More Carved Pumpkins!

If you didn't see the other pumpkins, go back to Saturday and Sunday's posts.

I don't know where this carver gets his inspiration, but he scares me silly!!

More Carved Pumpkins!

See yesterday's post for an explanation of the man who carved these.

I'm thinking the bolts in his neck are making him queasy!

Bite your tongue!!

A goofy David Letterman!


I couldn't hold my head up long enough to post these last night. I left for work at 8:15 am yesterday and returned home at 8:15 last night, having driven 150 miles throughout the day.  I went to bed and fell asleep for eleven hours!! I can't remember ever sleeeping that long in one stretch. I sure needed it. But lest you think I'm complaining, let me assure you I am not. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Halloween is coming.....and you'll no doubt need....



a pumpkin. Will you carve yours like these?  
I sure won't!
My pumpkins are lucky to get carved at all. This one is called  "I've got my eye on you!"





Artist Ray Villafane began carving pumpkins on a lark for his art students in a small rural school district in Michigan. The hobby changed his life as he gained a viral following online and unlocked his genuine love of sculpting. Here are images of pumpkin carvings Villafane created over the past five years.





Aren't they just fabulous?? I have a few more to show you tomorrow.What's your favorite?

Odds and Ends

More Halloween decor...










I made this pumpkin out of poster board back in the late 70's, and we have been using it ever since. It hangs beside my front door.






Next, a photo of Canada geese in S*m's Club parking lot. This was just a small part of the gathering. There were at least 60 of them that day.

My food  Friday night at Cafe Capistrano.....yum!

Have you ever slept the whole day away? I did that on Saturday. I got up at 7am, got on the computer until about 8:30, ate breakfast and settled in to read  the 2nd book in the Swedish crime series  (The Girl Who Played With Fire.) Fell asleep for two hours, got up and ate lunch, read some more - fell back to sleep about 1:15 and slept until 4:30!  I'm not sick, so I can't understand why I slept so much, unless I am making up for lost sleep last week. 

I redeemed myself by making a pot of chicken and rice soup for dinner. It turned out well and I know it will be even better tomorrow! 

P.S.  I slept another 3 hours in my chair Saturday night . I wonder how long it will take me to get sleepy again? 

More Halloween decor - although I have no idea how monkeys fit into it....lol....Once again, Blogger only allowed me to upload one photo. That will make it hard for me to show you the pix from our trip to the History Museum, since I took about 40 photos of the furniture exhibit. Oh, well....

We went out to dinner with friends tonight, to a new (to us) Mexican place; one with a California bent. I had a shrimp chimichanga, which was delicious. Served with mashed pintos, rice and pico de gallo, it had just the right amount of flavor and spice - and I enjoyed it very much. I took a photo, but I haven't uploaded it yet. The name of the restaurant is
Cafe Capistrano, and I recommend you try it - but go early. By the time we left, it was standing room only.

And now an announcement:  my blog friend Jean Mac of A Mountain Too High sent an email today asking that I let everyone know that she is alive and well - but apparently her computer isn't. She will be back soon, she says, and that is good news for those of us who follow her poignant story of life with Alzheimer's. Hurry back, Jean Mac!!



Halloween Approaches

Blogger will only let me upload one photo tonight - so this is it. My dining room table display during October. Simple and to the point! My two black cats don't much care for their papier mache counterpart, and they view the witch with their eyes in narrow slits. The ceramic pumpkin (one of my favorite gifts...thanks Adair and Jeff!) has sharp points with which to scratch furry faces, so it merits their approval.

I can seldom place a vase of flowers on this table - it gets mysteriously knocked over - the water gets lapped up with relish, as though it were somehow different than the tap water placed in their bowl daily. What is it with cats anyway?  Mine will drink water from anywhere but their bowl. The only thing they do with the bowl is knock it around until the water spills, and then they drink it from the floor. (And don't tell me the bowl is dirty! It gets cleaned everyday. well, maybe that's the problem.....lol). I knew of a guy once who never washed his coffee cup; said the coffee tasted better in a dirty cup. Maybe my cats subscribe to that theory.

Second Annual Tiffoween Party Photos

Really - it's a new post!!

I know, I know; you saw these two photos yesterday. Indulge me, if you will. Mr. kenju came up with this costume all by himself, and it didn't cost a penny (except for the new pennant). I thought he looked good. The only problem was that no one else at the party was old enough to have any clue who "Joe College" was! LOL

Being determined to come up with something to wear without spending any money, I decided to go as "Mr. kenju", so I donned his denim shirt with the pipe club logo, wore his newsboy hat, carried his cane and held his pipe in my mouth (for about 3 seconds) Whew! Yuck! Ack! I don't know how that thing could taste any worse! I also took an old work name badge and covered it with a "mr. kenju" (not many people there knew who that was!) I should mention the travel pillow I taped around my belly before I donned the shirt; lest you think I've gained more weight than I have....LOL) I tried going without lipstick, but I just couldn't. I had a line ready had anyone asked me if Mr. kenju really did wear lipstick.....I was going to say "only on Saturday nights!", but no one asked.

We had a version of Dorothy at the party too, and a lovely one she was. She wore really great ruby slippers! I tried to get a good photo of the cheerleaders (on the right) that showed up. It's not often you see them with facial hair....LOL....but that photo was blurry.

Our hosts on the left, Tiff and Biff Spiffy, dressed as characters from The Princess Bride, with a Marine and his wife, the witch. The Marine came to the party in a great chicken suit, but since the temperature was still hovering in the mid- 70's, he got unbearably hot and went home to put on his uniform. Worked for me!

(and Biff? It's been entirely too long since you posted!!)

That's MOJO; local photographer (and hippie for one night) extraordinaire! You can find him here. Unlike Biff, Mojo posts everyday!

The shower curtain (and the bath mat below) also got decorated for the holiday. I was told to go and look at the bathroom, but when I did, I didn't close the door. Later I went back and on closing the door, I saw a "scream" mask with black draping on the wall. It would have given me quite a fright had I not been forewarned.

There was so much food that I suspect the Spiffy family will be dining off the leftovers for a week or more! Below, you see just one example. I took Buffalo Chicken Dip, but I think it was too spicy/hot for most people. I love it to death! Next time, I'll make it with a sauce that isn't quite so fiery.

Ummmmm, Brownies!!


So, did you go to a costume party? What did you wear?