Happy Halloween

When I think of Halloween, I think of classic TV Specials like "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown."

As a child, Halloween wasn't just about scary dead things to me, although I was completely fascinated by all things spooky. The Charlie Brown series added this undeniably wholesome aspect to Halloween that you rarely find anywhere today.

In the next 40 minutes I will be dressing my kids up as zombies. One of them will be a loose interpretation of the zombie with a pot on his head from Plants vs Zombies. When we were looking for costumes with the youngest child I asked him if he wanted to be a pirate and looked at me quite frankly and said, "Mom, pirates are so last year."

Me? What will I be for Halloween this year? I went to a Halloween party on Saturday night as Nyan Cat. As you can see by the rubber snake in my hand, I am fully in touch with my inner cat. Thank you to Melanie Smith for taken this lovely picture!

If we get back in time I will be giving out some Kinder Eggs to the kids. We don't get a lot of trick-or-treaters here in our country abode.

What are some of your Halloween 2012 highlights? What are your favorite memories from past Halloweens?

Farmers' Market

It is the right season for fall baking. It is natural to bake this time of year. All of the local farmers' markets are displaying their seasonal bounty and how can you not want to create deliciousness with all of the beautiful gourds, apples and other fine ingredients. A few weeks ago, I went to Wolfville with my mom to visit my sister. She hadn't got to come home for Thanksgiving so we drove up with her cat to visit her.

My mother had to drive like this for the last 45 minutes of the drive. The cat was displeased with the car ride.  Every time my mother moved or tried to get comfortable in her seat, the cat voiced her displeasure.

On the way to my sister's house we stopped at a local farmers' market. I was pleased to see goats, chickens and ducks. There was so much photographic opportunity surrounding me that I momentarily lost my mother. Indeed, I momentarily became a little girl lost in a department store because I got too excited about a new toy that I discovered. I'm a third year, 29 year old woman.

How could I not having found myself in such a wonderful play land of beauty!

Cats and Books

So, I'm reading a couple books right now. Coven by Diane Wing and another book called The Blue Fairy by Ernest Dempsey. I'm about halfway into one of the books right now and Fuzzy Phoenix decided that she wanted to read it too, with the power of osmosis. (Cats can do many things...)

For those of you who aren't aware, Fuzzy Phoenix's given name is Lady Phoenix and she adopted me about 3 years ago. She is a warrior... and a book worm.