Halloween

Some folks here host an annual pumpkin carving party. They did a beyond fabulous job of decorating, providing pumpkins, all the carving tools you could possibly need and super tasty food. I forgot my camera but did get a photo of the final products Halloween night.

It's critical to have a good choice of candy for the kids., the good stuff too - no cheap candy here...of course I had leftovers (um, oops?).

Unfortunately, the deer decided to come munching on my pumpkin before the evening started. Shoo! (S)He acts like (s)he wasn't doing anything, but I know the truth.

All lit up and ready to go.

All in all, a somewhat disappointing show of trick or treaters. Although there were several cute ones and one group that I thought was 'a little old' quickly reminded me that "You're never too old to trick-or-treat. You grow old because you stop trick-or-treating." Hmm, I'm not sure about that but I gave them candy instead.

Fall, beautiful fall!

Having grown up in the south, I'm accustomed to approximately 2.5 seasons. A whole summer, half winter, half fall, and half spring. Here in Red Lodge we had a beautiful Spring (although it came a little later than I'm used to) and a fabulous Summer (which to me felt like Spring!) Fall however is by far the best. The amazing colors, the cool breeze, the crispness of the air; it can't be beat! Even as winter is creeping around the corner, remnants of fall still surround us. I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to live somewhere that doesn't have a full fall. After all, once you fall you can't go back. (haha)

I still can't get over all the wildlife that makes it's home in Red Lodge! Random deer and turkey crossings, thankfully the bears haven't crossed over the main street to visit my garbage cans.
















We had our first snowfall last week - although we didn't see any in town our ski slope and mountain peaks did. Seeing this sends two thoughts through my head. 1) It's beautiful! 2) YIKES!! It's coming!