Sunday morning and Halloween Monday

First, we have the Halloween photo-shoot, done a couple of days before.

Witchy woman!  With a grumpy face, no less.

No black cats, here... grey and orange kitties, and you've seen their photos before, so not going to do more today.

Lights across the street, and in my own window, taken early Sunday morning, before sunup.  I plan on doing the outdoor candy thing again this year, as it's supposed to give us a high temperature in the 70's (F, of course).

Mid-Sunday morning, I finally met up with my niece.  She's my ex-husband's sister's daughter, and while we've swapped Facebook messages and live in the same town, we haven't been in the same physical space since the 4th of July the year her mom passed away in January.  And that will be ten years ago, next year.  

We met at a shop space she and three others share.  It's an antique place, and it is FULL of nostalgia.  They pretty much run it as on-line and by appointment only.  She had been looking for a VCR from her youth era and I happened to have one to donate.

We hung out and chatted about this and that, her vision for the place, her plans for the future, the current state of the world, how we'd both gone into full hermit mode for the past couple of years, etc.  Remembering her mom and brother, dreams and how folks we love might visit us in them.  

Health update on Rubia?  She's her spry self.  She is not a fan of her meds, but she's letting me administer them.  She's not drooling any more.  Do I feel foolish having dragged her to the vet?  Nope.  Not at all.  Is she an expensive kitty?  You bet.  In her 8 year lifetime, yesterday put her over the total 11 years worth of vet charges I've paid taking care of Prisoner's various woes.

Just now I'm waiting for a call back from the vet to let me know if it's OK to continue the same meds, given my original thought about what was wrong was incorrect!

New experiment, starting Monday (today), is my next hack at "intermittent fasting".  Interestingly, the app I chose also wants you tracking food and liquid intake, and activity... so, still waiting to see what's different, other than alarms to start and stop your overnight fast.  Will let y'all know how it goes.  If nothing else, it's "a new toy", which CAN sometimes be a motivational help.

Well, time to wrap up and post.  Here's hoping we aren't too badly "tricked" by the Halloween "treats" that aren't really treats to our bodies at all!  Remember to hydrate, get in some activity, and rest the rest of the accomplished, come nightfall.

Life is good.  Spark on!

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