Oh, that last photo looks so inviting, Kirk! First of all, the anniversary bear is just AWESOME...I remember him! And the baskets of pine cones (one of my favs, of course), the old shoes planted & that very cool rustic table you made...just looks downright comforting for a cup of that hot cider. Both the chairs are wonderful ...& even a lantern light. And then to add that cool old rusted coffee can with the lavendar...ummm, can smell it from here! The "jacks" from your country store add the color for the season...and make ya' smile! I love Bart, too...what a welcoming! He is one doggone CUTE witch & the bargain $$$ broom adds alot! TFS your bears! Jeanne S.

Happy Halloween everyone. I am on my way to the nursery close to my home for a seminar on growing tomatillos (sp). The guy presenting is bringing a salsa made with tomatillos he grew and chicken and pork to eat it with.

And a Happy Halloween to you all, too! Tonight will be our 24th annual Halloween dinner party. We don't have it here but down in Albuquerque at our good friends' home, as they live on this long, old, beautiful street lined with huge trees where everyone really decorates their homes wonderfully for Halloween. We each bring a pot of homemade soup, two of them make fantastic homemade breads, we have appetizers, wines, a big salad, mulled cider and desserts. Back when our kids were small, the dads would take the group of them up and down the street trick-or-treating while we moms sat on the front porch. We'd chat and sip mulled cider while we handed out candy. Gosh, time does fly! Nowdays, they're all grown and living out of state except one who's a senior at UNM and my DD, who's 15 y/o. The rest are all in grad school, law school, teaching out of state or in the Army now. DD has decided to skip the party this year to go to her bestfriend's sleepover instead. Scary movies and pizza with a few of her girlfriends now sounds like more fun than hanging out with a bunch of parents, since she doesn't go out begging any more. So, I've got my pot of posole on the stove cooking now, The house smells so good! Posole is a shredded pork and hominy soup. It's usually served with red chile sauce that's dolloped on top, in the bowl. Most of us throw in a couple red chile pods right off our ristras, too, while it's cooking. I've got to go make my chile sauce and a cheese tray next. So, here's hoping that all your Halloween evenings are fun! Don't forget that Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is tomorrow. Don't look for any table or decs from me, though. That's one holiday I don't care for! Lynn

@Luvs How could I forget about you? You taught me so many things which I still apply to my home!!! Without you and all the ladies here, I wouldn't have improved my living room, nor would I have decorated for other holidays than Christmas! Moreover, without you all, I wouldn't have been able to build an online resource dedicated to holidays - I learned a lot in this forum and, while I visited a lot of online resources, none of them could compete against GardenWeb forum! There is an online group which self-proclaimed "the smartest women on the Internet"... Hm... No! The smartest women on the Internet are all here! Ah, Luvs, like you, I don't understand the interest to ruin other's hard work! I had to ask for a nuke on my server and start from scratch. I reduced the number of sites I have so that I can keep all of them update with content AND security stuff. So, I'm left with three sites only but at least, for the moment, they're safe ;) Thank you ladies for your kind words! From what I can see here, you're all as productive as usual. That's why I love to come here, I can see in some kind of "reality" (your personal pictures) the great things you do, you always come up with new things which never cease to amaze me. I hope being able to keep the rhythm and come here more often than this year.