Halloween

There is an awful lot of activity around here! All sorts of animals similar to our companion humans keep coming around our home and making a lot of noise. We find this very disturbing! We like it to be quiet and calm and nothing changing! They can write now.
Yesterday we took some time to have dinner with and old friend and then go to see "blaze" at Van Cortlandt Manor near the Hudson River in the Hudson Valley of New York. The property is own by "Historic Hudson Valley" which manages and maintains a number of historic properties in the Hudson Valley. "Blaze" is the name they have given to a Halloween Display of amazing proportions. There are thousands of carved pumpkins arranged in hundreds of imaginative displays. Some are individual images while others are combined to make large displays. A few pictures are here to illustrate.
There are Bats galore, a few cats, other animals of all sorts and sizes.
Pirates and ghosts and zombies all over the place. There was a large section of animals of, sometimes large sizes, that were truly remarkable.
Here are a few more pictures.
It was a great place to visit with just a few days left in the USA.
Otherwise we have have remained extremely busy doing all sorts of things. Many of the things we have been doing are some of those little chores or repairs that one often puts off to deal with more important matters, but when they may not be done for a year or two, then they take on a higher priority. Ziggy and Zoe don't really know what is in store for them, but we have been arranging their transportation by the best means we can find. They don't like all the strangers in the house who are doing various tasks for us. Back to Ziggy and Zoe now.

They may not like to know it, but we do know what is going on. We really like that kitty carved out of a pumpkin- real talent there! Time to sleep some more now.