At least it’s a cool November. It was 74F and slowly falling when I went to bed, so I’m wondering how cool it will be today. Yesterday was warm, but the air was saturated so I was soaked with sweat just putting out the last of the Halloween decorations. It was oppressively humid. At least that eased off last night.
Had a good Halloween. Got enough decorations out that I felt like it was a good effort. Not as crazy as previous years, but still looked good. We had a fair number of kids come by, mostly young. Couple of neighbors came by before dark with very little ones. I had a box of small plush toys (like little beanie babies, but not branded) and the little kids loved those. I’d run them through the laundry, and I washed all the little toys we offered too. I heard from some of the parents that other people in the neighborhood were offering toys as well as candy so my idea is spreading. One on the street was offering little Playdough cups.
I also found time to leave a long and detailed comment over at Commander Zero’s about food storage. He’d linked a video that was a good jumping off point for discussion, and the comments should develop into something interesting.
Today I’ll take down some of the decorations. I like to see them up, so I leave the ones that are least objectionable for a while. If there is rain and they are wet, they stay up until they can dry out.
Then I’ll be back to working on the list.
Stacking is good. So is being part of your community.
nick