Crumbling under the threat of bad debt

Frame copped from "The Counterfeiters"

Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed.
The liar will lie once, twice, and then perish when he tells the truth.
Aesop

Rajasthan

While some Simpsons are busy making and raising children and grandchildren, others are off seeking adventure in far-away lands. This summer's excursion was to beautiful India, an incredibly rich and diverse culture of over one billion souls.

Jake in the land of Joshi

Francois and I recently returned from our Indian adventure. We were enthusiastically received and pampered by the Joshi family in Pune, just south of Bombay. We tasted Swati's fine Maharashtra cooking, chatted with Vivek and his mother + and did some sight-seeing with the energetic wonderboy Shreyas. Nanda's 14 year-old nephew showed us some of Pune's cultural sights and amused us in a game of Badminton. He defeated Franois and I 21-15, but in the end we were very happy to spend our first few days on the subcontinent with the Joshis.

Pune was also a great place to gain insight into India's rapidly developing industry and IT sectors. We had an interesting tour of Vivek and Swati's factory and offices with their lovely niece Kalpita, who we will be happy to spoil when she comes to visit us in Paris.

I love my grandchildren & pepper relish.

Hope purchased these fab glasses at the Little Children Boutique at Barneget Light. Her plan is to build a Halloween costume around them.
Hunter shows off his Good Humor purchase.
Maggie is one wonderful armful. She has gained about 3 1/2 pounds and is a fashion plate.
Sandy and I finally did some canning the other day. Shown here pepper relish. We also made apple chutney. We have been canning together for 28 years. We used to smoke a joint first which often made the final result surprising, sometimes nicely creative. Now we get a similar effect being 61 and forgetting or replacing ingredients with others. Its still lots of fun!

When pigs fly....

When pigs fly and pumpkins grow on trees, then I'll be ......

I've tried to grow pumpkins this year, but found none until I followed this long, trailing vine growing up, up, up into the tamarack tree and bearing fruit. I hope it ripens before a frost or before it's bulk brings it down. In any case, it made me laugh to see it there.

Happy autumn everyone!