When Hillary walked out onto the stage for the first Presidential debate, I breathed a "WOW" because it was always a "rule" not to wear red in business as it is aggressive and "not businesslike". Well I am sure times have changed, and red is now a power color… And red was Hillary’s color as she took on The Donald who looked a little quieted, drank a lot of water, and breathed hard. Cut to the end of the debate when the families came up and The Donald, surrounded by his beautiful family, disappeared. It might be that NBC cameras just focused on Hillary and the producer didn’t order them to also show Trump… He disappeared and Hillary and Bill were on camera for over 4 minutes with voice over from enthusiastic NBC announcers. Close the curtain. Two to go.
66 degrees in Boone under cloudy skies and walking dogs takes up some of our time. Karla is watching 3 of Brad’s dogs and her beautiful Jessie a sweet golden retriever lives here permanently. Jessie loves to be petted, so i have plenty of duties… petting dogs and walking exuberantly. Last night we cooked a lovely fettucine with mushrooms, garlic, wine and zucchini….. dinner with 4 dogs underfoot! Karla asked if I had ever worked in "this cafe" before, and I replied, "yeah, you learn quick how to not drop things and not step on the dogs." We have been eating beautiful food, drinking wonderful wine on the back deck, and walking up and down hill crunching on autumn leaves! I’m painting pictures inspired by the view of grandfather mountain from the deck using autumn colors, and all is beautiful. I ask the family what we are grateful for this morning…. dinner last night! the smell of garlic that lingers this morning, dogs curled up on our feet, birds nibbling at bird seed in the feeder. Lunch perhaps at Bella’s today… God bless you.