Creative Photography ~ Sweet

I snapped this in September at the PEZ candy manufacturing plant about eight miles from our house.
I played a bit with the hue and sharpness. Not too creative, but kinda fun!

This is taken from the company's Web site, PEZ.com : "PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy over 70 years ago in Vienna, Austria. The name PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint... PfeffErminZ. Today, over 3 billion PEZ Candies are consumed annually in the U.S.A. alone. "

Was that interesting? I thought so. ;-)

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* ~ Important seasonal info ~ *

I opened a box of candy canes yesterday and when I turned it over, I found some scintillating information about the red and white, twisted and striped, peppermint -flavored, cane-shaped candy.

And I quote: "Of all the beautiful traditions of Christmas, few are as ancient in meaning and rich in symbolism as the tradition of the Candy Cane."

Betcha didn't know that!

I'm not going to retype the entire thing here, but I'll share the final paragraph:
"Candy canes on the Christmas tree symbolize the shepherds in the fields on that first Christmas night - shepherds who heard the angel chorus and come to worship at the crib of the newborn King."

This last line brings us back to reality: "Most of all, they are an inexpensive and delightful Christmas treat for the family."
Well alrighty, I guess I can agree with that. Lots of info on that 99-cent box of candy canes, right?

Ruby Tuesday

Imagine my delight when I spied this row of trees with mostly red leaves as we were driving through downtown Hartford Saturday. "Ruby Tuesday!" I exclaimed to Airhead 55.

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Couldn't find any decoration with a bit of red, but I did find a rather sweet- looking young man checking out his Halloween candy (in 2002).
The Kit Kat wrappers are red, and the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups wrappers are orange, and that's made from red.

;-D

Check out all the Ruby Tuesday entries by visiting Mary, The Teach.




Happy Ruby Tuesday!

Halloween wrap-up

In an hour and a half we had 136 ghouls, goblins, vampires, fairy princesses, hobos and more knock on our door. Spiderman was here; so was A-Rod.
And all but the tiniest (they can barely talk so they have an excuse) said 'Thank you.'
It was a lot of kiddos.
Kid Two terrified Trick or Treaters by standing like a statue next to Ralph's van in the driveway.
A few children poked him, not sure if he were real. He dressed as V from the 2006 thriller "V for Vendetta." No, I did not see that movie. Nor will I ever see it.
Ever.

I got an award ~ and it's a sweet one

Thanks to dear Lynn for sending this my way. Lynn received this award from the Rocky Mountain Retreat blogger Michele, who was honored with it by its creator, Trista at the Pumkin Patch.
I just visited Trista's blog for the first time, and she is a young mother of two adorable children. And a talented graphics person (unlike yours truly).

Quoting Trista, here's how it works:
"1. Once you've been awarded the Sweet Treat Award, make a post and award it to 3 bloggers who you deem "One Sweet Treat to Read" everyday.
2. Make sure you inform those who you awarded that they have won!
3. Grab the button and proudly display it in your sidebar for all your old/new readers to see!"

I shall pass this on to three women I always enjoy visiting: Odat,
Linda,
and Mimi.

Now to put it in my sidebar.