No Recipe for this, freezing funnnnnn!

$5 Challenge+30 days of poetry+protesting in the streets of Birmingham= ???

So far, my pledge to Slow Food USA's $5 challenge has included:  putting some poetry out there, a potential protest of football which becomes a little easier when Auburn is losing, but also even better when BC was beating Duke, less meat, more creative projects,  $5 off at Hobby Lobby for paintbrushes, three meals at Chick-fila for $5 before walking for midwives, sharing a Restoration Academy turkey sandwich with my newlywed brother, sister-in-law and friend, another equation for pure poetry!  It's true, "the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you!" especially when there's no judgment involved :)

This weekend I started painting the last of four sails with my nephew.  All four sails are for the Watercress darter fish, found only in Jefferson County.  The idea being this:   the 4 sails represent the 4 locations of this particular darter and potential garden art for Powderly, Pinson, Bessemer, and Roebuck Springs.  My class at Tarrant painted one for Pinson, I painted one for Bessemer, Roebuck Springs is hanging at Brad Morton's Studio, and one more to go before October 6th!

Additionally, it must now become a well-known fact that s'mores and ghost in the graveyard cure all heartache.  

There is something about the way the ingredients in S'mores combine to give everyone back their happy childhood:  Graham crackers, slightly burned marshmallows to taste, plus just a tad of melted chocolate, and voila, sticky hands and we're hunting for frogs again.  Ofcourse, you can always take the chocolate out as Alecia did, but be careful what you wish for as well as what you put out there because it all comes back to you.  While sharing my 1,000th S'more, I told my nephew about when my siblings and I would play Ghost in the Graveyard.  With explicit instructions about how to play, Ghost in the Graveyard began with turning out all lights, Alecia and myself counting the 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, countdown. Midnight! and we opened the door to find James standing in the middle of the hall. Let's also note that to this Ghosts in the Graveyard, we added Vampires, Witches, and everything else scary including Smart Women and Mean Teachers.  We conquered it all.

Quote of the weekend after his first ski behind the boat:  "That was freezing funnnnn!"  

~ from the Book of James 

                              Sunday meal:  Spaghetti Squash, Sweet Potatoes and JVUF basil
                        Just another thing my mother taught me when she helped me fill in the sun...