful stinging in her fingers and toes sliced
through her body. Where was she? What had happened?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">“Who else is here?” she questioned the
darkness.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">“Shhhh,” a panicked voice ordered.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">“Who’s there?” she said again.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “Stop talking, you idiot.
He’ll hear you.” It was a terrified sounding boy.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “Why’s it so dark?” Macy
continued. She had no intention of shutting up.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “I think we’re in a
basement,” another voice chimed in.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Suddenly it dawned on
her where they must be. It had to be the abandoned house on Hull Street. She
and Georgie would come here when things around the house got too serious. It
was their hiding spot, and she knew it well. Even the moldy, abandoned smells
were familiar. “How many people are here?” she asked.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “I’m
here, Marcus Beltane,” came a nervous voice.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Me too, I’m Jen Andrews.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large; line-height: 150%;"> The voices started to pick up, “Justin
Deluca, Melanie Grism...” There seemed to be about ten kids sitting in the dark
with her; all scared, and all, she was certain, without their fingernails and
toenails.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> The
creaking of a door silenced the murmuring. A light flickered on, cutting
through the blackness. Macy squinted her eyes open a bit and stared up at the
ceiling, watching as a shadow with an enormous melon shaped head moved across
the room. Its heavy footfalls came to a halt. Suddenly, a cackling voice
bellowed out, “Looky here, girls and boys, forget your mommies and your toys.
The fun and games will soon begin; to scare me back is how you win. But should
you lose, you’ll pay a price, your fingers and toes I’ll surly dice. Just try
to leave! It won’t do you well. For I’m back from hell. I’m the Bakerman, Ferry
Blackwell.” His howling laugh sounded insane, like a hyena calling out to its
prey. He did an odd little jig. Then, in an instant, he was gone.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “Okay, this is
really happening,” Macy said, more to herself than anyone else. She took a deep
breath, then continued, “He said something about winning, didn’t he?"</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “Yeah, he said, to scare me
back is how you win,” a trembling voice squeaked. “He also said that he was a
bakerman. What’s he going to do? Cook us into bread or something?”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “I think that’s exactly what he’s
going to do,” Macy responded, remembering what she had read. “But, it sounds
like if we scare him back, we win. Which, I guess, means we get to live.” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “How are we supposed to scare
him? He’s a demon who makes bread out of kids’ fingers and toes. I mean, <i>what’s</i>
scarier than that?” Macy recognized the voice of Jen Andrews.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “I know, but...” Her mind was
whirring. Then, it hit her. She remembered the cell phone in her pocket. The
door opened. Macy threw caution to the wind and whispered just audibly, “I have
a plan.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> Her heart thudded in her chest as a shadow moved into
the room. “So kiddies, who’s it going to be? Who wants to be the first to try to
scare me?” His voice sounded crazy.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> Macy mustered up
all of her strength and called out, “I’ll go first, you don’t scare me. You’re
going to be caught any minute.” She kept her breathing even as Ferry Blackwell
loomed above her, searching her face with his terrifying eyes. He was so close
that she could smell his putrid, stinking
breath. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> “You wait and
see! I’ll show you just how scary I can be!” He pulled her up by her hair and
dragged her to a chopping block in the center of the room. Grabbing her left
arm, he slapped her hand down on it.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">She focused her mind on the weight in
her back pocket, hoping beyond hope she hadn’t been knocked out for more than
thirty minutes. The reminder alarm on her phone had been set to go off at
exactly 4PM, and it <i>had</i> to be about that time. Macy glared up at Ferry
Blackwell and said, “Everyone in town already knows where we are. Kids today
have GPS trackers implanted in our bodies that tells our parents exactly where
we are at all times. You’ll see, the town’s people will be here any moment to
shoot you down and send you back to hell, Ferry Blackwell.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>He
looked bemused, as he replied, “Clever girl! You know my name! Now, let’s begin
our little game. Terribly funny to think you’ll be saved- when for a century,
fingers and toes I’ve craved!” He raised a sharp blade above his head, poised
to strike. Macy squeezed her eyes shut and braced herself. Please go off alarm,
she prayed, believing that this would, at the very least, buy her more time. As
if on cue, a loud beeping blared out from her pocket. Ferry leered at her,
unsure. Just then, in a brilliant moment of pure luck, another cell phone rang
out, perhaps a concerned parent. Another one went off with a mechanical jingle.
The timing couldn’t have been better. Suddenly, there was a frantic banging on
a door. The demon spun around wildly, looking terrified. “No, no, not to hell.
Hide, I must and never tell,” he bellowed and dropped the blade. It landed with
a clink just as Ferry Blackwell shot into the air and burst into flames,
disappearing in a black puff of smoke. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">No one breathed. Somewhere above,
Georgie’s worried voice called out, “Macy, are you in here?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><b><u>INTERVIEW
WITH FERRY BLACKWELL</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">What
do you love most about Halloween?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> Halloween's a joke, that's what I say!
It’s better in hell on that boring day. I can't even scare, so there's nothing
to win- the people <i>want</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>horror
and are likely<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>to sin. I'd rather lay
low and bide my time, when the moment's right, I'll get what's mine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Do
you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">There was this one time, now let me
see- I remember a Halloween treat that I baked just for me. I'd gathered my wits,
then sought the ingredients, hoping to find a few fresh, young deviants. Mostly
I needed fingers and toes, so I snatched them right up, despite all their woes.
I sliced and diced, and baked my bread, even shared it graciously with those
not yet dead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Cate Masters:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have
you ever had an unusual experience you can't explain? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> <i>I am</i> an unusual experience you
can't explain! You won't see me coming, and then you'll know pain. (<i>Stands
up, does a quick jig, then sits down again- grinning</i>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> The time I told you about the treat,
that Halloween was not so sweet. You see, though the bread did taste grand, the
people found me, guns in hand. I was scared when they shot me down, but I swore
I'd be back to haunt their town. Now here I am, as you can tell- Ferry
Blackwell's back from hell! (<i>Cackling laugh</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ever
gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on your own?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> Bah! Ghosts are for babies! They can't
even speak. Nothing scary about them, they're flimsy and weak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Cate Masters:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Any
favorite Halloween recipes you'd care to share?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;">Ferry Blackwell:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 150%;"> Lookie here! I'll grant your wish- Toe
Finger Bread's my signature dish! It's so scrumptious, you'll surly agree. Next
time I bake it, I shall slice some for thee. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-66474007817653859112022-10-24T05:00:00.001-04:002022-10-24T05:00:00.214-04:00Halloween Spooktacular!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Lh453Q9rCo" width="462" youtube-src-id="3Lh453Q9rCo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh_Z66MATwSRDtsiDxYUxzk2bE7oFzix_OkkBddgG4KimHPOqyzbjx4jbs21uwUCjscbHNx-vEcT6Dck7E3zZ3VEgED1hHkNiFdu7b-KaJYUpSvcXcF2Ci9DrbY8mREm-j3bXTgUSlgE9IYdhAlYlyRcwIrG6Vc-WK7veZiaoKmjiMPj-yUwR4AnZMA/s2048/fullsizeoutput_1398.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyh_Z66MATwSRDtsiDxYUxzk2bE7oFzix_OkkBddgG4KimHPOqyzbjx4jbs21uwUCjscbHNx-vEcT6Dck7E3zZ3VEgED1hHkNiFdu7b-KaJYUpSvcXcF2Ci9DrbY8mREm-j3bXTgUSlgE9IYdhAlYlyRcwIrG6Vc-WK7veZiaoKmjiMPj-yUwR4AnZMA/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_1398.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eleanor Skeleton here, Welcome to our Halloween Week Spooktacular. October is the month of color and spirit, and we're always frightfully delighted to share the festivities with you. Let us tickle your bones and raise your spirits. Mwahaha...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ls2_2Gd-eDh-4MEdcosecwEChv4mf2ir5afSdtVb2DYgHrlFIrJpzZgQQeaLXlgFWgEka_HRTQofPou-SULVuPOR0glGD9_HkybZ0EVeTbbahSz9N-DcU25SNt796xC9blENp4DxJhMedCpgq9QkWcRMv9cGjY1PwMtWD8Pjm3EglP52B04IIk2EAg/s3211/fullsizeoutput_2d46.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3211" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ls2_2Gd-eDh-4MEdcosecwEChv4mf2ir5afSdtVb2DYgHrlFIrJpzZgQQeaLXlgFWgEka_HRTQofPou-SULVuPOR0glGD9_HkybZ0EVeTbbahSz9N-DcU25SNt796xC9blENp4DxJhMedCpgq9QkWcRMv9cGjY1PwMtWD8Pjm3EglP52B04IIk2EAg/w382-h348/fullsizeoutput_2d46.jpeg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What happens when a flower has all the power? </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Find out in <i>The Flower Monster</i></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3QTwR5a5cl-3q-oPEgFp_szh3l3vxXjklIIzKLB8fKbRFe7PAp4GPd_2TYfU6YaLo_UjAimbM7Cy7AC7VdlsFYcd-cap3PdnXoj_GpP-hc9mwYaUULE6jt3fxom6BnVFT-MYnZFAnhrJakkqqhWNt0RFWrArbxNlYSpUmC-cIKKUcgn2di-9_wHLWw/s1152/Duchess%20Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="864" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3QTwR5a5cl-3q-oPEgFp_szh3l3vxXjklIIzKLB8fKbRFe7PAp4GPd_2TYfU6YaLo_UjAimbM7Cy7AC7VdlsFYcd-cap3PdnXoj_GpP-hc9mwYaUULE6jt3fxom6BnVFT-MYnZFAnhrJakkqqhWNt0RFWrArbxNlYSpUmC-cIKKUcgn2di-9_wHLWw/w207-h276/Duchess%20Tree.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;">Consider me Cornerstone Owl. I may or may not care. Stay or don't, the choice is yours. I've a tale to tell. But only if the rain persists. It's the chill in the sweeping wind that stiffens the vine, that's the buzz around here. Listen. Creaking bones of bark and burrowing bug, more or less paper flesh, or so the story goes... </span><b style="font-family: "times new roman", times, serif;"><a href="https://www.cottagefive.com/the-flower-monster" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5y4sqxuG8DxnbdbHt0lh3HoEKFEK5F77kKiGRalORiV6ZukQ36E0UU1evMgDRVBPe_Xh2k0n8AfH0QVeGWvMHtrV9vZ9yJG0R5qejRR_gG5iwIhF8KzijM0FbOqI4gYrOJR-WG_s51QTZMX4YOG98h5XGjkY1XYpuTpogvvbVAFsQYz5hc5Gr8FTpKA/s3495/IMG_6297.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="3495" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5y4sqxuG8DxnbdbHt0lh3HoEKFEK5F77kKiGRalORiV6ZukQ36E0UU1evMgDRVBPe_Xh2k0n8AfH0QVeGWvMHtrV9vZ9yJG0R5qejRR_gG5iwIhF8KzijM0FbOqI4gYrOJR-WG_s51QTZMX4YOG98h5XGjkY1XYpuTpogvvbVAFsQYz5hc5Gr8FTpKA/w459-h353/IMG_6297.png" width="459" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy a spooky stroll through the darkening wood? </span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a step this way~</span></p></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzePE6sNVcYyiUc91gxwLAAypNNecTorFf8uvafFCjPn47fgorgwZSX5aI93VfuN3W3A46zN9vhFfwmmScZmgUBmadgf8SlGoAnnzLy8FYNppTIKFxapXt4MYu7ZR2WBlzxqEsjZbeoA_CVfG0mLGu2mDkgxqW71DE3yeSfWb-GtI1RNS7cJi1YcDnpA/s741/Mistrella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="510" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzePE6sNVcYyiUc91gxwLAAypNNecTorFf8uvafFCjPn47fgorgwZSX5aI93VfuN3W3A46zN9vhFfwmmScZmgUBmadgf8SlGoAnnzLy8FYNppTIKFxapXt4MYu7ZR2WBlzxqEsjZbeoA_CVfG0mLGu2mDkgxqW71DE3yeSfWb-GtI1RNS7cJi1YcDnpA/w205-h299/Mistrella.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Hello! I'm Mystrella, and I'm here to keep you on the right path in these tricky woods. My friends will help too, but I wouldn't trust Cat, and keep clear of Spider's web, unless you 'd like to get caught up in a story. Now then, If you've gathered your wits, follow me, but step lightly upon entering the forest. You don't want to wake up anything we'd rather stay asleep." <b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/p/its-perfect-time-of-year-for-spooky.html" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNIyof25OJsmvo1t2oUCO6YKPeTUnu3evxGS_gZHcIOtSpN3IXCtu1rguTJs-K_jFlAGp1wJBS28_x-gPuJwivOMr4ZaEOkKf-7GhxEOs94pEwkpo8zpMGrLbK4w05m92ywK_MoZqmGKr_pGZFzyDQxXQgJPXVDByvw_gWVs-Yns4o2tX_0JjksaCWg/s1600/greatpumpkin2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="960" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNIyof25OJsmvo1t2oUCO6YKPeTUnu3evxGS_gZHcIOtSpN3IXCtu1rguTJs-K_jFlAGp1wJBS28_x-gPuJwivOMr4ZaEOkKf-7GhxEOs94pEwkpo8zpMGrLbK4w05m92ywK_MoZqmGKr_pGZFzyDQxXQgJPXVDByvw_gWVs-Yns4o2tX_0JjksaCWg/w279-h465/greatpumpkin2.jpeg" width="279" /></a></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about a tour through a monstrous town? </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPGGExAE1d-VsccEl8VCQpZqSFneG-ZMtmOHJ2u7fs56gHnw4HrDFK88rTz1o9aO8yBgODG8FJStmVb9UJPoqsSRk0K275mq4_TOdEzZnEgp5y7DooLEjFwZCqEWqy3wxWOARDd02jOG5JK9EKzkEVLfWEN3YldoisdcAkYB266ugNQ2_OWy7SNI-Gw/s1025/DSC09769.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="947" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPGGExAE1d-VsccEl8VCQpZqSFneG-ZMtmOHJ2u7fs56gHnw4HrDFK88rTz1o9aO8yBgODG8FJStmVb9UJPoqsSRk0K275mq4_TOdEzZnEgp5y7DooLEjFwZCqEWqy3wxWOARDd02jOG5JK9EKzkEVLfWEN3YldoisdcAkYB266ugNQ2_OWy7SNI-Gw/w203-h219/DSC09769.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Ah, it's me great friend, Elly. Nice ta see ya bones rattlin' around here. Ya know me, I like ta pop in an' take em' all on a trip to Halloween town. 'Tis a hoot ta visit with them monstrous neighbors of mine, so grab yer bag o' tricks and skip over fer a fright— if ya dare. La ti da..." </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://thesecretdmsfilesoffairdaymorrow.blogspot.com/2014/10/monster-madness.html" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></b> *<b>make sure to read the comments.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p></span><p></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tune in on Halloween for a horrible visit with Ferry Blackwell!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IIR0_QUdUO8yN_0v_YgAXjpMNyUy2fQjsgTCmaa8dPiFQUzmlplMcu4NkIEWEZ7Pqil5_UeonOn0Xnl5qmMXEupvv2HQ0BkgWXilH8uHvmhIi70YI4ghYCiCeFvf2EyJ8iUEmGWalmOhmMI89evhP0hQ-7CZZPuT0giujClnC9tvLlHveqfJvj7nBw/s320/ferryedited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559682240693489971.post-49191289497265550372022-09-26T22:16:00.001-04:002022-09-26T22:16:40.926-04:00Margo's Musings: What Fell From the Sky?<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When we got to the library last week my little sister, Margo, was drawn right to the marble on the cover of a book. I couldn’t blame her. It looked magical! </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuZikhk6q2Ujjp3Zd7qgPouG006YhT9soLTWkEM7Tv7mX4vwkF5cRk9vJY7IG6uBGd-Al-2PrqjPoo1SQfCSTXPJjVBSyBzuszbjt5OIz8NlXUY3Nef-fZda-4VxbhufJdVh2LaSp_y4sE6v4yOGge0pSSMaYpfwFbH5jPRTzukcE5d43LIpE9oNjmA/s225/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuZikhk6q2Ujjp3Zd7qgPouG006YhT9soLTWkEM7Tv7mX4vwkF5cRk9vJY7IG6uBGd-Al-2PrqjPoo1SQfCSTXPJjVBSyBzuszbjt5OIz8NlXUY3Nef-fZda-4VxbhufJdVh2LaSp_y4sE6v4yOGge0pSSMaYpfwFbH5jPRTzukcE5d43LIpE9oNjmA/s1600/download.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">We took home <i>It Fell From the Sky </i>by The Fan Brothers and began reading right away. In the story, a mysterious item lands in the grass, and the insects are amazed. What is it? Where did it come from? They all have their own theories. Then the spider claims it as his, and he tells his friends that together they will build a place called WonderVille where other insects can come and see this curiosity. It takes a long time to build, but the exhibit is a hit. Ticket prices increase, the lines get longer, and Spider gets richer. He doesn’t notice that all the rest of his friends have left until a creature comes and snatches the item. Now what will Spider do? Where is everyone? He had been selfish, and now the garden is trampled and he's alone. Will Spider's friends come back?</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7bASUeT0FJ9UXmgagLJVKZj9KvD0FlBaBsDHnCHm0AvBVxwq-HqPsFkl0HdY1C4446AYItSEiScqwFpI-4LbG0fXNTLDE-EmCat14cadvIXdt6WKKkRxSj5cadWlAwWCqSiD5LDrWVScvuXpQs7Pn5E9Vqa6xgN4jXIV9IrC63iBqJBUoj1TfnunGA/s640/IMG_8554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7bASUeT0FJ9UXmgagLJVKZj9KvD0FlBaBsDHnCHm0AvBVxwq-HqPsFkl0HdY1C4446AYItSEiScqwFpI-4LbG0fXNTLDE-EmCat14cadvIXdt6WKKkRxSj5cadWlAwWCqSiD5LDrWVScvuXpQs7Pn5E9Vqa6xgN4jXIV9IrC63iBqJBUoj1TfnunGA/s320/IMG_8554.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">The illustrations in this book are beautiful. The way the marble stands out is magical and it makes it easy to see why the insects were mesmerized by it. The story made me want to take out my marbles and look at them closely. Which is what I did with Margo- showing her the colors and designs under my magnifying glass. We even went out and explored the lawn to see if our insects had any curiosity shows happening. None we have found so far, but we will keep looking. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZyHFX8h4TqhCNQOP0Sm8gYWJLXa4bvtbGF_TmqdcCF0uw2UQdPSFguusPD10yeX8e4WOS4Fa6lj3KG4ggVWPI4viLfQG2gFpIyw-o3SsA2zk2B2sCT22-IG9tZ_pUbnY-0eVSMHlJdmb5SuoDyOuM6FERY3klfh748s-woZrUTgGYloQjqevE2I4UA/s640/IMG_8555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="640" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZyHFX8h4TqhCNQOP0Sm8gYWJLXa4bvtbGF_TmqdcCF0uw2UQdPSFguusPD10yeX8e4WOS4Fa6lj3KG4ggVWPI4viLfQG2gFpIyw-o3SsA2zk2B2sCT22-IG9tZ_pUbnY-0eVSMHlJdmb5SuoDyOuM6FERY3klfh748s-woZrUTgGYloQjqevE2I4UA/s320/IMG_8555.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>It Fell From the Sky</i> is a book that helps teach a lesson about selfishness and greed, but it also shows us that we can work together and be better. It was a treat to read. There are so many details to explore on each page that this book will be fun to read again and again. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkj_NVoGNF4VZSXNjjJVDQNwFlehE2TsyqV4ID9uNzcoVZd8Bk-k1xhsGpBJem1rkkdVQ946GIWOr5INQ8no1EbA6AW1bFu8x3RGNFdrzOdpQTNopoSb-HodThUlZD96NG1zpS3sTvGp9YmNsSV0mL0LQczn1NHBxySpEXLyhqK-SGPIcsguP19ohpA/s640/IMG_8556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="640" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkj_NVoGNF4VZSXNjjJVDQNwFlehE2TsyqV4ID9uNzcoVZd8Bk-k1xhsGpBJem1rkkdVQ946GIWOr5INQ8no1EbA6AW1bFu8x3RGNFdrzOdpQTNopoSb-HodThUlZD96NG1zpS3sTvGp9YmNsSV0mL0LQczn1NHBxySpEXLyhqK-SGPIcsguP19ohpA/s320/IMG_8556.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Has anyone else read <i>It Fell From the Sky</i>? Or have you read another book by The Fan Brothers? We'd love to hear your thoughts.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Happy Reading!<br />~F</span></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED</div>DMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.com13