One Day Until Halloween 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Picked up Halloween candy at Lunds tonight. Dale and I watched The Seventh Victim on TCM during dinner.

                             

Meant to carve a pumpkin tonight but I got sucked in to Psycho which was on after dinner. I've seen this one before but it's been a while. The shower scene is always shocking but when see it now I can't help but think of the Mel Brooks spoof in High Anxiety.

Two Days Until Halloween 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Saw this driving to brunch on Sunday. 

Brunch at The Lowbrow. Had their Old Fashioned. It's such a fall drink, not that that keeps me from drinking them the rest of the year. 

Cigar in the yard Sunday afternoon. Really enjoying the October weather. 

Bought a carving pumpkin Monday night. 

Feeling pretty summery this afternoon.

Decided it was too nice out not to have a cigar. 

Back to pumpking roulade for dessert tonight. 

Halloween Approacheth: MEA Weekend - Sunday

 Sunday, October 20, 2024

Beautiful day to get some yard work done. Got quite a bit of growth cut back. 

 

Dale and I picked up some more mums today.  Got them potted. 

As the afternoon progressed it became even more pleasant to be outside.

I lit up a Romeo y Julietta and sat out back. 

Bela Lugosi's birthday today.

So in honor of that we watched the original Dracula.

Dwight Frye did a great job playing Renfield. The whole movie was creepy and atmospheric.

We also watched Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Bela Lugosi's plays Dracula in this one too although you probably wouldn't have guessed it based on the title alone. 

Halloween Approacheth: MEA Weekend - Saturday

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Been doing a good job keeping up with my steps over this 4-day weekend. I've really been enjoying the fall colors on my walks. 

Dale and I decided to pick up some mums at Bachman's and have lunch at Patrick's Bakery while there. We each got salads and a cookie. 

Dale had the chocolate chip and I had the frosted pumpkin butter cookie. 

We were both quite proud of ourselves for getting some raking done this afternoon. 

Got the mums into some pots. They look pretty good.

Finished the afternoon up with a cigar.

Dale joined me for a bit outside. He mentioned how nice it's been to sit outside in September and October. It's been so much drier these past two months due to the lack of rain which has made it so much less buggy as opposed to

June-August which were so wet. 

I've spent more time outside this past summer regardless as my cigars are quite an effective bug repellant. 

Dale was a doll and made dinner so I could finish up my cigar. So far this has been a great long weekend and I think I speak for Dale too when I say that.

Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur #1

Halloween Approacheth: MEA Weekend - Friday

Friday, October 18, 2024

Lunch at The Howe. We each had the tuna poke bowl. I had and Old Fashioned.

Spent some time this afternoon reading a spooky M.R. James story titled Casting the Runes. 

Did some research on the story and found out there was a film version made in the 1950s titled Night of the Demon, which I've actually seen before. Didn't quite make the connection as it's been a while since I've seen it and the time period of the film and some other details were different than the short story. 

Tickets to Orchestra Hall tonight but first we had dinner at The Local on Nicollet Mall. We arrived and they sat us at a really crappy table up front by the servers station although no one came to serve us. 

We protested (nicely enough) and they made everything right. Dale had salmon. I had the pot roast and it was savory and divine. 

After dinner we walked over to Orchestra Hall to listen to the Minnesota Orchestra play Shostakovich Symphony Number 12. We both really enjoyed it and the Orchestra sounded amazing. 

Halloween Approacheth: MEA Weekend - Thursday

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Took a walk this morning and saw the above sign. I didn't take heed and no harm befell me. 

Dale and I went to lunch at The Lowbrow. I had an Old Fashioned. We each had burgers.

Took a walk through the neighborhood after lunch on this pleasant autumn Minneapolis day. 

Folks are starting to set up spooky things in their yards like this zombie. 

Cigar this afternoon while Dale went on a walk. 

When he returned he sat down with me and we enjoyed the beautiful autumn afternoon.

Visited with Marcia as she was heading out for a walk. 

She had on her cute Halloween get-up.

Sylvester joined us for after dinner tv.

Full moon today. 

The Harvest Moon this year is also a supermoon.