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October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Want to know what's hangin' around here?

Wonderful Guy and I are taking another long weekend, but this one is being spent close to home. (I know! It's a five day weekend for me!) It has to be close to home. I am trick or treating with the Grandbebe Girls tonight.

One has priorities.


So we went out to grab some brunch and saw these resulting of our recording setting October. It is record setting both in total amount of snow recieved in any October in 121 years, and also for the most snow in one snowfall, this last one, where we recieved on the west side of town, close to 18 inches.


See that greyish thing there in the middle?
Then, coming home, the snow had melted and fallen from the front tree revealing...something And we both said, "What the heck is that?' I took pictures. I thought it looked alarmingly like a hornets nest I once saw in a museum back in Kentucky, but I didn't think we had hornets way out west.

Research has revealed we probably don't. What we have here is probably one big yellow jackets nest. And it is big! What I have photographed is a ways up in the tree, partially broken down, but still I would guess 18" long?

Who knows. I am not good with dimensions. And there are still, as one can see, dead leaves on my tree, after our record setting snow falling October.

And now, thinking of Dearest Sister, driving her fun little Isetta in the parade WAY out west, I found this of us driving in her fun little Isetta around my neighborhood last year. I had some fun watching it again, and thought I would share it.

Tomorrow we announce the winners our individual contests (and other things!) so until then...

Boo!

And Blogtoberfest is a wrap!

Posted by Iron Needles at 7:22 AM
Labels: Blogtoberfest, Halloween, Isetta

8 comments:

Gaynell said...

Blogtoberfest closed to rave reviews!! What a fun month. Thanks to both of you.

October 31, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Stacy Kraus McDonald said...

Happy Halloween!! Have fun trick or treating!

October 31, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Lynne said...

Hope your icicles have melted for your Trick-or-Treat! We had temps of mid 60s today with drizzle. yuck. One set of Trick-or-Treaters is all that ventured down our little road.

October 31, 2009 at 7:00 PM
jan said...

So, what is the next step with the nest of pestilence? That would be very unsettling!

Can't wait to see pix of the girls - which I know you will share!

October 31, 2009 at 7:42 PM
lunaticraft said...

Happy Halloween to you too! And here's to the close of a fantastic blogtoberfest!

November 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Lynne said...

Hmmm... no winner's post of the gorgeous yarn as yet. Are you trying to keep us in suspense??

November 1, 2009 at 2:48 PM
kitkatknit said...

You've made my day! I am such a fan of micro-cars and love love love love love Isetta's! I have a collection of micro-car models and my smallest one is an Isetta or course. See my blog entry http://kitkatknit.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/in-my-book-a-thing-of-beauty/

November 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Iron Needles said...

The "nest of pestilence" has no colony residing within. My research tells me that during late fall and over the winter, the elements and hungry birds typically destoy the nests after the hive dies out for the season. Not unsettling, except for the fact we missed it all summer!

November 1, 2009 at 6:05 PM

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