Pumpkins and zombies and ninjas! OH My!  Lots of dressing up and fun stuff in October.  The McDoles all went to the Zombie walk in Tucson again this year.  I am always impressed with the imaginative make-up job my daughter does on all of them to turn perfectly normal people into horrible zombie creatures! Ha!

And the yearly trip to Apple Annie's for pumpkins that turn into fantastic looking jack-o-lanterns.  They bought me a scrump-didly-licious apple pie with crumbles on top, my favorite.

I have been sewing like crazy too.  My sewing machine of 35 plus years finally gave up the ghost and I bought a new one which I haven't taken out of the box yet.  But I will, for there are many sewing projects to get done especially stuff for Christmas.

Our weather is changing again but not nearly as dramatically as places north of us.  Our temperatures have cooled off to the 80s, yes, we suffer so! This weekend it is supposed to drop down to the 60s for highs.  If that happens I will have to bring in my plants because it will be in the 30s at night.  Steve is trying to get the bump-out painted before we get any precipitation or freezing temps.  He also built a little platform for Buddy to sleep on so he will not be right on the ground.  I don't think the dog has set foot in his sleeping area since we put the improvement in for him.  Go figure!

We had three of our tom turkeys harvested.  They were huge.  I kept one and he is taking up most of the freezer space until I get him out for Thanksgiving.  We gave the other 2 away.  I sincerely hope they turn out to be good.  I am thinking of moving the 2 remaining turkeys and two old hens back to the empty pen next to the barn.  That way all the critters will be close to the barn for the winter and I will not have to go so far to get them all fed. 

It is hard to believe it is November again.  I will have to get Christmas shopping done soon if I want to avoid the crush in December.  Shopping in Tucson after Thanksgiving is a total nightmare.  Also must review my blogs and diary to see what fun things I can put in the Christmas letter this year.  Busy, busy, busy!  Well. Praise the Lord!  It's better than, well, my friend used to say, "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."  Yep, much, much better than that!