Fall Fruits and Vegetables and a Acorn Squash Recipe

All the work in the garden has put me in a fall mood. Here is some fall fruit and vegetable finds on Etsy and a great acorn squash recipe. Let me know what you think of the recipe.

1. Warm the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Cut the acorn squash in half and take out the seeds.
3. Get a casserole dish and fill it up with about an inch of water.  Place each half of the squash face down in the dish.
4. Cook in the oven for an hour.
5. Take it out of the oven and turn the squash halves over.  Sprinkle them with cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice and cloves.  I personally, do not like to add these spices, but everyone else in our house like it.
6. In a separate dish, melt equal amounts of butter and brown sugar together and spoon it in the squash.
7. Bake the squash again in the oven for another 20 minutes.
8. Serve it warm.

Brussel Sprouts 4x6 fine art... ReCreateIt $15.00	Avocado Adorable - Still Lif... sharonschock $250.00
Cabbage Necklace shayaaron $15.00	Vintage New England Hand Mad... snowfallz $10.00
Tomato tea pot makes your te... opendoorstudio $21.50	Vintage Onion Salt and Peppe... marathon1981 $10.00
Amigurumi crocheted Apple sabahnur $14.00	Colorful Vintage Paper Mache... sofralma $24.00
September 1st, Morning tinyExpanse $35.00	Fruit of the Earth - Sugar B... ChaseDesign $78.00
Organic Heirloom Beautiful C... Thebearfootsha... $1.75	Harvest Indian Corn Fine Art... KimberosePhoto... $20.00
Group of Velvet Faux Fruits ... twojs $24.00	Sweet Red Wine Caramel Apple... BellaSweetsand... $16.00
Rustic Farmhouse Cutting Boa... grayworksdesig... $70.00	DaSweetZpot MEMBRILLO QUINCE... dasweetzpot $6.75

Skulls, Ghosts and Cobwebs

Today's finds on Etsy.

SKULL X-RAY 8.5 x 11 extremepenci... $18.00 USD	Art Card Original Paintin... linwood $20.00 USD
Nightmare Halloween Jack S... sweetheartsi... $9.99 USD	Gypsy MakeArtAvail... $30.00 USD
Cobwebs and Ghosts Polymer... MandarinMoon $15.00 USD	ANTIQUE PLACE CARD NAME HO... stellaranae $175.00 USD
Vanity Pocket Mirror FlareExtraordinai... Sold	Haunted House Carving Cott... RiverOtterRu... $150.00 USD
Haunted Halloween House- W... brandylinn18 $25.00 USD	Creepy Elegance Wreath taylormadefo... $35.00 USD
Inmate No. 9 - DAZZLING UN... ghostlovejew... $45.00 USD	Handcrafted Black Widow St... SweetwaterGi... $36.00 USD
Skull Beads (50) CHAI Tan ... ViragoCreati... $6.75 USD	Goofy fun vampire skull pe... chrismusto $9.99 USD
Goth Detailed SKELETON Sku... kimarijewelr... $29.95 USD	Paper Mache Ghost TopsyDesign $145.00 USD

Gourds and Pumpkins

It is fall again and time for gourds and pumkins.  Check out these great finds on Etsy.

Field of Pumpkins - Fine A... EyeShutterTo... $18.00 USD	Gourd and Pumpkin Salt and... VintageNuts $12.00 USD
Magic Pumpkin Lavalier Nec... bionicunicor... $25.00 USD	Handblown Pumpkins, Sparkl... JessieCGlass $52.00 USD
Autumn Colors 3 - Note Car... BACLORI $4.50 USD	Jenny's Minis, Miniatu... josmund $1.99 USD
Big Pumpkins, fire polishe... karmelidesig... $18.00 USD	halloween jackolantern tre... festivus4the... $75.00 USD
Original 4 by 6 inches Fal... SharonFoster... $16.00 USD	Hand Blown Art Glass Pumpk... Route4glass $45.00 USD
Thanksgiving Centerpiece -... wreathsbyrob... $49.00 USD	Pampering Pumpkin Soap ajsweetsoap $5.75 USD
Halloween Jack o Lanterns ... MandarinMoon $40.00 USD	Halloween Wreath GirlGourder $60.00 USD
Pumpkin Carved Gourd Candy... gourdchairma... $30.00 USD	Spooktacular, pumpkin gour... SuzysSantas $75.00 USD

Fictional Writters, What's Up with that!

There used to be a time where books were written by actual writers.  Yesterday, I discovered a book written by a fictional character from a TV show.

I am a fan of TV series called 'Castle'.  It is a cute crime series about a famous author 'Richard Edgar "Rick" Castle portrayed by Nathan Fillion and a NYPD detective 'Beckett'.  In the show Richard Castle is a mystery writer and he is about to start a new series of books about a fictional character 'Nikki Heat' which is based on the detective Beckett.  To conduct research for his new book series, Castle uses his friendship with the mayor and gets approval to tag along in Beckett's crime investigations.  Throughout the show there are references to 'Nikki Heat' books written by Rick Castle.

You can imagine my surprise when I saw books written by 'Richard Castle' and titles such as 'Heat Wave' and 'Naked Heat'.    These are the titles mentioned in TV series. 

 

 Obviously, these are promotions for the show and are not written by Nathan Fillion.  However, on the back of the book, there is a picture of Nathan Fillion as 'Richard Castle'  the author of the book.  On Amazon.com there is a Richard Castle biography page Richard-Castle Page as if he is a real person.  Even worse, these books are on the 'New York Times' best seller list.

I wouldn't mind any of this, if the actual writer of the book was given credit instead of a fictional character.  I think this is going too far, mixing reality and fantasy.   There are several names of mental disorders that cause a person to mix reality with fantasy.  I don't know about you, but I think advertising has just crossed the line.