Florescent lighting is scary

Halloween II
Florescent lighting is always a little scaaarryyyy.

Halloween

(From left to right and top to bottom: Tinkerbell, Dorothy, 8ball, Alfalfa)












I've seen your blogs. You all posted your Halloween pictures by Nov. 1. I haven't even uploaded the photos from our camera, but my dear, punctual, friend emailed some to me from the ward party.

Opinion Poll

1. How many Halloween events are required to consider the holiday sufficiently observed?

At the operaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

No, we didn't take our younglings to Macbeth. It was actually a fanciful production of The Magic Flute. The highlights were eating pretzels with Dad and seeing our

friendly, neighborhood, opera star painted blue. When you have the time, Star and Angelfish will happily breakdown the love-triangle plot and show you sketches of their favorite costumes. They said the show got really interesting once they moved to seats with translation screens. Next time, don't be late!

Stand back! I know origami!

Paper folding?

This is a place holder photo of the girls making origami cats, hearts and pumpkins at the Kiku exhibit. Kiku is the Japanese art of growing chrysanthemums, but included an extensive tour of Japanese botanical design from the famous bonsai to gardens of gigantic bamboo sculpture and, of course, paper folding. Wait. You'll see.

Fall Guy

Torpedo takes a break from farmer's market shopping. Besides, that stuff's for girls anyway!

Farmer's Market

A crisp October morning at the local farmer's market epitomizes all that is good about fall. We sampled organic broccoli, carrots and leeks sauteed in olive oil. We tasted honey on toothpicks and shared blueberry scones and cheese Danish with our friends. But let's face it, we didn't bounce home with any organic broccoli or leeks. No, the O's shuffled home with a jug of tangy apple cider and the cider donuts to match. Fabulous! We'll be back for more of that. Topping off the morning, the girls picked up ceramic knick-knacks from the adjoining flea market, (winner: a tiny glass elephant with a pink glass rose saudered to it's butt, glued on a 1"x2" mirror base), while Torpedo roamed the adjacent boulders hunting for crunchy leaves and big sticks. Ahhhhhhhhh.....

Money Minors

This is the story of Angelfish and Star's Pet Care business.
This is GorgonZOLA, the dog they love and care for. This is Star and Angelfish opening a checking account...Oh, wait, you have to be 18??! This is Star and Angelfish opening a stinky, lame-O savings account that only yields 0.25%. No temporary checkbook. No debit card. See Angelfish dreaming of where she will put her new piggy bank. See Star devising a way around the bureaucracy and into a brokerage account before she turns 12.