10-31-21 Happy Halloween!
I was super grateful to Rae-Anne who came and helped me get the tent trailer folded up for the winter. I left it up the last two and it was a lot of work to keep the snow off and the water out. We put all the furnishings in the shelter, bagged the mattress and put it in the metal shed and the folded and wrapped it. If it weren’t for the fact it takes two to deal with the mattress I could have done it myself it folds up so easily. Once we wrapped it up I put the big Googly eyes on it for Halloween and as a snow man for the winter. Got to have a little fun. When we were done we went and had a lovely brunch at Fire and Oak. We each ordered different types of Eggs Benedict and swapped half. It was a lovely visit and a delicious meal. The mountains were stunning on a beautiful clear Fall day.
After she dropped me back home I took opportunity to install three of four new outdoor lights. One on the front porch and two on the front of the trailer. It got fairly warm working in the sun. I noticed at 3:30 that younger kids were beginning to come around trick or treating. They were soooo adorable. I hung out at my neighbors on her deck running over to hand out candy as they came round. Emmy showed up and with glee sprayed me with silly string as she was Spider Gwen. Danika does such a good job making her costumes and Emmy plays the parts well. Just over 20 kids came before dark. It started to get cold fast as the sun went over the hill. My new lights looked good with their masks on. I lit a fire and sat as close as possible. Tracey came over to sit for the last hour or so but it was getting too cold and no one else seemed to be coming. At 9 we called it a night and when I went inside I saw on my indoor/outdoor thermometer that it was -6 Celsius, no wonder I was numb! I had a tootsie roll and it was hard to chew from being frozen outside. Over all there were around 30 kids, not as many as I expected and I have a lot of treats left which I will have to hide. It was so good to have Will and Sawyer stop by as the two older grandsons had their own plans with friends. I miss when we would all go out together walking the neighbourhood. Diane brought Zoë by and I gave their dog Layla a treat as well. I like the drive by drop ins a lot. It was a pretty great day and I got a lot done!
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