Fall is in full swing around these parts and I am loving it. About the only thing I am not big on these days is Halloween. I mean, it's alright. But we don't have kids so it's not all that fun. It is however the only time of year that Crazy Cocker Spaniel wishes we had kids (see here). I like when the kids come by, the little kids. The one waddling in their costume and trying their hardest get the words “Trick or Treat” out while their parents stand there next to them beaming with delight. Those kids are cute. What isn't cute are the teenagers. Now, I will be the first to admit that I Trick or Treated in my teen years...pretty far up into them too (hangs head in shame) BUT, I at least put some effort into it. I did full out costumes, full out. Now a days they don't even try. A couple of them will have a mask, but they don't wear it, they just have it in there hand and sort of flash it at you. Then mumble out a half hearted “Trick or Treat” while rolling their eyes at you. … [Read more...]