Catching Up

The aurora was pretty spectacular here . . . if you looked at it through your phone, took a picture, increased the contrast and maxed out the saturation. Isn't technology great?

Otherwise, it looked mostly like this, which still wasn't too shabby.

At first I thought the white spots were dust on my laptop screen and then I realized they're stars!

I took these photos a little after nine o'clock last night near the rugby field in the Winnebago County Park. If you missed the aurora this time around don't fret, the sun is still active and there might be another chance to see it soon.

Earlier in the day, Ivy got finally got around to decorating for Halloween. This is not an endorsement for Target but they did just bring back some of the creepy John Derian Halloween designs from a couple years ago. Last time they sold out immediately so there was no hesitation from The Crew this time around. Definitely not everything returned, but a lot of the same stuff. Looks like someone may have ordered a few more items than necessary.

Apparently, the plan is to scatter the pillows all around the house, in different rooms. That way, maybe no one will notice that there are too many of them.

So, what's in that big box?

Who else? Well, isn't being scary a big part of Halloween?

Along with creepy pillows, of course.

Then, it was time to get the decorations up.

Ivy decided on a traditional orange and black color scheme for the patio this year with lots of plastic jack-'o-lanterns. She just got the misting one working and discovered it will also water the plants and everything else at the same time. How convenient. Good thing it's an outdoor decoration.

Then Burt decided to add some lights because why not mix electricity and water, what could go wrong?

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!