I should stop trying to explain why I’ve been off The Hill for a spell! Who cares, anyway! I spent last evening just browsing around The Hill and dropping a few ‘Hi… how are you?” messages. Blogs have always been my favorite spot to browse and I did have some catching up to do. I read several blogs by Allen… I hadn’t met him before. His subjects are diverse and I concluded that he (as I do) likes to use words and photos in his communications. I will drop by when I can to catch up on any new ones, from Allen and from anyone else who takes the time to contribute their story. I’ve had too much to say in the past… even though I did thoroughly enjoyed the A-Z Challenge several times. But be warned, I have not disappeared for good… at least not yet!!!!

If you take the time to drop by my page, you may discover that my page does not contain a single ghost, witch or goblin... but lots of pumpkins! That’s not because of neglect on my part, but I just don’t DO Halloween! I’m much more into Autumn and Thanksgiving than spooky stuff! If I could pick where I like to live in the Autumn months of the year, it would be in the Maritimes. The colors are spectacular! We have a few colors, but mostly yellow and brown! No reds!

When we first moved to the rural area, there were lots of kids and our community had our own Halloween Party… children and parents together. Often a request for a song from the children or a recitation of something that they learned in school or Sunday School was fulfilled before a brown paper bag that contained things like peanuts in the shell, ribbon candy, homemade popcorn balls, and at least one mandarine orange was given to each child. Those kids are now adults with their own families and our community has changed. For the last several years, I would purchased treats that I could pass out to any children who came down our driveway, making sure that my purchase was also my hubby and my favorite treat, on the chance that we would have leftovers. No visitors… so we had a good supply! This year may be different. Developement restrictions have changed and we have a number of new families in our area. We have met them at the summer community Bar-B-Que, so I’m prepared. 

By the way, our neighbors are stuck with us until we need to use the Handi-Bus! Our valley in the Foothills is still our favorite place to be. And… drop by my spot on The Hill, and say hello! I respond when I can via private message.

Mona (aka yourchoice)

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