Cranberries and Bluebarries, Witing for the Summer

I've made those with anticipations for Summer
Just LOVE Summer!!!

And the Winner Is...

The moment you all have been waiting for is here

The winner of the Marrakesh - antique bronze filigree pendant featuring hand made polymer clay element, fresh water pearl, lucite flowers and glass beads is # 132

CONGRATS BACHUCHAY WORLD!!!

Purim 2010

On Friday we had a Purim party, love this holiday when kids can dress up like they favorite heroes.

An old joke goes something like this:

Child: “What holiday are we celebrating today, Ima (Mother)?”
Mother: “The one where they tried to kill us and failed. Now, let’s eat!”

Of course, the very thing that makes most jokes funny is the kernel of truth at their foundation. Purim is one of the holidays containing that very kernel of truth.

Purim celebrates the escape from annihilation of the Jewish people under the Persian king Ahasuerus. As told in the biblical Book of Esther, the king banished his wife Vashti for refusing to appear naked before his guests. He then held a beauty contest during which he picked a beautiful Jewish woman named Esther as his new queen. Meanwhile, one of his courtiers, a man named Haman, was plotting to kill the Jews in the kingdom. Esther and her uncle, Mordecai, successfully conspire to foil the plot by wining and dining the king and then begging him to spare her people, which he does. (For the full version of the story)

Purim itself is a joyful holiday filled with costumes, noisemakers, gifts of food, charitable giving and, of course, feasting. The representative food for Purim is a triangular shaped pastry with fruit, poppyseed, or nut fillings called Hamantaschen, named for Haman and representing the three-cornered hat he wore as Prime Minister.

Pink life through pink colored glasses, and SAD

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
(Gilbert K. Chesterton)
I don't like winter (I could say I hate it, but I hate that word), when the sky is grey and not even a tiny sunshine throughout all week, I became melancholic and blue, you know what I mean?
I've heard about that condition, it even has a name - it's cold SAD which means
"Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as winter depression or winter blues".
Well, you know what? I cant live like that, it's bad for my business!
I know how to fix that melancholic mood.
All you have to do is to think of a Winter as is of a price we're paying for the beautiful and merry Spring. Everyone love Spring, wright? I know I do.
So to help me with that, I've found those heart stopping pics, and I am on my way of healing and becoming more cheerful and optimistic every day (no pills were taken).

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