Loyal readers,

My Halloween display was the best ever. However, the experience this year was VERY demanding and could have been a bunch better. On the good side, I lost about 10 pounds, but I was worn to a frazzle. Halloween day, I needed a back and elbow brace along with several bandages. However, I’m back on the mend and feeling a bit better every day.

While I was busy with the preparations, I cut back my daily walk from four to two miles. Don’t worry, I still got my 10,000 steps in each day. However, I didn’t get to my “turn around” tree every day. It may not surprise you, but I’m not a big fan of our current president. I wear a “no kings” badge on my shirt and on my hat. I also made up a couple of hundred badges to give away at rallies.

I put one of my badges on my “turn around” tree before I got busy with the preparations but, as I said, I didn’t get to it every day. Apparently, one day someone took exception to the badge and broke it off of the tree. It was held in with a single drywall screw and it was made of PLA 3D plastic. It was easy to break and eliminate.

After Halloween, I resumed my walk and saw that someone had destroyed the badge. So…I went back the next day with a new badge. The new one was reinforced with a metal plate, attached with 3 drywall screws, and Gorilla glued to the tree. Well…someone tried to remove the new badge and found it a bit more difficult to deal with. It remains where I put it. It’s a bit bashed, but it remains…

P.S. I’m trying to post this using the WordPress editor. My old way of posting no longer works with my new computer and new Microsoft Office Software…we’ll see how it goes.