Spooky crew

Spectacularly spooky!  The annual pumpkin walk was extra fun this year because Hippie Chic and Pebs joined us with their chil'ens

and Wild Shelley came too.

These blow-ups were lining the path.

Trick or Treat!? Isn't this really for the kids?  What's Wild Shelley doing with that big bucket of candy???hmmmmmm?????

Anyone look like they don't belong here?

I love this halloween picture...it's just awesome!

Good costumes kids - even though everyone needed coats on to keep warm!

Bright fireworks ended the night...Yay!

Until next year....mwha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Monster Mash -check this out!

Dog Sitting

We had a visitor!

A miniature visitor - named Shelley!

It's a play date for the dogs...

awww, we take such good care of our doggies.

Feed 'em, bath 'em, clip 'em and make sure they establish

 meaningful relationships with their own kind too.

Here's an imaginary dialogue between grumpy dog and Shelley dog - not that this is how they really felt...I'm just being goofy cuz it's more fun that way!

Shelly dog :" You look so so lonely, friend. Do you want me to come over to play? Huh? Huh?!  C'mon, it'll be fun!"

Grumpy dog:  "Are you serious...company?  No thanks."

Shelley Dog: "I'm He-re!!!  See me all full of joy!  Let's play!  We'll romp around and have a good old time...I'll make your day...it'll be cool!  I'll chase you and bite your face!"

Grumpy dog: "Oh, you're here.  Great...just what I don't want...I gotta get outa here, quick."

Shelley dog : "Where are you going now?  I wanna come too...don't leave me behind...I'm a real bundle of energy you know...hey, lets do something...what do you want to do...I'll do anything you want...by the way did you know that you're my best-est friend!  I'm serious...I mean it, my BFF for ever and ever."

Grumpy dog : "Do you have to follow me around...can't you find something better to do? Didn't your Momma ever teach you how to stop talking for a second?"

Shelley dog : "Awwww! You're great, you know...I just love spending time with you...what was that you said...I didn't hear you...and here's another thing I bet you didn't know...it's just this crazy feeling I have...it washes all over me when I see you...this must be love...hey did you hear me...I love you!  How's that for news!"

Grumpy dog: "Is it time for you to go home yet?!  I need a break."

Kinda reminds me of Shrek and Donkey eh?!

Pie Fest

Made pies the last week...ugh...groan...I hate making pastry...

not that I'm complaining really, but come on...

it gets the counter all sticky,

doesn't roll out properly,

and then doesn't fit in the pie pan.

I mean, really.  Pastry is challenging!  Bah!

I try.  I try real hard.

See - it just doesn't work for me!

Finally managed to get some pastry dough in each pan.

Now it's time to peel the apples...this I can do! 

How long can you peel your peels?

Whew!

What a mess!  I am not happy when my counter looks like this!

I didn't do a pastry topping - cuz you all know now how much I hate making pastry!  So I did a crumble topping...but then I forgot to add the sugar...

so I plastered brown sugar all over the tops...shhessshh!!  What next?!

OK, when my counter looks like this, I finally feel happy.

Taste tests always make me happy too...especially if I get to add more sugar, or cream, or ice cream!!!  Dig in...it's a pie fest!

Virtual Kids

Kam had a really cool session the other night on the computer...

of course this technology has been around for a while, but we are just now

discovering how to use it. 

See, our computer has a web cam and her friend has a web cam.

Her friend had another friend with him and they all got on the computer at the same time.

The kids at my house could see and hear the kids at their house and the

kids at their house could see and hear us kids over here...through the video cam...it was cool!

The friend was playing loud music, they were typing back and forth with messages, then they would talk, then they would shout all as they played this bowling game...its a party around here...but with virtual kids!

A virtual party!  Wonderful!  Wierd!

Webcam display, typing screen in the middle, and bowling on the side.

So cool.  It's like Skype, but with Windows Live...neat!

But now the competetion is fierce around here for

being the first one to get on the computer!!!

Mini-wheats!

We had our very first snow fall on Sunday.  October isn't even over yet and here we've got this fluffy stuff sitting on the ground.

  I'm pretty sure it will melt though,

 but I've been wrong before!!

The lighting was kind of pretty for this picture

 looking out my front porch.

Looking the other direction.

Now with a slightly different angle...don't you love digital...

you can take so many pictures and just not even worry about how many

you've got and you'll be sure to find

at least one that turns out!

Look at how the light changed here and made such a different photo.

Hey, those hay bales look like mini-wheats!

Never knew cereal grew that way!  Anyone growing Fruit loops??

Cool eh?  Now where's my jug of milk, spoon and bowl...mmmm!

Horses in Snow

Hey all you horse lovers out there -

how's this for a snowy field of studs, mares, fillies or colts

- or some mixture of the above -

who can tell what's what?  Not me!!  Brownie points for you if you can! 

(remember you can click any pic to enlarge)

I really love the coloring on these horses.  I wonder what breed they are.

I haven't seen this coloring very often before.

Such a dark caramelly color for their bodies and then the light straw color for their manes.  It's really quite striking. 

Mmmm - a picture of these beauties with the sun shining brightly would be so gorgeous...better keep my eyes open for a photo op!

This is almost good enough for a frame - if you like dullish, cold, wintery pictures...or maybe a post card or if I knew how to use photoshop, maybe add a Christmas message or something.

Do you see how the horses are scattered - I heard that it's good when the viewer's eyes are drawn in and then zig zag around the page...heard that from a fashion/photo director on Canada's Next Top Model!

Are your eyes zigging? Zagging?

:)

Are ya cross-eyed yet?!?!

:)

Tracks in the Snow

Snow.

Tracks.

Sun.

Trees.

Sky.

Pretty.

Picture.

Snap.

Snap again!

That's it for today!

Have a good one!

Wheels

There's something about wheels - especially old wheels - that I just love.

Here's a song - along the "wheel" theme: Wheel in the Sky by Journey
Check out this early '80's song - note the hair and the high pants!!
Eeeps - we thought they were cool!

Shane Yellowbird sings a cool country song with a cute video about his old pickup truck that doesn't seem to pick up many girls anymore:

Pickup Truck

This old yellow truck is so very awesomely cool...can't really see the actual wheels too good here, but this is more about the truck!

It has the little side step just past the doors and I adore the color and shape of this old GMC.
My Dad proposed to my Mom in this old truck...back when it was running, that is, and that appeals to my romantic side!!
Do you have a vehicle that hits the "romantic button" in your heart?  What is it?  Is it a chopper, a tractor, a limo, a helicopter, what does it for you?

A Lot Of Bull

Would you take a look at this big black bull...he's massive!  What a fine young pile of black bull.  Or maybe he's old, I don't know - he was moving pretty slowly...but even so, young or old, with muscles everywhere...he still managed to scare me!

  Those fences are nothing to him.  If he took a mind to, he could blow them down with one shoulder flick!

Yah, you, big boy...you make me nervous.  And you like that, don't you.

Brute.

Here's a brown pile of bull - he was no less scary.  They kept looking at me and wondering if I was a threat that they needed to take care of.

  Did my camera look like a gun?

  I tried to be submissive in my body language! 

I even tried talking gently to them - "So,  Bossy. So." 

Hmmm, I called the bulls "bossy" to their faces.

  Maybe that's what they didn't like.

And my conversation wasn't that stimulating now was it!?!

 Just can't get very far into anything when you begin and end with "So."

That's probably why they took offence.

They both had to come right over and butt at the fence.

By then I had whipped way far back around behind a few more fences

 and then used the zoom lense!

  I like to keep lots of fences between myself and these big bulls.

I left these powerful iron pumpers alone and went down along the driveway.

  I jumped out of the car just as these baby calves and their mothers were approaching and crouched near the fence.

Hello, sweet curious baby!

You're cute!  And friendly.

Nothing like your Dad!

I like you.  You don't scare me so much.

In fact, I'd like to take you home!

Peek-a-boo!  I can see you!

What a kind little face.  Again, nothing like your Dad!

  Must have gotten all those soft and gentle, friendly genes from your Momma!

  Bless her dear cow heart. 

Good Momma Cow.
"So.  Bossy.  So. 
You understand what I'm talking about, don't you.
Thanks for being you!"

Driving with knees

You already know that driving while talking on a cell phone increases your chances of crashing by 4 percent, right?

Well, here's something for investigators to find out next:

How much does driving with knees increase the chance of crashing?

I was trying to test this out the other day - no, I'm not a crazy dare-devil driver who wants to put others in danger...

But...

when the need to take a picture arises while I'm driving - I have a bit of an adrenaline rush.  So many things happen so quickly!

I've got to get the car window rolled down - for clarity, of course, and still continue to drive, and so...

 with one hand holding the camera, and the other hand madly pressing down the window button...

that leaves exactly...

my knees

to do the driving!

Look, it's a bird!  No, it's a plane.

 I'm actually quite good at driving with my knees!!

Guess the good ol' country roads aren't safe quite yet...

'cuz as long as I have knees and a camera, you'll never know exactly what might be happening in that car up ahead there on the road!!

P.S. This hardly ever happens.  I promise.  And it never happens near town.