Little Dee's 1st trick or treating.

I was not able to be with my grandson

for his 1st trick or treat outing.

He was a firefighter and wore a hat

that had a siren. Just look at his face.

I got to skype with him earlier.
I think this little face must have been a treat to all the
neighbors. These photos were taken by a neighbor.
When I spoke to him earlier I wore a mardi gras mask
and a blonde wig. I must be the only grandma who would
traumatize a kid.

This is what Halloween is really all about!

I live in an adult community and I

never get any kids coming to trick or treat

so I spent the last evening with my cousins

who live in a young community. There were

more than 100 kids who came by.We had lady bug who was clearly scared.
There were some convicts

We dressed and sat outdoors scaring them
furthur.

Nice box of popcorn here.

Harry Potter and Hermoine were there.

Wonder woman stopped by.

My nieces are very creative.

Better than your average jack o lanterns.

Yes that's me as a blonde pirate having a mojito.

Round 2# of Halloween!

The Cat in the Hat and the Sasquatch

Lady Godiva not Marie Antoinette

Scary people

This is even scarier above. A super hero decides

he should join Sonny Bono and be a polititcian

after all any one can do better than our current crop of

politicians. Vote for "Big Al" for senator.
Our host and hostess wears real outfits that

once belonged to their fathers. People were

tiny back then.

Pre-partying at my house

This witch flew in from Slovakia

by broomstick. She picked up

a Jameson's shot glass via Ireland Below we have Orange and a Bolivian lady

This is a hippie with no dental plan

though married to a doctor.

A better view of my" super cure " themed

costume while the accidental

tourist grabs a bite.

Halloween is fun. Most people try and I give

them all a big hand for efforts.

Round #1 of Halloween Gatherings.

Round #1 was at the home of the

Wongs. We had an assortment of

people . Above is Rico the nosy chef and Tony the Scary one.
Susie above is a good witch.

Winners of best costumes above are

a crab and jelly fish suffering from the oil spill.

We have a grim reaper and a super hero fighting

breast cancer having drinks with a geisha.

Here is a pimp hanging out with the

nutty professor

The winner of the San fermin running with the bulls

meets up with an arab

Here's your basic white trash and cereal killer.

My computer guru came to work as a storm trooper.

And so it starts with more to come.

My Book Club Blog!

I am not sure if you are all aware that in addition to

this blog I have a blog for my book club. The

address is http://www.indysuniquebookclub.blogspot.com/

We meet about once every 6 weeks and discuss a book we

have read. We started the club in 1999 but I have

just begun to chronicle the reviews.

In case you are looking for some thing to

read feel free to check it out. Whether you like the real

feel of paper or the electronic version reading is one of

the best ways to pass time. We don't read chick books all

the time.

Fall Shenanigans.

Fall is a bittersweet time because it is the

precursor of winter. But since fall dishes up

blue skies juxtaposed against foilage of yellows,

oranges, reds and greens and crisp cool weather it

is a wonderful time to get outdoors. That is exactly

what is going on here. Here are shots from Minnesota

at a hobby farm owned by a ENT surgeon who invites

all his colleagues and their family to a picnic. He owns

lots of farm equipment and a fire engine. Besides he

provides a chuckwagon of barbecue. There are hayrides,

skeet shooting and pumpkins for the kids.
My Grandson who loves tractors and fire engines was in heaven

This was an antique pick up truckI found a beer

Famous Dave's barbcue

Hay rides through the woods

Diggers and such



Then two weeks earlier we had an adult

fall frolic amongst the cornfields of Greenfield, Indiana

We got lost in a corn maze and cheated

a little bit to get out. Don't tell anyone we did that.

The largest pumpkin that I have seen.

Was it real? I'll never tell.

Pumpkinheads 'r us

Okay, fall is a time when crops have to be reaped

and the farm has to be winterized. Life on a farm

is always busy as work has to be done.

Some people simulate these activities when

they play farmville on facebook. I really don't get it.

Maybe I am a city slicker.

Baptism re-explained !

I became a Roman Catholic convert because

of the influence of the missionary nuns who

ran my school and learned that baptism was

like an insurance policy. If you were baptized

original sin would be wiped out.

LIMBO was a place where unbaptized children would

go if they died. Do not confuse it with that dance

they do at Caribbean beach parties.

Limbo was not unpleasant it's just that you are

denied seeing the face of God. I always wondered how

God could do that to an innocent child who did no wrong

but simply inherited part of Adam and Eve's original sin.

You know I am a person who is always questioning

things and because of ideas like this and other

rules on birth control, I moved away from the

Catholic Church when I was a young adult.

Limbo was a temporary place as one day when

the second coming took place babies would eventually go

to heaven. Purgatory was also a way station if you fell

into it because of venial sins (small stuff like forgetting

to say your night prayers). Mortal sins (like eating meat on

Fridays, missing mass on sundays, killing a person), on the other

hand condemned you to HELL where there was no wayout.

It was a religion of GUILT. But things could always be

corrected by a confession of sins.

Nowadays more enlightened religions look at baptism as a

ritual which symbolizes purification and an entrance into

the fold of God like people. The Catholic church may have

also come around to this thinking also.

I like to look at it this way also and all that being said I

was proud to be a witness to my grandson's entrance

to the fold last Sunday. He was welcomed into a

community of God and is officially a child of God.

He was okay with the water as he likes to play

in water and the fountain was somewhat

intriguing. Because he was a little older than the typical

age of a child who is baptised he was fully aware of

what was going on. He gave himself a big round of

applause and joined the congregation in the congratulatory

clapping. I think he was working the crowd.

Next came the walk down the aisle with the female

pastor to introduce him to the congregation. He was fine

with it at first but as they neared the front door he said

enough of this. He started to howl for his Mama and Dada

and had to be rescued from the would be abductor by

his Dad.

With all this being shared by doting grandparents, aunt and

uncles who all showered him with gifts this was just another

great day to be Dee Dee (that's what he calls himself). I sense

that he is getting a very good idea of what family is all about.