Here are a couple of pictures from Halloween.

First, here are K and J dressed up for Halloween in costumes that are some sort of Bill Cipher (from "Gravity Falls") variants from alternate universe fanfic. No, that's all I know. All things considered, I would rather try to explain Enormo again.


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Gretchen organized a family expedition out to the Trail of Terror in Elgin tonight. K had been with some of her friends last week and returned with a favorable report, so Gretchen thought we should give it a try, because things to do that are fun are in short supply for the last six months or so. And it was a good time and traffic was light, so ( Read more... )

After ordering the Focusrite Scarlett Solo as a desperation measure to get my studio back up and running, the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 (which was what I had really wanted) came back in stock on Friday. Of course.

So I ordered it. The unit arrived today, much to my surprise, so I remade the afternoon plans to get it hooked up. There was a bit of a ( Read more... )

I have *not* been dreaming of a white Halloween.

Fifteen kids here all evening. On the other hand, we are at the end of a not-very-active cul-de-sac.

How'd you do?

The girls had a splendid time for Halloween.

There are pictures, but none of them on my devices. Once I liberate them, I will post them. :)

Our little cul-de-sac barely got any traffic at all for Halloween. Four groups of kids with a total of less than a dozen between them. Katie and Julie had a good time going out trick or treating with their friends though and at a Halloween party earlier in the day, so that's all good.

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Halloween was a success, in that Katie and Julie were really cute in their costumes (photos to follow once I recover them from Gretchen's camera) and they collected a ton of candy as we headed around the neighborhood. And we got rid of most of what we started with here, which was also good.

Here are Katie and Julie, dressed up for Halloween in the costumes that daisy_knotwise made for them.

Katie is Strawberry Shortcake, while Julie is Pinkie Pie from the My Little Pony Equestria Girls -- mercifully easier than a full Pony costume.


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Having coded up the persistence skeleton for another sixteen Java classes today (making the total in this particular package 141 so far), I am now taking Katie and Julie out trick or treating.

The good news is that it is warm. The bad news is that it has been raining off and on all day.

We'll see how it goes...