Post Halloween Post

I'm not a huge fan of Halloween. I'm especially NOT a fan of clowns... Anything even remotely 'clown-like'-- yea, no.  There is something about the bright one-piece costume, the oversized plastic shoes, squishy ball nose, crazy hair, stupid jokes and not to forget the make-up that is usually dripping down their face that send me into straight up panic mode and sends my mind reeling for some crazy 'karate-chop' 'bitch-slap' move that will send them running, crying in the opposite direction...It's safe to say I'm not a fan. Luckily for me and those around me, I didn't run into anyone in this unfortunate costume choice this year. For the first year in a long time I had a nice costume-free Halloween weekend. Good friends, lots of wine and a good old fashion backyard fire. Nothing like a fire on a chilly night to get you in the mood for fall. Even though the weather decided not to cooperate this year and stay pretty warm all the way through October -  let's hope November brings more fire worthy nights soon!

Image courtesy of

the Scientific American.