<font face=calligrapher size=5><font color=gold>WELCOME TO LANDOMANDO'S<br> Adventures in Trading

Over the years M&M's have changed in their look but not in their great flavor. I remember as a kid how much I loved it when my Mom would be at the store and let me loose in the candy aisle. Invariably I bought a bag of Milk Chocolate M&M's. I would savor each one. Some I would put on my tongue until the the outer shell melted and I could taste the milk chocolate. Others i would put in my mouth and immediately get a mouthful of ice cold milk then completing the event by chewing the M&M and milk together. The great thing nowadays is that we have so many flavors to choose from ! Not only the milk chocolate and peanut but now Peanut Butter, Almond, Dark Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Peanut. Not to mention the holiday flavors of Christmas mint. This past year we saw Raspberry and Wildly Cherry which were excellent and the Indiana Jones flavors of Peanut and Crisp mint. With any luck M&M/Mars will be bring back the cherry and raspberry flavors. They seemed to be quite popular. As new flavors come out I will revies them here and offer them in my store. Check back often because many of these flavors will be here today but gone tomorrow. Jim Thomasson www.omarstent.com

I re-discovered the beauty of the Franciscan Desert Rose glassware the other day when I came across a couple of stored boxes. There were 8 6 1/2 inch goblets buried in a storage area with the receipt still attached. They were originally purchased in 1994 and never used. Made in France they are quite lovely and will add beauty to any place setting but especially for that which they were made. The Franciscan Desert Rose. They can currently be seen at www.omarstent.com