Happy Halloween from Gwig!

Gwig, the Vampyre King! LOL

Yes, Halloween has finally arrived in Pet Society, the game I have been hooked on since shortly after joining Facebook in June. I have been saving up the gold coins you can earn in the game for weeks now with my favorite holiday in mind. This is the second week the Pet Society shops have offered Halloween items (like clothes, wallpaper, decorations, etc., all for your virtual pet's pad) and I have been on a wild shopping spree. LOL I can't wait to see what they roll out next week!

Above you will see a photo of Gwig's new (and as far as I am concerned, permanent!) Halloween lair. I even bought an extra large room so I could make it super awesome. Note the spooky wallpaper, gravestone, festive cake, witch's broom and skull candy bucket. Some of the decorations even glow in the dark when Gwig turns off the light switch. Can you believe this shit? LMAO

And right now all of the trees in the park are bare and when you bump into them they shower you with Halloween treats. Seriously, dude. I wish they had parks like that here. Ashland Parks and Rec. Committee, get on that, pronto! Not to mention the spooky glow-in-the-dark fish you can catch in the pond. Or the haunted tree in my front garden that bears Halloween candy instead of fruit. It's too much fun!

Takin' the easy way out

I started to write a long and thoughtful post about my life, circumstances and whatnot, but hell, I don't have time for that this morning. ;-) So here is a freaky feline foto for ya instead. LOL Enjoy the sublime weirdness!

Rocktober once again, peeps!

Me likey this time o' year! 'Nuff said...

Autumnal Ashland

This gives you some idea of what the drive to Bayfield on Hwy. 13 is like in the fall.

Fall foliage near Ashland.

The oredock approach in autumn.

September view of the Lake Superior shore.

It's September and I'm officially another year older. The fall colors are starting to arrive and there are already leaves blowing down the street. I love this time of year! (In spite of what comes after it ... or maybe even because of it.) Anyway, it seemed like a good time for a new post and some new photos of the northland.

Snow joke!

Alright, this beats everything! Tonight at the paper (yes, I had to work another freakin' Friday, folks!) I was standing by the back door outside the pressroom and I looked up at the outside light and saw what looked like snow flurries. I thought, WTF? Surely not.

Now it had been raining off and on all day and it was noticeably chilly when I stepped out on my back porch to leave for work. However, I still couldn't believe my eyes. After all, it's August, y'all!!

But the more I watched it come down, the more it looked like snow. It was floating down and very tiny. Not coming down hard and fast like sleet either.

Then I saw a couple of the press dudes coming and asked them to take a look. Both area natives, they immediately said it was definitely lake-effect snow. Granted, it didn't hang around long and, of course, nothing stuck to the ground, but, dammit, it is WAY too early for this shite! LOL

Addendum: I neglected to mention that as I was watching the 5 p.m. news (on my VCR) on NBC, the weatherman said the conditions were perfect for lake-effect snow, but then he went on to say that it was probably too warm and after all, this was August, etc. LOL I did a double take and rewound the tape because I couldn't believe my ears. Too bizarre! Sure makes ya wonder what that nasty beeyotch Mother Nature has in store for us this winter here in the northland. ;-)