Happy Halloween everybody! Yes I know it's really probably a post CW event. But hey we all have funny clothing to wear right?

OK for you Irish it's Samhain or "Summer's End". For ancient Britons it's Calan Graeaf. For the Rennaissance Crowd it's Eallra Halgena aefen or "Eve of All Saints' Day", and for the folks from Puritan stock..., it's just another night.

So carve some pumpkins, save the seeds and dry them in the oven for trail rations. Those especially adept should carve the traditional turnip..., but they work better open topped like votive candle (hint hint)

LD

Great history lesson, Loyalist Dave. My wife added a few more tidbits about the turnips. I guess she's run into it in her romance stories.

Load fast and aim slow.

TO ALL,

I'm a simple guy, so.... BOO!!

The local hoods have completed their annual chocolate shake down. I had only 24 little criminals tonight. All seemed to have enough candy to rot their teeth pretty completely.

The missus did the candy buying this year so they got Snickers, Kit Kats, Milky Ways, Baby Ruths, and packets of M&M's. I have enough left to put me in a diabetic coma for a week.

I got some of the little sugar pumpkins. I'll clean one tomorrow and bake it like a squash. MMMMM-mmmm delicious!

Happy All Hallow's Eve !

Three Hawks

Three hawks; Our wives must have shopped at the same place. We had the same bag of goodies. We had 22 and every one was in costume. One little guy was all in green and looked like a miniture green Pillsbury Dough Boy. Even his face was green. I don't know what he was supposed to be but the cat sure got concerned.

The candy left over will go with me on hunting trips. I like to have a small bar in my pocket in case each treck gets extra long. The rest will be taken to the office and the seagulls I work with will polish it off.

Load fast and aim slow.

That's why Halloween is befor Hunting Season,so we have lots of snacks for the month ahead.I always buy the candy I like,and hope the candy snatchers dont show up.

Ah, hombres,
Down here it is the day of the dead. Some celebration with fireworks started on Wednesday. On Saturday morning There was a short candlelit parade up our street just before dawn. Yesterday we went through some little towns on the way to a church in another town and people were selling wreaths and carrying wreaths to the cemetery to honor their dead. I don't know if go out for candy or not, but I saw some little beggers dressed up in costumes holding their mother's hands. One little fellow had a red suit on with little red horns in his hair, hmmmnnn. Anyway, today is the official day of the dead and I have heard some marching music but have not seen anything yet. Maybe there will be some more celebrating this evening. Like one of my friends says, "They don't really need a reason to celebrate here, they just like to set off fireworks."
Hombre del Bosque

TO ALL,

Here is a sideways thought.... If you have a ton of leftover candy... check around your area... There should be a charity that sends Christmas goodies to our troops over seas... They love candy goodies to put in the packages...

Tin Type GREAT IDEA! when i was in Korea and Nam i really look forward for a care package from home we knew that someone was thinking of us over there and it made it easier to do the job that brought us to do there

Go to www.Give2TheTroops.org.Givs a list of what is wanted/needed.On the candy it reads no chocolate between April/September,,,,it melts so we should be ok with Halloween.

The troops will love it just dont put a box of soap powder in the same bag when I was in the war in panama they sent us care pacs with soap powder (small box ) tooth brushes and candy the candy tasted like soap I almost could not eat it but I was a grunt and we eat enything