Spooky - FFF and Nature Friday

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We are grateful Lady misplaced the other set of costumes

Now for our FFF for Aunty-Yam and Nature Friday for Rosy and Sunny.

Gold days soon to pass.

White winter is on the way.

Breathe in the fall air. 

Wordless Wednesday - Hate the Tax, Love the Prop (Lady Caught Us - No Cookies Needed)

 

Happy Halloween - Hat Tax 2023

 Hi pals,

Lady is very proud of her creativity this year. We present . . . . .

The Money Pit!

It has been a very expensive year for our people (deck, car) and we have not helped with the whole ear problem and arthritis for Phod and the neurological stuff for Lee. Lady thinks she is very funny with this. You can imagine how we feel . . . At least there were a lot of treats. 

Mischief Monday - Hat Tax - Years Past

 Hi pals,

As most of you know, our Lady makes us pay the hat tax more times than should be allowed every year. She said if we aren't going to contribute financially to the household we are going to pay this tax.

As we get ready for the big reveal tomorrow of the 2023 Halloween hat tax, here is the Halloween hat taxes from every year we have had our blog.  

2010- Angel Gemini and Hailey - Our bugs

2011- Hailey - an only dog - As a clown

2012 - Zaphod, Angels Nin and Bagheera and Hailey

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Stop by tomorrow to see this year's tax. Lady is very proud of it. 

Spooky Times

As we mentioned Monday, last weekend was a big one. It was the second annual haunted walk in the forest behind our house. Last year Lady missed it as she already had tickets to the ballet when it was planned. This year, she was around and spent as much extra time as she could helping prepare for it. She and Man did things like fill body bags and make dummies. On Saturday, while Man was at pickleball (Lady is nursing an injury so is taking a little time off), Lady helped Callie's people in the bush doing some of the last minute things. 

We got to go for a walk through it Saturday during the day, and for some reason, Lady stopped taking pictures about halfway through. Then she took 0 pictures in the evening. We had Aunt C and Maggie and Troy here. They stayed over night. We all had pancakes together and Hailey only barked a little.

Now back to some of the spooky woods.

Fancy entrance on Callie's lawn

Graveyard behind our house

Bodybags - there was a butcher set up near here

Another cemetery - how many bodies are back here?

While some more had fallen, Callie's Man had been out leaf blowing the path

It says danger, should we even go in?

Man why are you leaving our pumpkin out here?

Phod was a bit scared of one of the decorations

He really didn't like this one

The night of, there were between 20-30 kids and some adults who went through. Lady, covered in a camouflage netting she purchased at Amazon (as the idea of gluing leaves to sheets was not her dream), laid down in a gully for an hour, sitting up and yelling as people passed. The Man, had turned the sugar shake into a room with a mirror and he told the story of Bloody Mary. The kids would then go stand in front of the mirror and say Bloody Mary 3 times before she would appear in the mirror.  Fun was had by all, although some of us may have eaten a little too much candy. 

Now we are sure the hat tax is around the corner and Lady has been working extra hard on our very special costume for this year. 

Haunted Woods!

Hi pals,

A crazy thing happened last weekend, Callie's woods aka the sugar bush became haunted!

We know it is a day after Halloween, but come for a spooky day time walk with us. 

The bone yard

"This is new."

There were a lot of random things about like this,

And this

and this.

Forced to pose

Man's contribution was this maze where on Saturday night he dressed like Jason and chased small children with an axe. (Lady was at the ballet seeing The Handmaid's Tale, so she missed this - which is ok because it really isn't her thing). 

This was the part that was scariest for Phod. He did not like the dummy.  Lee didn't notice.

The spookiness extended outside the bush, the sugar shake was the witches den. 

Callie, is this too scary for you too?

Man said this makes our mouse problem look like nothing! 

PS: Google would not let Lady comment when she sat down to read, it kept asking her to sign in and she was but Google didn't think so and there were a lot of HBO words but she still visited and says hi! 

Happy Howl-een!

 

Mischief Monday - Worst Neighbours Ever?

 Lady invited the kids from next door over to pick a Halloween costume for Callie. Apparently she is expanding the hat tax.

Oh my dog! What is happening to me?

This is the hat tax Callie. Stay still, you will get cookies. 

Bee calm! This was the winner! 

Callie's getting all the attention, I need some! 

Really? 

Callie Shark doodoodoodoodoodo

You got a frog on your back.

Umm, this is not culturally appropriate 

Thank  goodness the bag of cookies is so big!