Warm Memories – A new #poem. Nice! Awesome pic

Since fall is here and the days are getting much shorter, the chicklets have decided to have a moon party.  Emily is helping Cricket come up with a design for the backdrop.  Duke is just hanging around and trying to stay away from  Cricket’s paint brush.

This fountain has a fabulous sound.

The SWS is visiting nearby, and I got this exciting email in my box this morning!

“Deb, Could you let the art league members know that they may paint with the SWWS this weekend. I just need to know who would like to participate. “

This might be the weekend I join. I can’t wait to see all of the original art on display and meet more watercolor artists!

It’s BIG NEWS for all the little towns around here:

While the world was debating the benefits of war……China is creeping!

Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan for years, even decades, to the point that they have fought several short lived wars over the region…….and more recently there has been a stand off between the two countries over possession of the region…….it is always a crucial conflict that the world needs to intervene since both countries have nuke weapon capability…….

But recently a new twist has been added to the conflict…..that twist is…….wait for it……… China.

Hundreds of Indian and Chinese troops have dug into positions on a high Himalayan plateau, leading India’s army chief to cancel a foreign trip and monitor a standoff that underscores deep differences between the Asian giants as they seek closer ties.

Military officials in New Delhi and Kashmir said on Tuesday that Chinese troops set up a camp about…

Eric Holder tears up as he steps down. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Week

Eric Holder resigns, Iraq warns of a possible terrorist plot to attack U.S. subways, and more

1. Eric Holder is resigning as head of the Justice Department
Attorney General Eric Holder, a leading liberal voice in the Obama administration and the first African-American in the powerful post, is resigning, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Holder has been a driving force behind the administration’s support for same-sex marriage and protecting voting rights. That record, along with controversies such as the so-called Fast and Furious gun trafficking scandal, have made him a focus of conservative ire. He will stay on the job until his replacement — whom President Obama has not picked yet — is confirmed. [The New York Times]

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2. Iraqi prime minister warns of alleged plot to attack U.S. subways
Authorities in New…