Halloween from a Pumpkin's viewpoint . . .

The Life and Death of a Pumpkin.
A very creative video. You'll never carve a jack-o-lantern again without feeling its pain!

Wash Tubs Painted for Halloween . . .

What a cute idea. Paint the bottoms of your wash tubs and hang them up for Halloween!

Candidates' Communication Tools . . .

Thanks, fubiz.

Halloween Gingerbread Skeleton Cookies . . .

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...Make some of these cookies for Friday's big holiday if you have time. These are cut with a standard Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter and iced like skeletons. Aren't they wonderful?

One of my readers (Gal Friday) was inspired by this post and she made a whole batch of skeletons and one ghost. See her cookies here.

Guaranteed to please the most discriminating trick or treater. Get recipe. Found @ Heidi Kenney via Living Small

Written laws and spiders' webs . . .

"Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful."
Anacharsis (6th century Greek philosopher)

"Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free." Spanish Proverb

The check is in the mail . . .

Portrait of #44 is ready to hang . . .

Images by Jonathan Horowitz via Ready for the House

Oh No! | First Snow of the Season . . .

I am definitely not ready for this. I am sure it will stop snowing just as quickly as it started (I hope). The same thing happened last year before the leaves were off the trees; but in 2007 it was a blizzard. I don't think this flurry will be that bad. This is just a preview of what's to come.