November 30, 2008

A SCUBA DIVERS DREAM!


Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico .
The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.
Gliding silently beneath the waves they turned vast areas of blue water to gold off the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula .
Sandra Critelli, an amateur photographer, stumbled across the phenomenon while looking for whale sharks.

She said: 'It was an unreal image, very difficult to describe. The surface of the water was covered by warm and different shades of gold and looked like a bed of autumn leaves gently moved by the wind. (From an email that was forwarded to me, not written by me, I just thought it was super cool!)

November 29, 2008

The biker gang rides!

Great guys! (I mean the two young men, Ethan and J J). About to race and our Italian Greyhound, the one my boys call Batman, beat all three of us! Snow is blowing right now making me wish for early autumnal evenings like this one.

November 22, 2008

Books and beanies for your upcoming holiday gifts!














These beanies are of very high quality, non wool, but wool warm without the itch! Each one carries a character from the associated book you see here. In retail stores they sell very well at $18, but on my blog and website you can get a special deal. With the purchase of the book the beanie only adds $12 and we will pay the shipping for all of it! (AS ALWAYS, IF YOU CLICK ON THE PICTURE IT WILL GET BIGGER TO SEE THE DETAIL.)

The books will come signed and can be personalized by Justin Matott for the person receiving it if it is noted in an email to justin@justinmatott.com.
We can paypal invoice you so you can put it on your credit card. You can see all of Justin Matott's books on www.justinmatott.com. You can order the books from that site and get it signed and or personalized. BUT if you want the beanie, you will have to request a special paypal invoice since they are not loaded on the website yet. So, your total for the book and beanie would be an even $30. With each additional beanie/book combination after the first you will also receive a free copy of There's A Fly On My Toast on CD (a $12 retail value and a great stocking stuffer for a niece, nephew, paper girl, boy scout, girl scout, cub scout, scout scout...).

November 20, 2008

Amusing buildings in Dublin


I loved the neon signs all over the city and thought these of particular interest!

November 13, 2008

KIDS CHECK THIS OUT AND KEEP AT IT!

Recently, while I was up in Wright Wyoming I met a young lady who impressed me quite a bit! Her name is Sabre Moore (is Sabre just the coolest name for an author?) and she is a fellow published author.  What I admire most about her is her drive, confidence and tenacity, not to mention she is a class act.  She has already done numerous book signings (I think she said 50) and she wrote this book at THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE!!!!!!

Students ask me all the time; "How can I get published? I'm just a kid!" I have two names for you:  Sabre Moore and Christopher Paolini (ERAGON ANYONE?) 

Sabre's book is titled Secrets At Sea.
Her book is adventurous and will please your inner pirate.
Teachers and parents please go to amazon.com and order a copy of Sabre's book for your young reader and if it is not at your local bookstore, please ask them to bring it in! The book is $11.99 and the ISBN is 9781602478190.  

Your reader will enjoy the book and she or he will be encouraged by one of his or her own peers! 

November 12, 2008

Some political angles work better than others...

I mean, who would stop moonshining?

Just my attempt at moving away from the recent political deluge we all went through with some humor!



*This was an actual poster put out in 1919, just prior to prohibition...

November 11, 2008

Check out the bird coming in for breakfast...

In a little park in Dublin, this Irish gentleman stopped to eat his lunch. Within a minute many other pigeons joined this first one hoping for scraps.


Where in the WORLD are my books?

Wouldn't it be cool to see Ol' Lady Grizelda and her friends in the window of this charming Irish bookshop?