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On the Sunday before Halloween, we'd gone out to Rusty Cock Ridge for their annual free shoot. Today I picked up my two free 8" x 10"s.

I went with Marci Sunshine and Bubble Trouble (with her b/f Tim) to get some clowny type shots.

Then Trish arrived later with Orion, Oma, Uncle Nick, and our friend Sarah (who I met in AmeriCorps).

This shot has interesting geometry.

This shot has action!

By the way, Rusty Cock Ridge, is sort of like an urban legend. The public can't just go there, but every weekend they have an open house, and if you know someone who has gone, they can invite you along for homemade root beer floats and soup.

One thing was true about Camp Seymour, it did open my eyes, and I did See More.

I see more arrows.

I see more bullseyes.

He actually did make this shot.

I see more canoes.

He's going to get an "I survived Pirate's Cove" T-shirt for X-mas.

I see more bunk beds.

No, he slept on the bottom bunk with mom.

We caved.

Orion kept saying he wanted to be a Power Ranger for Halloween. We had never watched Power Rangers as a family. We didn't know where he got the idea, but his other ideas were: Darth Vader or a Transformer.

I started to get very hung up on all of us dressing in complementary costumes. If he was to be a knight. We could be a king and queen.

For a while we considered being Harry, Ron & Hermione. Trish was excited to buy a new hair curler. I would be in "red hair and hand-me-down robe".

One night, during bath time, Trish called me in and said, "We can be rubber ducks! It'll be easy. We can cut out cardboard and paint it and get little duck noses and spray our hair yellow and get some feathers..."

Me (calculating the time and expense), "Uh huh."

Well, some things go by the wayside. Especially when there's work and school and work IS school and homework and home IS work...

So we stopped at Target and let him pick out his favorite color among those left in his size... now 25% off!

This guy, it turns out, is a Special Ranger. He's an alien who can transform (or 'MORPH', if you'll recall) into the liquid metal, Mercury. He sometimes drives a fire truck zord.



I took him over to the Halloween House for a trial run. He showed his bravery in the face of horror!



I can't say as much for daddy.



I'm hoping to spend some time there in costume after Trick or Treating. They're open until 10 PM.

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Getting Ready (Pic by Orion)





Mercury Ranger, Bad Fairy, Red Ninja, and Fairy Princess

Danger, A Head.

Toe Food and Feet Loaf

Orion's Suitcase at our garage sale. (I gave it to Dawn of http://thesimplefool.com )

Bulbs we gave to the neighbors.


The neighbor's truck & reflection of the li'l photographer.

Our yummy Roma tomatoes.