Yearly Archives: 2025

……………..I LOVE going to the local Farmer’s Market…..They have it twice a week near me, and everything looks incredible…and it all tastes incredible. The produce in the super markets just isn’t as good, and it costs so much more than what these farmers sell it for!….You just want to buy everything. Unfortunately, they will be closing soon. I asked the farmer if he goes on vacation now….He said…”I wish”….The work never ends, and I am very thankful for them.

……………..I was listening to a local TV station, and one of the stories they were talking about was how thieves were going on peoples property at night and STEALING the GIANT SKELETONS, GHOSTS and WITCHES off from their front lawns! One of these thieves was caught on a house camera going on the lawn, taking down the huge skeleton and putting it in the back of his truck with half of the skeleton hanging out! After hearing this story I noticed after driving around the neighborhood that I only saw three of these huge creatures in front of peoples homes…..There used to be many!!….and they aren’t inexpensive!….It has become very common to hear stories about peoples packages being stolen from their front doors….but…..this is a NEW LOW!…..What is the matter with people thinking it’s OK to steal other peoples decorations!! I doubt that the police were able to get the trucks license plate number due to the skeleton hanging off the back!……I used to do a pretty elaborate display at my front door with two bales of hay, tall corn stalks on the poles and many pumpkins on the stairs and sitting of the hay bales….Instead of carving them I used to paint faces on them with black paint….However, before Halloween even arrived the squirrels ate right through the pumpkins and destroyed them leaving a mess….Forget about them making it for Thanksgiving……By then they were in the garbage…..I even tried spraying the pumpkins with acrylic lacquer, but that didn’t stop them…They ate right through it!….I decided since no one can see my house from the road, and the only people to see my decorations were the mailmen and delivery men…and me…and I was tired of the mess the squirrels left behind….I just wouldn’t do it anymore….Now, I just decorate the inside….which my guests appreciate!…..People are just getting worse and worse!….No self respect or dignity!!

…………………On my way around town today….doing my many chores before I leave for Europe……I saw AMERICAN CITIZENS on their way to the “NO KINGS RALLY”…….The “right” says they are un-American, and terrorists! Do they look like terrorists to you???……..They are NOT….They are simply everyday Americans expressing their rights to PROTEST against the tyrant and his cronies who are running this country into the ground, and are trying with every avenue, many illegal, so they can to destroy our DEMOCRACY! If you don’t see this to be true….you’re just not looking!……..MILLIONS are expected to march across AMERICA, and over seas!……….DO SOMETHING!!!!!

………………..One of my neighbors is into the more MACABRE, SPOOKY style of decorating……The other day, on my walk, I spoke to the woman who owns the house. She was walking her baby in a stroller on this beautiful, crisp, sunny day. I told her I loved the way she decorated her house!……She replied….”oh no, this isn’t me….it’s ALL MY HUSBAND!….He does it all!!”….I said “your husband must have some sense of humor….right up my alley”…..she yes “yes he does,”, with a big smile on her face. My photos don’t even show all of it. There’s a giant white spider on top of the mail box, and other skeletons crawling all over the house….on the roof and crawling up the sides, plus other creepy things crawling about…..For Christmas he leaves up all of the skeletons……and puts SANTA HATS on all of them!………My kinda guy!

…………………It’s that time of year!……HALLOWEEN will soon be here, and the Halloween decorations are going up all over the neighborhood!……This lovely cottage type home is one of my favorites!!…..Some do very elaborate decorations, and some keep it simple focusing on one thing…..This is definitely my FAVORITE….It’s simple but very chic and sophisticated…….As you can see only the one tree in the front yard is decorated……but……it’s decorated with REAL, hand carved pumpkins which are suspended from the tree’s branches!……I’ll have to drive past it at night to see if the pumpkins light up!…..Now that would be FANTASTIC!