Hap-Hap-Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween. With plenty of wild animals wandering around our urban environments it is surely scary. But don't worry, the DNR has told us all that a pack of twelve coyotes spotted near downtown would never attack anything bigger than themselves and that they only eat rodents. And after claiming for years we have no mountain lions in Wisconsin the claims are now that our cougar population is on the rise as cattle and horses are being attacked.

Election day is coming...    BOOOO!

But what is truly scary is the London 2012 Olympic mountain bike course where switchbacks are referred to as zig-zags and almost no pure single track exists throughout the whole course. Nothing is more underrated, demanding, and fulfilling as running a tight series of switchbacks on a climb or descent. But the true horror... the majority of the mountain bike course will be artificially surfaced.

Since Easter we have been certain that the chocolate bunny was up to no good. Teaming up with the jack-o-lantern we were certain we had met our match. But coming home it appears they had a falling out, or perhaps a difference in tastes would be a better word.

And the next morning...

We often listen to Lady Ga-Ga in the car on the weekends when we are working. We like some of her music but cannot stand her music videos. I'm certain if I watched too long my head would start spinning around. We took out her CD and put in some more uplifting music and the machine kept spitting out the new CD. Then all the radio/CD controls on the steering wheel stopped working. I tried and tried but the CD kept popping out working the controls manually over and over. Finally we put the Lady Ga-Ga CD in and everything went back to normal. Scary? True story? Yes. But it happened some four weeks ago.

The holly, an evergreen, is starting to fill in the corner after some two years. We have been promised rain many more times than we actually received rain and hollies will appreciate filling up with water before the ground freezes. The buttercups are dead. They spread quickly and grow thick but always need watering to look attractive. Those tiny roses were a gift I threw in the ground and never expected much from. They sure bloom nice and strong. That wind storm was the second largest storm in recorded history. If it were a time of year for rain or snow we would have been in big trouble. Much of our roof was scattered across our lawn as many old shingles were ripped off. Cold and barren has hit just in time for the holiday.

The economy is tough, but some odd jobs will get us by some medical bills I have this month. My hands, wrists, and elbows are just recovering from digging trenches in hard clay soil. Not to conceal any evidence of nefarious activity or hide some evil talisman but to confine currents of an electrical nature. The work kept me from the gym this week because of time and aching muscles.

It used to be that the whole month of October was filled with Halloween type parties. But over the past two years we have found that the vast majority of people coming out in costume for parties has been confined to a single weekend. And the majority of that activity to a single weekend evening closest to the date.

And you can get my book for a discount (see previous post) or buying it on Amazon would be a big help in moving it up in the rankings.

Happy Halloween and don't forget to vote Tuesday.