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At least it is a change from wearing brown all the time. So here we are again in the black and yellow section of my wardrobe. I haven't wortn this dress on the blog since 2014, so it seemed time to revisit this loud Frocky Horror. There's a Made in Korea tag inside the dress which supports my theory that it hails from the 80's (we imported tonnes of stuff from Korea in the 70's and 80's). No shoulder pads, though something makes me think there might have been originally. The top is quite roomy (but the buttons still manage to gape) and would accommodate some padding through the shoulder area. I suspect it would have also had a fabric belt, though I see no sign of belt loops. The wide sleeves are meant to be cuffed, though they never quite stay that way. Being linen, I suppose the dress could be starched and ironed but ....oh ha ha ha ha ha! You don't really think I'd do that, do you?!  Good lord, no. So I'm going with the "lived-in" look here, ...

 "Hey, Goody? Can I come in the house?" "No." "Here, I have some broccoli for you." "That's MY broccoli." "Can I come in the house?" "No." "Why not?" "The house is already haunted." "Aw, that's no ghost, that's just bats in the ductwork." "No." "Why does the cat get to stay inside?" "Look, I have to go bleed the radiators..." "You don't *have* radiators, you have forced hot air with a bat in the ducts." "You can't come in." "Rolland the snowman gets to live inside" "In the freezer ." "Can I..." "No." "Rats."  There was something so adorably goofy about the ghost, I had to buy him last weekend. I'm sure he gives passersby a good laugh. The cat had to go in the window as we have several neighbours with cats that do just that. I'm sure they're looking at it thinking, ...

"Hey there good-lookin', do you have plans tonight?" "Bugger off." "Hey, wait-up, I just want to..." "I said, bugger off!" "Hey! OWWW!" " Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody..." I saw all this take place in the space of a few seconds. Clearly, the praying mantis wasn't in the mood to be bothered, and wasted no time ridding itself of the er...pest.  It was interesting how the rejected mantis ran off into the grass as the other stood in the centre of the sidewalk undisturbed by the foot traffic of students from the college. I know the praying mantis is no lightweight-Youtube is full of videos showing how they can sneak up a hummingbird feeder and grab dinner, but I never saw one in a fight like this. You can learn so much about nature just by looking around. Here, I'm noticing a yellow jacket wasp that thankfully was more interested in the flowers than me. They get aggressive this time of year as the fl...

 We hadn't visited an apple orchard for the past few years as the harvest had been terrible for one reason or another. This year was different though, and the trees were full of perfect apples-it almost  makes you wonder if  they're using a new fertiliser, or planted more blight resistant trees or if they just resorted to luring a Scottish policeman to the orchard  had some good luck this year. Er...whatever they're doing, it seems to be working! I guess I could ask one of the people that work here, though they're all dressed as woodland animals today for some odd reason. We made it out alive  home with about twenty pounds of apples, so we'll be enjoying a number of interesting dishes over the next couple weeks. I made a red onion and apple relish to go with black bean tacos tonight. I have my glow-in-the-dark Halloween sign up. I adore Halloween. Dressing up and eating candy-what's not to like?! I know it is more than a month away, so I'm going slow with t...