At one with Nature

There are people they say that can feel it in their bones when it's going to rain. You may say that that those people are old and are feeling arthritis or the change in barometric pressure but I'll tell you that there may be something else involved. Those people are at one with nature and their bodies and minds can sense things that most of us can't, or could we and we have just lost it? Today was the first snow fall in our area. Snow that actually stayed on the ground. At 6:30 a.m. Brian came to our room to ask us to look out the window. Why you say would a kid wake up at 6:30 a.m.? The only explanation is that he felt the snow. That first snowfall is something that as a kid (and sometimes as a grown up) you look forward to and when it happens you can feel it. How many other things have we lost the feeling for because we are too immersed in our daily routine?

There could have been a couple of photos that went along with this post but neither Silvana nor I were awake enough to have the sense to get the camera.
Brian at his window sitting on his toy box staring at the snow and whispering the things he will do when he gets out there.
Brian at the garage door in full winter attire holding his little red shovel wondering when the rest of us will be ready to go out and shovel.

Never enough Candy!!

As long as you are old enough to understand the pleasures of candy you are willing to go the extra mile. This year the kids were able to go that extra mile. Part of it was due to the allure of the sweet confections that were being handed out but I think the bigger part is that they are older and able to physically go the distance. We ventured way past our own street to houses that looked promising in terms of the candy they would give out. I remember those days when you found out the house a few blocks away was giving out chips or chocolate bars. I don't think that really exists today as almost everyone is giving out the same stuff. I wonder what our kids will say they enjoyed about Halloween when they grow up.

A conversation between Brian and his cousin after Halloween.
So Brian what were you this Halloween?
A Power Ranger.
What colour?
Blue.
What was Angela?
A Pumpkin witch.
What's the difference between a Pumpkin witch and a witch?
Pumpkin witch has pumpkin in it the other one is just witch.