Traveled to our near by veggie farm to get a pumpkin with granddaughter. Such a pretty ride with leaves changing and crisp clean air blowing round us. Lots of sunshine.
Betsy's Wildwood Home
" Even the tiniest ghost can light up the darkness"
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Pumpkins, Outside decoration and room update.
You can see we were the only ones on the ride with Opa taking the picture.
Beautiful trees lining the road on our way to farm.
Had this wreath for years given to me by Jennifer a friend since 7th grade.
Gorgeous flowers I received from children for my birthday. I love my flowers!
A purple rose too
It's a real rose and so pretty.
I love Gerbera daisies
We enjoyed a fruited cake with strawberries. Chantilly cake besides coconut, my favorite cake.
G.V. had a birthday on the 18th. Turned 13. Years zooming by.
My sister, Genevieves great aunt shares the same birthday. Here she is with our mother who is 104.
O.K. back to some more outdoors. I spend more outside lately as the weather has been so wonderful.
dollar store skeleton holding a foam pumpkin I drew eyes and mouth on with sharpie
The room so far. Son painted along with our granddaughter Genevieve our office downstairs. It's a walkout basement area and this part of the house in in the ground somewhat by four feet on this end. So happy to see there is no seepage or dampness. Well insulated from the rainwater and snow. Dry and I am happy.
The cement floor in great shape and smooth. We had the baseboard heater taken out as we have central heating system and air now. No need to have these in here.
EMT cable run on two walls for extra outlets and more amperage.
We will cover with whatever it's called later. Not that concerned with the look at this point.
Before
Thinking about not putting traverse rod back up. More of a electric type of blackout shade of some sort and maybe a curtain rod with some type of curtain. Not sure.
After
Better pictures later.
Cable here running to connect extra outlets and will probably cover later with a channel. Not concerned about it right now.
Next is the floor carpet tiles to go down.
Son took time and several coats of paint-to cover these walls, also cover up holes. Ceiling looks so much better too.
More molding around the window later. I think it will look better.
Want to do as much as possible before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Before I go. My banner and ghostly picture I took in Bavaria Germany in October 2007 while visiting my daughter and her family. I tweaked it in ChatGPT. I use the AI occasionally for pictures like this and it's fun.
In the picture are apple trees. The road below led to the village where grandson Seth loved getting his homemade croissant warm from the oven early in the morning. I certainly enjoyed days like this. Fresh made bread from the oven, nothing better.
Same picture being made a little ghostly
Til next time
Friday, October 16, 2026
Happy Friday
Happy Friday
Overcast and little drizzly but I do like days like this.
Done all the decorating I will do. Less will be more this Halloween. Too many projects going on and before we know it, Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Whew! Where is the time going?
Pulling out the old carpet in our office area downstairs. Had electricians come in and take out the baseboard heater. We don't use it in here since we converted to heat pump. Use to be just an air conditioning unit for our home. Now to find matching baseboard for this wall and I purchased paint to paint over the paneling. Cement floor in good shape so we are just having son put down carpet tiles.
Patched the holes where the carpet used to be.
Not looking forward to painting. I guess I could just leave the paneled walls. Nah, painting them will be a nice bright change.
Some new office furniture and a small sofa bed for one wall with new curtains. Some serious change going on in here.
air cleaner to keep out the dust and clean cement floor ready for carpet tiles.
O.K. the rest of post will be some outdoor decorations.
See the face on the ghost? I feel like he looks right now, with thinking about tackling more chores!
I need some real pumpkins; I have been putting them off with the hot days we have had lately. Now it's a little cooler, I will purchase some.
I decided to add cats to skeleton man
Bye for now
More to come
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