I hope you All had a peaceful and happy Halloween. Glenn, I am glad that your girls got to enjoy the Halloween time with your wife. About your vegetable garden , it is good that you are harvesting some crops, I harvested my sweet potatoes already. When you are too busy, sometimes is a good idea to let the garden rest for a while. There will be the time , when you can plant again.... Thank you Writersblock, I am glad that you enjoyed the video, the owner of the house takes a lot of his time, patience and material to make it possible for all of us to enjoy. We told him that we were making the video. The only spell that I made yesterday was for my food to be healthy! lol. And it was tasty and healthy, that red lentil pasta , I will be buying again, taste better when hot and fresh. I saw another pasta made from chickpeas, I will be trying that one too.

Thanks Ingrid! Yes the quest to create a perfect "black" rose continues on! Krista - Your roses are amazing! My RdV is much lighter and maybe more magenta? This is the darkest one I've ever had with no gray undertones. Yours are quite special! The Prince does start out black sometimes - check out these buds! It's the color of my shopping soul when I'm looking for new roses to buy! :)) Ann

We moved into our home during a year when Halloween fell on a Friday, and we had many kids. We like to give out king sized bars so I always buy too much as our numbers fall tremendously during the week. I'll be curious to see if Halloween 2020 will have big crowds again! We are doing a home remodel so I set up in our driveway. We only had about 25 kids so I let them take 2. Usually I only let them have 1. Honestly I'll probably go back to that policy because a few sly ones took 3 or 4 thinking I wouldn't notice! I don't want to encourage greed. I have quite a bit leftover. I might donate it but I've never done that before. A local dentist is buying it back for $1 a pound and sending to troops.

Andrew (second from right) on his first trick or treat expedition. DD and SIL invited her two sorority sisters and their families who don’t live in easy to navigate neighborhoods for dinner and T or T’ing afterwards. Andrew had a great time, their new home is surrounded by young families. I bought him two costumes, a fancy cow and the ”slimmed down” skeleton pajamas that glow in the dark. He wore the pjs (as predicted) and their DOG wore the cow outfit! Wish I had a picture of that!!