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Remember that old joke? 

What is black, white and red all over? 

 If you do,

 you know the answer is 

"a newspaper"...

...but that is

 old news and...

...this news story is,

 well, 

new.

Here is our new kitchen stove. 

 Is it what you expected? 

 I really thought 

I would have something

 different

 to show you.

We started out

 with the idea of 

this stove being 

exactly like 

the old one.

A good, solid stove 

in a 

flat black finish...

...but when we filled out the order

we were informed that 

there were no black stoves

 available 

in this style.

There was almost 

every other color 

under the sun available

except black. 

 Wouldn't you think 

black would be the 

first choice for stoves? 

 Aren't most stoves 

being used black?

Apparently not,

 at least in our choice of style, and 

we were determined to have this style. 

 Its size, shape and function

 was just what we needed and wanted.

 So what to do?...

...look around and 

what stands out? 

 Red! 

Almost as far as

 the eye can see.

So,

 that is the new punch line

 to the old joke.

 We are happy and warm

 with our shiny new object...

...and now 

red is 

the new black and

 how sweet it is!

Have a great day...

...Judy...



I'd like to add,
 not as an afterthought,
 but as my humble appreciation 
to all of you and,
I don't speak these words lightly.

 As of this coming Saturday, 
I will have been blogging
 for eight years and 
I just turned 300 followers.

 In the grand scheme of blogland 
both those numbers
 may not be entirely newsworthy 
but, to me, 
they are epic.

 I can't tell you enough
 how wonderful you all are and 
how much I enjoy our interactions.

 I could have
 one million followers and 
I wouldn't be happier.

 The friends 
I have made are BFF's that 
I never thought I would have. 
 I appreciate what you feel 
about what I do and 
how you let me know those feelings, and 
I appreciate that I can
 come to you and
 you let me do the same.

 I think I have grown
 in the way that I write and 
in the photographs that I take and
 it is all really 
because of all of you.

 I always imagined
 a path that I could take
 to showcase 
what is important to me and 
blogging turned out to be the way 
but that path wouldn't be possible,
 if you didn't
 walk along with me.

 Thank you all 
for these wonderful eight years and,
 as I am here for the long haul, 
I hope there will be 
many more.

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