We had a dress rehearsal with Grif's (or should I say Jack's) costume last night. He's a dandy pirate. He also picked out this pumpkin and also picked out this pose. He's so much like me, it's frightening. I was feeling like crap last night but I started to carve the pumpkins and felt so much better. I guess jabbing a knife into something was just what the Doctor ordered...
Grif (or Jack as he likes to be called now) has had a thing for getting a Clown fish. After the last venture into owning fish, he wants to see if he can flush some more expensive down the toilet. He has done his research though, he knows that Clown fish like to live with Sea Anemones. The only thing is that he can't pronounce the word Anemones. Here he is giving it his best shot. In other Jack news, yesterday he scored 3 goals in soccer. He had almost scored a few other times but yesterday was his day. They still lost (6-3) but was the hero of his team. After he got his second goal, this one little girl, Lauren, gave him the biggest hug. He was beaming. The other big event is that Halloween is tomorrow, he's counting the minutes....
I've always been intrigued by a piece of property in town. There is this very old house that dates back to the early 1900s that sits right outside the center of town. It's not occupied and hasn't been for many years. I've always driven past it but never took the time to stop and explore it. Yesterday I took the time. There used to be a working waterwheel (see photo) that I imagine was the power source of a gristmill or something. The old stone that was used for milling the wheat is sitting outside (see photo). There is also this very cool small suspension bridge on the property along with two 
other bridges. I had taken a few more photos but they didn't turn out that well.
Well, that's it for today....
This is pretty cool. You need to have a Yahoo account to submit things but it's a nice idea.
