Happy, & Sweet (but not too much!)

bink & I took the Girlette crew to an apple orchard near Northfield, MN, for their annual Rosh Hashanah apples & honey.

We stopped at a bakery in Northfield, MN, where I was surprised to see challah because I usually only see it on Fridays. (not that I see it often--usually only if I go to Honey & Rye Bakery).

But, "Oh, yeah, it's a holiday," I said as I ordered a loaf.

"A challah-day," the baker said, and we both laughed.

(They are wearing their summer dresses
because it's still quite warm during the day.
But Pensive Bear has put on a striped shirt
because she is "sensitive to cold"--
even though she's from Russia! (handmade by Olga)
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Thanks, all of you who've answered my question so far about my recent print. I got some "likes" on FB and IG, but no one answered my question. Blogging remains the best.

Re 32-oz. "Big Gulps"--they are famous partly because of the Big Gulp Ban--a popular name for the attempt in 2012 by New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to ban sales of jumbo portions of soda. It...

"...ignited a global debate over soda consumption.
It also prompted panic among powerful beverage companies, who feared that their products could be widely branded as a threat to public health."   --NYT, 6/27/2014

Also...

"Mayor Bloomberg says that if New Yorkers want to kill themselves with sugar — that's their right.

He was responding to a small protest rally against a ban on big sodas on a sidewalk near City Hall Park — dubbed The Million Big Gulp March."  [--New York (AP)]

The ban was repealed by the courts.
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"One drop of honey lasts a doll a whole year," commented Frankcolumbo, doll, pictured below dipping a slice of apple in a spoonful of honey.

Oh, that's one of Joanne's handwoven towels--now sticky with honey.