vin-guard

Eek! While Derek tried to figure out why we didn't have hot water, I started cleaning the cave, and encountered a rather large eight-legged housemate, cozy on the side of a stump. (The stump is another story).

"How big?" you ask... as big as I can make my thumb and forefinger to depict "this big," while we both grimace.  So that's about five inches. Just the usual harmless house spider (I think), but one that was big and hairy enough to make me nervous reaching my camera  up to it.

He's doing a good job of guarding the wine.  

happy halloween

I had a beautiful walk to Saint-Jean-de-Goneville to lend a hand with the Trunk-or-Treat event (although I was sans-trunk). Can't get enough of the turning colors.

Super Mario Benelli Bros:

I was a garden gnome, although maybe a dwarf works better beside Snow White. There were some awesomely decorated trunks, scary costumes, excited kiddos, and even fireworks! Happy Halloween.