Toilet paper shelves.
A self-fulfilling prophecy it seems.

I like this tree that is kind of growing through a wall

that is further out on our property. It ain't so good

for the wall, but I like how it looks.

~ Happy Friday the 13th, November 2020 ~

~ Veterans Day, 2020 ~

The Millennium Falcon manufactured by the Corellian
Engineering Corporation via Mattel. You KNOW I love

this freighter. It was cheap. It is cool.

I bought it for my desk.

~ I voted - November 2020 ~

~ Happy Halloween 2020 from El Rancho De La Tex ~

I finally bought a movie that I have really been wanting

to see, and for a long time. I have heard good things about

"Doctor Sleep: The Next Chapter in The Shining Story".
We will see.

All horror, all month.

And then Ygor says, "Here. He say you tell
him, monster walk again. He came to see.
Monster walk."

Coming Through the Window Man.

A spider gets into the Halloween spirit.

My mom took this picture.

This here is a Latex Reaper.
But I'm bettin' you knew that.

Personally, I don't think a permit should be required.
Cool sign though.

~ Spirit Store - September 10th, 2015 ~

Helga Toadgutter at the Spirit Store in 2014.

 
Simply Spray Blood for those of you who
would rather spray than dribble or drool it.

This is a Fox 40 Micro Safety Whistle. They are very

inexpensive and take up just about no room on your

keychain. If the worst happens and you ever need to

be found, an emergency whistle will save your voice

and the whistle's sound will travel further.

"Three loud, short blasts on your whistle, each lasting
approximately three seconds. While you're blowing, count to
three in your head during each blast so it lasts
approximately three seconds."

You can buy them in two or three packs online.

I thought I would reminisce a bit today. This is the 

very first Spirit Halloween Store I ever visited.

This was in September of 2007. There was

NOBODY there. They would have it at this

location once or twice more.

My very first Spirit Halloween Store haul. I have shown
this awful mask before. The skull is common, glows
in the dark and is fun. A lot of them have their own
personalities as they are pretty cheap and often one is
a different shape then the next. Ya takes yer pick.

They were fun then, but Spirit stores have become

even better over the years.

That poor cat is just wailing.

Halloween at Party City, 2017.

It's that time of year again!

This picture is actually from our Annual Halloween

Crawl of 2019. We are looking forward to whatever type of

Halloween activities we can squeeze out of this weird year.

I started my scary movie watching month a day or two

early with a viewing of Midsommar. Kind of freaky.

I think when I figure out more about it, it will seem
even more freaky. I am not reading anything about

it yet. I want to watch it again first. I did enjoy it.

I spent a lot of the movie just looking for Easter eggs as

I know there have to be many. Easter eggs are fun.

I also felt really bad for that girl Dani,
until the very very end... I think.

If I could get a nickel for every
"it", I would be up a quarter.

With everything that is going on this year, with things

being kind of weird out there, my son and I unfortunately

decided that this year we will not be going on our Annual
Halloween Store Crawl for 2020. We may hit one store up
if we find ourselves out and around, but it is not likely.

It just doesn't seem like much fun with all the requirements.

We are looking forward to 2021!

I am Smoke Free 17 Years Today.
I am not anti-tobacco.
I just don't smoke.

~ Random Around the Ranch Photo of the Day ~

Did you ever like something so much that you bought

a backup just in case something happened to the first one?

!! Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2020 !!

That is Edward Teach who is in my curio
cabinet on my pirate shelf. Arg.

Now get out there and talk like a pirate ya lubbers!

!!! Avocado Seed Update: Number Six !!!

More growth, a lot more. They say you need

some patience to grow an avocado plant. That

is a major understatement. And another thing that

you need is a memory. You need to remember
to add water to this seed just about every day.
That water evaporates... FAST.

Stay tuned!

On Saturday February 15th, 2020 I put this avocado seed

in water and posted a photo. I will update again

in about a month. It's fun!

 
We will not forget.

Here are a couple more of the the decals I collected

when I was young. When we go back East to visit

family we usually drive to Quebec...

...to visit The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.

It is beautiful and just something we have always done.

It's pretty hot out there.

I know this is a little difficult to see, but

this is one of my mom's carousel horses. 

This horse is interesting to me because the base is made

from wood that comes from the Santa Monica Pier.

I practically grew up on that pier and to think that

this wood was there makes this figure a fun one to me.

 Today is National Knife Day!

In honor of this grand day, I am going to show another

knife that I bought years ago at, you guessed it: some

gun show. This is called the Al Mar Pocket Knife Keychain.

Look at this little thing. And it is SHARP. Al Mar is a brand

that I never hear much about. This is the only Al Mar knife

that I own. The blade is apparently made of 440 steel (eh).

The handle material is Zytel. Made in Japan. I never use it.

I just like having it. This little guy has been discontinued.

Here is a picture showing the Al Mar

logo and a quarter for size reference.
Anyway, have a great National Knife Day!

!!!!! BONUS PHOTO !!!!!

Today's BP is just another one showing how great the

patina is becoming on my modified Becker BK14 knife.

It changes every time I use it for food preparation.

I am really enjoying using this knife.

I spotted this guy while out today.

He is ravaged... but he is still smiling.

I was just messing around with my phone again

and created this not so great very short video

showing a few small pieces of cactus that dropped

off of the larger cactus and are now growing well.

That is one of my famous sentences.

Take a breath. Anyway...

You know how I feel about cactus.

Beautiful.

So I'm driving down the road and a golf ball

hits the front of our car breaking the car's

logo in half. Nice net.

"For a Few Dollars More" playing at Borden Cinema.

12 out of 10 Gold Watches.

Assolutamente fantastico!

Hoo-rah!

I am down to my last tablespoons and I was

going to try and do without topping for a while, but

my son and his grandma had this delivered today!

Life is buttery good.

Here are some items representing the Single Action

Shooting Society, or SASS for short. On the left is a pin

that is given when you join SASS. In the middle is a

challenge coin that I bought some years ago and on the right

is another pin, or actually a tie tack that I used as a pin.

I have not been a member of the organization for some time

as it got to be more than I could afford, but I still promote

SASS. I promote just about anything that keeps the Spirit of

the Old West alive. The Single Action Shooting Society

for the most part does that.

If you are interested in learning about

SASS, I have them linked on the "Favorite

Places to Visit" part of my site here.

From my visit to the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage

in 2012. This is a mail stage coach built in 1855 and used in the

gold country of Northern California.

My post today celebrates the 

Annual National Day of the Cowboy!

Visit

==>     nationaldayofthecowboy.com     <==

William Frederick Cody

"Buffalo Bill"

February 26, 1846 - January 19, 1917

This Buffalo Bill toy figure (the likeness is uncanny) was made

by Diversified Specialists out of Houston Texas in 1994. I do not

believe that Diversified is around anymore. I found a price

online: 8 to 10 dollars. Hoo-ray!

This was a Christmas gift from a LONG time ago.

I hung it up for fun.

Just kind of discovered this today.

I don't know what kind of succulent this is,

but I like it's bloom. It looks like a little tree.

~ Random Around the Ranch Photo of the Day ~

Yeah, I have a small VHS movie collection from back

in the day. This is probably about a third of them. I have

a VHS player that is not hooked up because it only plays

back in black and white for some reason. Oh well.

We payed $500 for our first Mitsubishi VHS player.

The remote control was not cordless and programming

the thing to record something was a chore. There was

no onscreen programming. It was all done with

little buttons and switches.

But I loved that player.