Money spell

A great money blog that I read, Get Rich Slowly, offered a money spell, by one of the writers I like, for Halloween and it seemed like a fun magical activity.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2010/10/30/money-magic-that-really-works/

So in the midst of getting everyone ready for trick or treat I gathered what I needed:
A candle, all the money in my wallet and some magnets. I scratched what I wanted:
"Money Grow" on my candle and lit it, set it on the money and then placed some magnets on top.
Then I lit the candle.
Fun.

Trick or Treat!

Rob was a
a hulky clown?
a zombie clown?
he was deeply insulted when my mother was disgusted by his green face and glowing fangs.

Lily was a witch with a scar on her forehead.
I was a witch with my new hat. (I still need a better photo.)
Georgia was tigger.














Down the street, trick or treating was hoppin'





It got really really cold, just as my mother said it would (I had thought she was being so worried and silly, but I was so happy she talked me into wearing a fleece vest or I might have had hypothermia by the time we got home!)










Georgia's ponytail peeking out.





























Georgia, scared and tired and cold "my feet feel tingly, like soda," got carried by her uncle, the Bat Pirate.












So happy to get home and warm up in front of the the roaring fire to count out candy!
We'd only been out a little over an hour but it felt like the entire night had passed.
Happy Halloween!

Lucky Us!

Remember that huge pile of firewood we were so thrilled to get delivered?
Hmmm
The one that was still there a month later?
The one that blocked the driveway and the door?
The one that was getting rain poured on it every other day?
Filling with chipmunk hotels?
Making us feel defeated and overwhelmed every time we came home?



Our amazing friends helped us pile it up! Hooray! They offered! And then showed up all peppy and hardworking! How lucky are we?




They wouldn't stop until every scrap was piled up or put in a kindling bucket.
Amazing!
We are so thankful every time we walk in the house.
Every time we don't have to move the cars so the other can get out of the driveway.
Every time it rains....

Ahhh, hooray for wonderful neighbors and friends.
Thank you guys!
























And the kids discovered our very first egg in the chicken house.
They were so thrilled and proud.
The egg is tiny and the shell is soft.
Sweet chickens.
I almost forgot they were going to provide us with eggs!

Mastiff puppies!

My friend Barb breeds these beautiful dogs. Mastiffs are Lily's favorite dog in the world so she was so excited when we went for a visit with these two this weekend.

Here's a link to Barb's website.

http://www.lordsmastiffs.com/home















10 weeks old.
So damn cute.
And huge.
Still nursing from their very patient mother.








The girls would have loved to bring them both home but luckily for us both these enormous puppies are already sold.





That said, we are getting more and more ready to get another dog.
Probably a mutt.
Maybe in the spring?

Blue Rose of Sharon

a flowering shrub I have wanted for years.
I have been haphazardly hunting all year.
I finally found several at Wanczyk nursery in Hadley.
Everywhere else I called or went over the last few months was sold out of them.

Wanczyk nursery was enormous!
I picked a bedraggled looking specimen and clutched it to my chest.
Finally, I found you!
Not on sale, even though it is the end of the season; I bought it anyway.

I'll plant it soon and hopefully get some of these lovely blue blooms that the hummingbirds love.

A little video of the HUGE flock of starlings flying out of a tree in the back end of the nursery.

It was that warm drippy day and Georgia and I took our time wandering through the town of young plants.

















Pumpkins pumpkins
Gourds Gourds Gourds

Martha Beck's speech

from The Women's Conference going on this week
Amazing!
Watch it and feel inspired and connected!
(Her intro and then speech start 9min 18 sec in.)

http://www.womensconference.org/a-day-of-transformation-2010/video/adohwt-working-lunch

Love this youtube video

PS22 Chorus "I AM NOT A ROBOT" Marina And The Diamonds

click on this to see this 5th grade Staten Island Public school chorus having a great time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqBqSbcP4I


It was on Martha Beck's facebook page and I couldn't stop listening to it and smiling today!