Boo!

What incredible Halloween weather the kids will be having! Here, at the farmette we do not get trick-or-treaters, but if we did, we surely would have to stack up on candy. No child will want to end the door-to-door collection when it feels more like an early September day rather than the night before November 1st!

People who know how to track weather systems are telling me that the weather out where Ed is sailing is giving him good winds. That's the upside. My own reading of the maps tells me that he's in the thick of storms right now. Let's hope he reenters a good weather bubble. I know they never last, as ours wont either, but we'll take and be grateful for all the beneficial winds and grand Halloween skies, thank you very much! And now, if you'll excuse me, I have chickens to feed.

 

I bake muffins this morning. Here's my logic: Snowdrop will be here after school. Snowdrop loves my muffins. Maybe if I pile in some healthy yogurt and berry muffins into her before she goes off seeking her candy fortunes with her friend, she'll have the energy that this night will require.

Breakfast is with my friend. True, Diane is in Florida and I am in Wisconsin, but I have her right there at the table with me!

And then I take a walk. A longer one, to take in this wonderful day with the gentle light that only November and February provide. Light blue skies and golden-bronze landscapes. Normally, at this time of the year, we're slushing through mud and turning on the lights inside even at midday. Not so on this Halloween. 

Back at the farmette, the crab apple has lost its leaves. The birds, especially the robins hit on its red apples all day long.

And then I pick up Snowdrop.

We spend a few minutes just enjoying the awesomeness of this day!

I feed her and turn around to take her back to her neighborhood.

(on her way out! to be costumed and made ready at her friend's house)

This is the first year where I'm not seeing them all head out for trick-or-treating. The kids are spread out: the oldest one is going with a her friends, Sparrow, too, is going with a school buddy, and Sandpiper is tagging along with his former nanny's family. (The kids in Chicago are out with friends as well.)  I am happy that all five grandkids are reveling in the specialness of this day. Thinking about all of them in the quiet of my little space in the farmhouse is a lot easier than following along as they make their rounds.  I say this after years of experience!

Happy Halloween to all you costumed little bandits!

with love...