Best letter opener ever.

I removed the old plastic skull from my
cactus and replaced it with the new aquarium
skull I bought this week. The old one
was the skull I bought last year.

I think he looks great in there. Once the dirt
settles I am betting that he ages nicely.



I found another spot for the old
plastic skull. Soon I will help him
to settle in a little better.

I bought Evil Dead Burn on Blu-ray. I have all of

the Evil Dead movies and so quite naturally, I had

to add this one to my collection. I hear that it is pretty

good, better than the last one I and like the last one.

This will be the first movie I watch for Spooktober, which,
of course, means...  ALL HORROR, ALL MONTH!

I approve.

It took a while but I finally found the kind of skull

that I REALLY wanted for my cactus pot. This is

actually a skull for an aquarium. A tropical fish tank.

I reckon that if it can last deep in the water in a fish tank,

it will last quite a while (and maybe age nicely)
in my cactus pot.

In the next day or two he will go right where
the other one is now. I plan to bury him a bit
deeper though. Yep. Soon these cactus are
going to  have to go into a bigger home.

A neighbor brought us some strawberries.

They are very good.

Just to register emotion, jealousy, devotion,

And really feel the part.

I could stay young and chipper,

And I'd lock it with a zipper...

If I only had a heart.

E.Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen

Ahoy, me hearties! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, ye scurvy dogs!

There be no time like the present to hoist the Jolly Roger, put some

pirate in yer voice, and set sail into the day talkin’ like a proper

buccaneer to all yer mates and even a few unsuspectin’ landlubbers!

We did the 2026 Annual Halloween Crawl!

Today's post will be a little overview of the places we
visited. During SPOOKTOBER I will share the pictures
(and hopefully the videos) I took inside the stores.

First up was Halloween Express. We like Halloween

Express. They usually seem to have a little edge to

them that Spirit Halloween does not. This year

Halloween Express did not have that edge. But it's
all good. We enjoyed this stop... as we always do.

Next up was our first Spirit Halloween store. This picture
is actually from last year as I guess I was just so excited
today, that I forgot to take an outside picture! La-HOOZER!
But it is at this same location and looked just like this.

I had in mind one or two things that I was on the lookout
for this year, but as usual, I must be picking the most
popular items as they don't ever have in stock the stuff
I want. But I did buy a couple of little things at this Spirit
that I will share here during SPOOKTOBER.

Next stop was one of our all time favorite places,

The Indian Store. Not Halloween related but it is

always a part of The Crawl. This is a brand new

location for them and we had never been there.

It is still the same great Indian Store and on down

the line I will share some pictures from our visit.

Up next, our second Spirit Halloween. This one was

a'way bigger on the inside then it looks like from the

outside. Lot's of good stuff here and a few animatronics

that the other Spirit Halloween did not have.

As is customary, we made our donations to the
Spirit of Children and received our
20 Year Anniversary silicone

wristbands.

"Spirit of Children is a nonprofit program founded

in 2006 by Spirit Halloween. The program focuses

on donating to children's hospitals and throwing a

Halloween party for the children there."

After this we went to a Mexican restaurant. It is the one
that I went to on my vacation. My son had a fat burrito
and I had cheese enchiladas and a carne asada taco. I think
my son was pleasantly full and I was stuffed like a turkey.
Again, I forgot to take any pictures and I am sorry about this
as I enjoy looking back at some of these food pictures and
I am able to appreciate the dishes all over again.
But yeah, la-HOOZER!

We didn't go to many locations, but we do spend a lot of time
in each store. All in all we were out and about for around seven
hours so it is a full day. And do you know what?

I cannot WAIT for SPOOKTOBER!

I bought a new pistol... kind of.
That is not a real firearm.

It is a Umarex (brand) Colt Peacemaker Revolver Single

Action Army Six-Shooter CO2 Pistol. It is powered by
12-gram CO2 cartridges that are housed inside the grip.

It shoots .177 caliber steel BBs from individual cartridges

at up to 410 fps. You insert the BBs into the little holes you

see on the cartridges (in the picture above) and then load the
cartridges into the cylinder and you are good to go. As this
pistol  is not an actual firearm, there are no primers involved
and carrying with six rounds chambered is fine. The
pistol comes with six cartridges.

Oh, and there is a working ejector rod, but it is not really used
as there is no shell casing expansion after firing. The cartridges
pretty much just slide right out when unloading.

And here is the pistol itself with imitation ivory grips (plastic)

and a "nickel" finish. Umarex Colt replicas are officially licensed

to use the Colt trademarks. I most likely will never shoot this pistol

as I wanted it just for fun and something to display on a shelf at

The Ranch. I MIGHT shoot it sometime down the line.

Who knows.

This is the front of the box that it came in.
I like the design.

And the back just in case you would
like to see the specifications.