Halloween is huge in my neighborhood and I never miss it!  There is usually food at my house and once the sun goes down and the kids started to show up, the party just started to happen naturally.  This year several neighbors stopped by for a drink and between friends, neighbors and the kids, we had quite a nice little crowd.  

I found this picture of Kelly from 6 years ago.  I remember around that time she was just recovering from the trauma of being on the streets and her flaming red belly was getting to a normal color and all the matted hair that was shaved off had begun to grow back.  She also started barking and playing, usually after a dinner of chicken leg and kibble we would play catch under and around my piano.

This is also when I became a dog food hobbyist and started reading article and books on all sorts of dog food recipes.

Now a days she is a sophisticated dog lady who enjoys napping all day long, an hour of barking at 5:30pm sharp, is a connoisseur of chicken jerky, and has a relentless passion for fine cuisine.

With Halloween approaching, I felt obligated to decorate my house, but with everything else that must be done I simply did not have that much energy to be directed toward decorating.  I did haul out my old pumpkin lamps and spider string light, and that is about as far as I will go this year... maybe.

This is a belated Halloween post. This year we had no decorations, somehow living in a rental house made me not wanting to decorate and giving out candies.  To escape from the trick or treaters, my husband took me to a French restaurant in Newport beach. It was quite authentic with a laid back atmosphere.  It made me missing my vacations, I couldn't wait to visit Paris again!

I've been thinking for a while to cook for the construction workers that are working at my house for the past month and half. I see them buying fast food everyday for lunch, so I decided that it would be a good idea if I bring some home cooked meal once for a change. I started preparing some of the dishes last night and finished the cold dishes in the morning, and even brought a cake too. It was a success, even my husband drove back from work for his share of lunch!

  

After lunch I spent the afternoon freshening up my fairy gardens, it's been looking pretty sad since I've been too busy to take care of them!

This year I made another one of those Halloween themed fairy gardens, complete with happy ghosts, pumpkin patch, and doggies begging for candies! See the one I made last year here and here.