Red, Move Your Head

The color Red

had a slice of bread

but no jam to spread.

He thought to go ahead

and have oatmeal instead

before going to bed.

Then a voice in his head

suddenly said:

"there's jam in the shed!"

Red used his sled
to go to the shed
and get jam for the bread.

Then, sweetly fed,

his book almost read,

Red went to bed.

♡

Featured: Two softie friends

Yuletide Wishe

Sending you

my yuletide wishes

for a holiday

fun and delicious.

Good company

food and cheer,

and all the best

for the coming year!

♡

Starry Starry Night

I like to see stars 

twinkle with light,

making the sky 

so pretty and bright.

They fill the night with 

their magic and beams,

I'm sure that they know 

all my hopes and dreams.

♡

Featured: my new market bags
made from leftover bits and pieces.

The Little Rose That Could

In the winter garden
a little pink rose
was dusted by snow
shivering, almost froze.

The garden was peaceful,
a deepening gloom,
this was the wrong season
for a flower to bloom.

The rose was restless,
as the snow grew deep -
"I'm not at all tired,
I don't want to sleep.

Why is it so quiet?
Where is everyone?
If they all stayed up
we could still have some fun."

The wise tree awoke
and looked at the moon -
"Go to sleep little rose,
spring will come very soon."

♡

Featured: A cross-stitch rose
on a bed of crochet.

About Last Night

 

Last night I couldn't

get to sleep

and lay in bed

counting sheep.

I got all the way

to number ten

when one run off

and I had to start again.

♡

Featured: A new cushion.

The Battle of the Seasons

Autumn was very upset,
the day was not going well;
he went to his friend, the sun.
to talk (he tried not to yell):

"That summer just won't go away,
he's lingering beyond any reason,
and it is not at all fair -
when he knows that this is my season.

Summer has so much time
from winter until fall,
while everyone knows full well,
my season is the shortest of all!"

The sun answered: "Autumn,

I know you're a friend of mine.

But I have to side with summer -

'cause he just makes me shine."

♡

A biased author, I'm so ready for
a proper autumn and welcoming it
with a scarf for my beautiful niece Roni.

A Five Star Review

Five reasons I'm giving Five Stars to:

The Little Library Mystery series

by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli:

1. The Plot: Jenny's husband turned out

to be a major disappointment. She returns 

to the small town in Michigan where she

grew up and her mother, Dora, still lives.

There is an interesting neighbor with a

potential to be a new best friend, and an

interesting man with a potential to be

a new romance. And there are bodies.

2. The Protagonist: Jenny is not your typical

plucky heroine. And these books 

are not a one-woman effort. There is a whole

cast of characters working to solve the murders.

3. The Coziness: The books have a

small town setting with all the

expected charm and quirky characters.

It is not, however, all fluffiness and light.

The protagonists are more fleshed out

and murder is a bad, sad thing.

4. The Literary References: The first 

book is a tribute to Lewis Carroll,

the second has Emily Dickinson

references, and the third... Jane Austen.

5. The Little Libraries: The town has no 

proper library and Dora has a nice idea.

♡

Features: Two small needlework cushions

made from leftover bits and pieces.