Low Lying Fruit: “Pretty Is as Pretty Does,” and While It’S Undeniably True That “Money Makes the World Go Round,” Nice Is What Makes It Habitable.

By Sereena Nightshade

Low Lying Fruit

Low Lying Fruit is a rated PG picture book on high-quality paper. This material features numerous snap-shots of author Sereena Nightshade as well as the following poems and informal essays: The Prize, Money Bear, Everyone in Their Place, Its Not That Complicated, Tonka Trucks and Pretty Baubles, Guilty by Proxy, The Achilles Tendon Factor, Whatcha See, Mad Hatter, Sheets of Rubble, Death Race, Hells Films, So Be It, Matching Luggage, Check-Back 2013, Benny Found One Indeed, Spirit in the Sky, Points to Remember, Laid Back is Golden, Falling, Habitable, Ivys Child, Ode to the Low Lying Fruit, Relationship Red Flags. A special thanks is extended out to little Vlad the genius photographer who took most of the snapshot photos featured herein.

Commentary on the short books in general: Please be advised that the color photos in these awesome Advantage Package books, break down Nightshades previously presented works while displaying new "materials" most commonly in RD #1 form, offering readers a rare glance into Nightshades private world as this writer is a true recluse.

A recluse though she may be Nightshade easily moves through different environments unabashed, easily approachable, garnering friendships and interviewing various individuals along the way.

These vibrant color photo books are guaranteed to delight fans with bold revealing pictures of Nightshade, her environment both past and current as well as some of Nightshades informal artwork.

Color books by Nightshade include: Last Dance, Nightshade Rains, The Killing Fields, Dysfunctional Meanderings, Grace and False Prophets, The Dimming, Low Lying Fruit, Tick Tock, Backlash, Riddle as well as additional books waiting behind the "Stage left side of life."

Upcoming Riddle features some of Nightshades current and likely last travel photos in this "Offering of many inadvertent and purposeful journeys intertwined in the carpets woven of mismatched threads, multilayered, multi-colored, singular tones, transparent and Pecksniffian where little is what one believes it to be or everything is a riddle no matter ones wish for a variance sweet..," including Nightshades November 2013 journey.

However, be it Riddle or the many others, all of Nightshades color picture books sincerely enchanting for fans everywhere.

Review by Dominic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781493113675

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Copyright © 2013 by Sereena Nightshade. 142735-GROO

ISBN:   Softcover       978-1-4931-1366-8

             EBook           978-1-4931-1367-5

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 11/11/2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Prize

Money Bear

Everyone in Their Place

It’s Not That Complicated

Tonka Trucks and Pretty Baubles

Guilty by Proxy

The Achilles’ Tendon

Whatcha-See

Mad Hatter

Sheets of Rubble

Death Race (Regarding the One from Afar 2000 to Mid-2003)

Hell’s Films

So Be it

Matching Luggage

Check-Back 2013

Benny Found One Indeed

Spirit in the Sky

Points to Remember:

Laid Back is Golden

Falling

Habitable

Ivy’s Child

Ode to That Low Lying Fruit

Relationship Red Flags

Considerations – When the Flags May Potentially Not Apply

The Value of a General Background and/or Criminal Background Check

THE PRIZE

Sometimes to claim the prize a gentleman must take his eye off of the low lying fruit and look up into the tree tops past all of the scary vicious thorns at the premium fruit at the very teetering tip top. The fruit one must climb the terrifying tree to get close to. This fruit likely does not mean to be at that horrifying tip top as no one wants to be in such an unfair place; however, circumstances have placed it there and it cannot traverse to a lower branch through a wish. It’s complicated or frightening or uncomfortable – this fruit’s location and surroundings. Moreover, while no one and nothing is utterly perfect this premium fruit is a true prize while the ones on the lower branches or worse yet the ones on the ground are not equal quality. Grasping a poor quality fruit, making the mistake of purchasing it, consuming it leads to such long-term strife – misery.

The low lying fruit may be those that can be easily obtained, tasted, tested, and internally inspected without challenging or severe barriers to doing so. Thus they look better on the surface as factors akin to trying patience, an open mind, extended time, faith, a certain degree of commitment or investment and obvious or mock risk are not involved in having these – they practically throw themselves at a seeker that sends out the correct ready to buy signals. Those low lying fruit are the narcissists, gold diggers and variations of these things. While they can be purchased up front and quickly via the seeker who is adequately eager to pay; they will not provide steadfast stability, kindness, generosity, loyalty, or lasting sweetness of any kind. These low lying fruit are the very ones in it to get what they can and the gentleman who bends his knee to one of them is a fool who will soon understand what it is to lose everything that once mattered so much to him.

By Sereena Nightshade

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Photo of Sereena Nightshade July/4/2013.

MONEY BEAR

A gentleman finds himself on another date and his current treasure picks out the most expensive or nearly the most expensive thing on the menu because that is what ladies who know what they’re worth do, right? If she has a high self-esteem and takes care of herself, she will do certain things and this is just one of them – she will expect to be taken out to nice places and treated like a queen. While she is getting what she wants she is a real dear – funny, witty, smart, ambitious, goal oriented, sexy, lusciously desirable. If this gentleman wishes to propose to her he better purchase a worthy ring – one as beautiful as she is -- one that is sufficiently expensive so that he can demonstrate he understands how much she is worth by the size and clarity of the stones on that gold or platinum band.

Nearly everyone knows how to be fun when they are getting what they want. Nearly every female is able to enjoy being spoiled or taken out to the best restaurants, shows, vacations and whatnot. It’s lovely to have a Money Bear eager to spend his earnings on one’s momentary pleasures and we all adore delicious costly things, including generous gifts. However, the smart man may consider gently testing the prospect of his forever. If she will not stay when it appears the money is not all there or if she will not say, Yes when presented with a basic ring void of glistening stones then perhaps it is not the gentleman she loves so much as what he can give her in the service and material realm. And that material realm is a slippery slope as it can come and go. In addition to this, the material realm is rather an addiction where more is always better and once accustomed to so much many will stand for nothing less than even more. This is no foundation for the future.

By Sereena Nightshade

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Sereena Nightshade photo above taken by five-year old son of author Sereena Nightshade August 2013.

Photos included for the future benefit of this writer’s son.

EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACE

Once upon a time in an existence long ago everyone, males and females had their appropriate place or gender roll and then Women’s Liberation hit bulldozing everything into smashed unrecognizable disorganized rubble. The glory of burning bras and angry marches intermingled with the chants to be equal, which in truth meant the right to be what one was not as well as what one was. The end result of course has been a bleed-out of misinterpretation, confusion and wide-spread reconstruction to the ultimately destructive. Males are no longer males and females are no longer females. Females are male and female combined and why do they need a husband when they’d rather