Good Morning!

Fall colors.   Pumpkins everywhere.   Fred Meyers store has pumpkins of all sizes and colors and I picked up a small turban pumpkin that turned out to be delicious.   It was going to be a table decoration but I needed a vegetable to go with my dinner and decided to try it out.  I have to tell you it was delicious.

One more day and we have Spook Day . . . Halloween . . . there has been  a lot of plans made for the children of Brookings to have a safe and fun night.   We probably will not have many  at the door.    I have some candy ready .  I hope you are prepared and have some tiny goblins and ghosts visit your doorway.

There is a new puzzle on the puzzle board and it is going to be a tough one.   It is shelves of fancy tea cups with lace doilies and  a tea pot or two.  It is very pretty but I can tell it isn't going to be easy.  Friend Marcia brought over four, the 2,000 piece one I sent home with her.  I wouldn't mind doing one that size but it is impossible to spread the pieces out and it becomes a slow and arduous process to try and find the pieces.    A thousand pieces is more than enough when you have limited space.

Thursday is a good day to light candles .  All Saints Day follows Halloween which is really All Souls Day.    A good idea to remember those that have gone before us and a few petitions from your favorite saint may bring a change in your life.   St. Christopher may have fallen off the calendar, although I have no idea why, I think he does well in keeping us safe when we are on the road.  Then there is St. Elmo, the patron saint of the sailors and he is a good one to know if you are out on a little boat and a storm moves in unexpectedly.   I rely on St. Anthony to find things for me and he does a good job.   Saints and Sinners quite a combination.    So today, light a candle or two.   Be wise, be thrifty, be sociable, just be YOU.    Hugs to all.