Halloween Eve – fortdoberdale.com

I had to water the front yard today. It’s not been scorching hot, but it is dry enough that I couldn’t ignore the brownness any longer. This groundcover is supposedly a weed, but I love it. It stays low to the ground. Even when I mow, I don’t cut this greenery.

It has flowers that feed the bees. I don’t have to do anything to it. No fertilizers or anything. It just grows. But I can’t find it at any nursery. It would do the lawn mowing, fertilizing, businesses harm, and whatever else you need to keep up a lush lawn. I’m trying to let it take over the yard. That red plant in the picture is another “weed.”

This is a plant, the name of which I do not know. I got it as a small cutting this summer, and it has grown so tall, I had to top it off. I didn’t know it produced flowers at the time. But its height makes the thing topple over.

I love these deep blood red flowers. Very appropriate for Halloween.

I went to Home Goods this morning. They were having a 50% off on Halloween items, so I got a few. But I found these two items, a dog blanket and dog towel for $7. So I had to buy them. I washed them together. Not a good idea. The towel shed on the blanket.

And the blanket lint attached to the towel.

The cashier at HomeGoods was such a neat guy. He used to be in the fine art business and has been everywhere and knows a lot of stars. I told him about my Dobies and he told me that Ben Vereen, star of Pippin, had a “miniature Doberman” that always came to the door dressed up. The dog had a closet full of clothes. I mentioned in passing that there was no such thing as a miniature Doberman, that it could have been a MinPin or a Manchester Terrier, but there was no time to get into that. Perhaps it will register later. I just cannot emphasize enough that smallish looking Dobermann are not Dobermann at all. But I digress. The man settled into South Florida in his retirement. I could have talked to him for hours. I am going to look for him next time I stand in line at HomeGoods. Most cashiers are so rude and unengaging. What a pleasure this man was!

I also stopped at PetSmart to return some Halloween t-shirts I got in the mail. I ordered extra large, but got pee-wee sized shirts on xlrg hangers. I know that because I bought a pair of xlrg shirts last weekend, which WERE extra-large. Here is Luigi wearing one that says BOO! I put t-shirts on my Dobies on cold winter nights, so these will come in handy then.

Upon leaving PetSmart, I ran into a flock of birds checking out their own treat. I don’t know if anything was in there. Some slobs left the package in the parking lot. There were four crows trying to open the bag.