Happy Thanksgiving

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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Helen Simonson, a transplanted Brit to the US, has written a wonderful story in 

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.  Humorous and heartwarming, the book has lots of Britishisms and offers much hope for aging widows and widowers. 

...and the book cover for the UK printing is lovely also.

Worth a read, for sure. 

Fall gourd art

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wasted paper...

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Bermuda bound...

Gone Girl

Just in time for the film release, I have finished up reading Gillian (pronounced with a hard G) Flynn's Gone Girl.  Gone Girl is a terribly twisted, dark, psychological thriller surrounding the marriage of Nick and Amy Dunne and written by an author who describes herself as having a normal childhood who loved horror movies from early on as her father was a film professor. The setting is a river-side town in Missouri upturned by the disappearance of "Amazing Amy".

The movie version, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike is set to release on October 3rd, with a premier showing in Cape Girardeau, Missouri the day prior.

Worth a read, though perhaps not necessarily for newlyweds.

Bad Monkey

Carl Hiaasen does it again! His latest sardonic and comical novel, Bad Monkey does not fail to keep you a'laughing.  

Worth a read! 

end of summer garden views...

cherry tomatoes 

butternut squash

dead nettle, ornamental grass & nepeta