Review with Child at Play

My daughter took this photo of Baby at Play (1876) by Thomas Eakins at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. last summer.

My favorite comment this week by Mrs. S: “The Sephardim follow the Shulchan Aruch (R’ Yosef Karo), who – in this case – follows the Ashkenazi Tosafot. Meanwhile, the Ashkenazim follow the Rama (R’ Moshe Isserles), who – in this case – follows the Rambam (Maimonides – not the Ramban (Nachmanides)). This is unusual, because in general, the Shulchan Aruch tends to follow the Rambam, and the Rama doesn’t.” Got that?

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• An interesting take on school uniforms by Mrs. S.
• Ilana-Davita talks about sign language for babies.
• I was visiting A Green Earth, and I found a link called Just Cancer. On the website for Just Cancer, I found Disease Proof Your Life with the Anti-Cancer Diet, Part I and Part II. Highlights of Part II: fatty fish, fruit, berries and dark chocolate!
• A lovely post on the blessings of Jacob
• Daniel reviews The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon: “The premise is that the nascent State of Israel was destroyed by the Arab League in 1948. The survivors of the Holocaust and the Arab massacre were granted a sixty year lease…”

Header for Ilana-Davita

Today was the first full day Ilana-Davita had her new header (that I designed) on her blog. And she wrote the post above to introduce the header.

Thank you, Ilana-Davita, it was a pleasure to have you as a client.

Thursday Challenge: Farmer’s Market

The Highland Park Farmer’s Market is over for the season, but the memories remain.

This one of pumpkins is a bit more abstract than the apples photo. It’s also more washed out, but I like the painterly quality. Some of us have a hard time picking one, whether it’s an apple or a photo.

This week’s Thursday Challenge is FOOD (Farmers Market, Vegetables, Meat, Cooking, Restaurant,…).

Shamash, Nibbles and On the Blog

Chanuka is over, until next year, but I still have photos to share! This one is of the shamash; my husband and my three children are all holding their own as they say the bracha (blessing) before lighting the candles. The shamash is the helper and does not count as one of the 8 lights of Chanuka.

Yesterday I went to a lovely party. Some child had taken a whole plate of fancy chocolate candies and had nibbled exactly one bite out of each one. My friend the hostess was not amused. She considered putting up a sign: for adults only. I said maybe the parent should eat the candy if the child wants to try. Of course, then my daughter took one bite of a chocolate covered marshmallow candy without realizing it was marshmallow, and I had no interest in eating it. What do you think?

I loved this: do you hear in your house – “Are you going to put that on the blog?“

Portulaca Late October – SOOC

I planted portulaca (also called moss rose) from seed late this year (late means June), so I only got a few blossoms. Here is one that was still alive in October. These flowers are delicate, open only in late morning and die when it starts to get cold. Sometimes they reseed – hopes for next summer.

For more photos Straight Out of the Camera: