Comments (0) Halloween came and went in Seattle, and we celebrated in the usual fashion – finding orange ground gourds (pumpkins), disembowling them and carving them, followed by dressing up in odd costumes and hitting the neighbors up for candy. Alex is now a little over five years old and Elle is 10 months old. Alex was a witch and Elle a frog. Better views of the photos and more photos on our Picasa site here.
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| Alex and Elle | Our Jack O Lanterns |
It is Autumn in Seattle and at the Seattle Schriers. That means a ton of leaves in the front yard from the two large maple trees there. They were part of a money-raising project for the West Seattle marching band by Scott Turner, son of the previous owners of our house, planted 35 years ago or so. I keep saying I’m going to tax the neighbors because they get to view the beauty of the trees and I get all the leaf raking. Where’s my chain saw when I need it!?
Autumn also means the moss and mushrooms come out in force. The mushrooms in the front yard of Nancy, our next door neighbor to the north, are rampant this year, as you can see.
It is also Halloween. We recently found the care bears costume which Kathy sewed for Lara 20+ years ago. It fits little four-year old Alexandria, as you can see here. Toby the Cat wonders how that new large animal appeared in the house.
Oh yes, and the rains have begun in Seattle! Amazingly, July and August (and often September) are bone dry in Seattle. All the grass dies unless water. Now it is October, and rain returns. I love it!
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The Cat and the Carebear – Alex in a Halloween costume Kathy made for Lara years ago and a fascinated Toby the cat |
Fields of Mushrooms in our neighbors’ yard. See any leprechauns? |
Signs of an election season in Seattle – Dow Constantine for County Executive |
The mossy maple tree and its leaves in our front yard |
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