I'm back!!

Now that Halloween is over (sob!) and the Countdown to Halloween complete over on my other blog.... I can turn my attention back here now! 

Until next year, peeps!

The Spouse & I take November 1 off work and manage to go from this

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to this

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The time stamp on this pic was 12:20pm on November 1. 

Don't get me wrong - nothing is put away at this point!  But from the street you can't tell. 

We feel this is part of the magic - I start putting the cemetery out the last week in September and add to it / tweak it all the way up to trick or treat time - then the next day.... POOF.  Like it never even happened. 

Ugh, I have a new app to compress the size of the pics in my phone (they're been huge lately!) and it doesn't save them in the date order.  So I'm going to just roll with how they got uploaded!

The best campaign signs ever! 

Seen in my neighborhood.

The GrandSpawn waiting for the train at Huckleberry Railroad in Flint. 

Said train!

This was my car at the inaugural trunk or treat at my VFW. 

Top Lights Truck or Treat in Lapeer. 

There were fire trucks, police/sheriff/state trooper cars, ambulances, tow trucks, state conservation vehicles of all sorts, the sheriff's dept dive team, animal control, victim services, child services and of course - the SAR team!   All with lights going, of course. 

They said a good 1400 kids came thru in those 2 hours. 

It was so fun to walk around with the grandkids in their police/fire costumes.  Whoever created the Facebook Event noted that any kids dressed like police/fire/emt were going to be given a shift!  The Grandson got a fist bump from the actual Sheriff.  They both got lots of comments from the respective departments, most of which I know they didn't understand, but I thought were funny. 

Trunk or Treat at the grandkids' daycare. 

My next-car neighbor offered to watch my candy bowl for me so I could run down to do my own trick or treating at the cars that had pumpkin pie pudding shots and caramel apple mimosas!

My co-pilot looks like he's cussing at other drivers!

I attended K9-One's Halloween Camp again. 

Posted here, too

Finally got to see the northern lights from my house!!

The Grandson conversing with some of my skeletons.

We made 2 visits to this particular location of Blake's Orchard (they have several) once was with the kids' daycare and the other for the Granddaughter's birthday. 

Speaking of the birthday girl (10/18)

My favorite tree has dropped its leaves!

This was the first of the trunk or treats I want to.  

After sitting there for a while, the guy I was there with decided to grab some pinecones from the tree whose shadow you can see here and offer those as an option to candy.  We thought that would be hilarious and it made it better to see just how many kids DID take a pinecone!!  

I took a half day on Veteran's Day and went to the VFW for the ceremony there.

I ended up having lunch with 3 gentlemen who'd been in Vietnam and they started telling stories and I was riveted!  They could have sat there all day and I wouldn't have left! 

Ooops - Lowe's got me with some really cute blowmolds this year!

Normally I wait until after Thanksgiving to put the Christmas stuff out in the yard, but I think I'll do it this weekend.   The lights are already up on the house, but haven't been plugged in yet. 

~GASP~  who have I become???

I had to take care of some scholarship program stuff at the VFW yesterday and stopped at the local park afterward to eat my lunch - couldn't help but notice how pretty this tree still is!