Oyster Love

   All over America the past week has been filled with the preparation for and celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Families have come together.. in many cases traveling many miles... to give thanks ... to share the Thanksgiving meal..to commune in love and friendship. Thanksgiving is a time of family and friends. I love hearing all the traditions and stories which are unique to each family. In our family a bushel of fresh oysters is as much a necessity as the twenty pound turkey, the pumpkin pies and the afternoon football game on TV playing in the background. This week's Book of the Week is titled Oyster Love.

Oyster Love.. a family tradition.. 

     Oyster Love is a stiff leaf book made of pastepainted watercolor pages and india ink that is bound with black silk handmade bookcloth.

When the oysters are roasted, they pop open!

Hand cut pages have scalloped pastepainted edges

The story is written with india ink on the pages...

The story goes like this....

Oyster Love

Some folks love oysters

battered and deep fried

to a golden brown.

Some folks love oysters

raw and runny and

tasting of the salty sea.

Some folks love oysters

served on fancy china plates

with shell shaped hollows.

Some folks love oysters

on saltine crackers with horseradish

and fiery hot sauce.

Some folks love oysters

covered with spinach and cheeses

and browned under the broiler.

Some folks love oysters

roasted on an open fire under the stars 

and lit by the autumn moon.

Some folks just love

pearls.

My husband found a tiny pearl in an oyster this week and gave it to me!

I am so thankful for all I have been given this year ...and always.
I hope you are too.

Kathy