The theme for 2026 at Spirit Halloween is

Camp Harbor Lake. Not a very safe camp

I'm thinkin'. A lot of critters (of sorts) about.

A lovely welcome sign adorns the camp cabins.
Makes you feel right at home, until you
walk inside and...

...look up. Holy cow! Is/was that a camp
counselor, or, gulp, a camper?! Yikes! Hey, it looks
like something is carved into the wooden seat
of that canoe? Let me take a...

...closer look. Well, that's not good.
Moving along.

Here is view of  the back side of the cabins. I would
avoid this area. There is one of them critters I mentioned
someplace nearby. I will show that in the coming
Spooktober days.

The camp definitely has a spirit... or two.

Perhaps we should end today's SPOOKTOBER entry with this:

Let's all sing the camp song!!

Summer camp! Hoo-RAY!
(Maybe.)

Oh wow. A 45-inch Poseable Intestine prop from

Spirit Halloween! This would go great in the dining

room (with the lights turned low of course). Bend this

prop any way you wish. Show the world how deranged
you are and wear this guy like a bandolier!

A little Clown in a Cornfield goin' on at
Spirit Halloween. A relative newcomer and

a pretty fun movie.  I rated it 6.1 out of 10
Stick Shift Automobiles after

my viewing last year.



And just in case you forget where you are

as you swing this axe around.

Sweet Dreams at Horror Express.

Can you imagine these four guys
frenetically coming at you?!

Yikes.

I think this guy at Halloween Express is

welcoming you to SPOOKTOBER.

I think that all THREE of these
 guys are welcoming you home.

Even my Fanta orange soda is

getting into the spirit of things.
I keep one of these in the fridge
and just take a sip every once in
a while. It HITS THE SPOT and
this will last me a week.

A little side note. My son had a birthday recently,

and we went to a Sizzler restaurant. He enjoys having

a steak for his special day. I had this delicious bacon
burger. For a few more dollars they add an extra burger
patty. They call this a "Mega Burger." For four hours
after I thought that my stomach was going to explode.

It was worth it.

SPOOKTOBER is just getting started!


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...later that day.

Holy cow! It was 114 degrees out at
3 PM today. That's pretty warm.

I bet the goblins are sweating and the
goblettes must be perspiring.

Spooktober is upon us!
Thirty-one nights of fun ahead!

All horror, all month!

This isn't the best photo, but I wanted to share

this special pen that a friend brought back for

me from her trip to Peru. It is a handmade
Peruvian Inca llama pen. I think it is really
cool. I never used it. I just want
to keep it like it is.

This is part of a larger photograph that was taken a long

time ago. It was a picture that was taken at a company picnic.

Those were my Winston cigarettes. I don't smoke Winstons

anymore. As a matter of fact, I no longer smoke any

cigarettes and today is my Twenty-Third Smoke Free

Anniversary. No cigarettes for twenty-three years.

And not a day goes by that I don't thank God for another
smoke-free day and another 24 hours without the slightest
desire to smoke.

I say this every year: It is a gift.

Best letter opener ever.