Winner of the best Halloween costume in the Dog Category:

Sadie the Goldendoodle who came dressed as a bumble bee

November 1, 2020 - Sunday morning

23 degrees/snow/very windy
Pentoga Road

I'm not sure the word windy would describe what's going on outside our windows this morning. Gale force might be more appropriate. It's snowing, cold, and I wish I had the ability to fall back to sleep for a few more hours, or maybe months, then wake up to spring, green grass, and beautiful flowers. 

Naw. Keep it real, Tom. Stay in the present. Just six more months and it will be warm again. C'mon little buddy, you can do it.

Then to make matters worse, we got to change our clocks back during the night. Why would anyone in their right mind prefer standard time? If one lives in the north, that makes sundown around 3:30 PM during the dead of winter.

Ah, I'm going to quiet my fingers as I'm beginning to sound like an old, crusty, man. Come to think of it, I guess I am.

Saturday was a quiet one. My morning walk was a good one, although the wind was already beginning to blow fairly hard by the time I arrived back home.

Macrea had sent a text saying they were on their way over. Hambone wanted to show Grandma Sargie and Papa his Halloween costume.

We had a good time, a wonderful visit, and a large breakfast before bidding them goodbye. With other grandparents, aunts, and uncles, their day was spent going from one to the other before actual Trick or Treating would begin in the evening.

Hambone enjoyed putting together some of the puzzles I've been making for his cousins. He told me I make them too easy. Just wait until he gets his!

It's become tradition that I give a pumpkin or two to niece, Sasha, at Halloween so she can perform her carving magic. Usually, I post them on Halloween day, but this year, a mix up occurred, so they are a bit late. The "Welcome" pumpkin above is one of Sasha's. So is this one of Mini Mouse.

Aria - dressed as herself

Ivy

Ben, Wes, Em

Aria as Mini Mouse

Aria, Piper, Aubrey, Brielle

Niece Ashley

Mel and Grady also had fun this season carving pumpkins. I especially like Mel's, the one on the left, with the "baby," as yet to be born. Hambone's going to have a baby sister in February.

Sargie and I had a quiet afternoon. We enjoyed our ride and stopped in town along the way to exchange the saw blade that was the wrong size.

I later tried the new blade and it works for making puzzles, although I don't care for the cuts nearly as much as those the scroll saw makes. Back to the drawing board.

Sargie tried out another puzzle with the newer cuts and pronounced it good. Still not completely satisfied, I'm going to keep experimenting.

I turned off the bottom of the bowl I've been working on before spending time doodling fall designs. I've never done anything like this before and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

I experimented a bit later using acrylic paints. I haven't seen how it's dried yet, but I'm hoping to give the designs some 3D texture.

So, Halloween has come and gone for another year. The days are getting shorter, the temperatures colder, and suddenly, we're one day closer to Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

Oh well, why should Sargie and I care?

After all, every day's a holiday, every meal a feast!

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

My beautiful daughter-in-law, Jessica, brought her little guy, Matt, out trick or treating along with Em, Ben, and Wes.