Postcard from the Road/Airport; Scary Halloween Picture

Hey folks! Crazy busy the last few days preparing for our trip - now we're at the airport, so I'll see how much I can share. Thank you so much for all comments on my last post - has helped me to evaluate such a time-consuming process better. I'm thinking that for 'regular' time, I need to do something less time-consuming with my grains, and save this process for occasional treats. That infinitesimal amount of dairy does seem to affect me, and although it's delicious, I don't notice significant digestive benefits.

Here is the view from our cabin these last few days:

Yes, snow is here! I pulled out the last of our garden produce and will share some interesting pics/recap soon.

But we managed to go to our neighbors' Hallowe'en party last night, amidst all the packing, and managed to get costumed up, even! Phil got a little devilish -

His initial proposal was that I wear those, superglued to my head - seriously! I wasn't into that at all, but thought he looked just great.

I put on his oversized 'xtratuf' boots - seriously twice as big as my feet - and clowned it up -

So funny - a whole bunch of people, including my own husband, said that they wouldn't have recognized me! There's something about painting your face... Obliterating native expressiveness... That nose is uncomfortable, though! I still feel borderline snotty - for some reason I felt compelled to stay 'in character' for a long time. Hard to eat under it, too!

That's the first time I've really dressed up for Halloween, actually painted my face and made an effort, and it felt so good just to participate.

I promise that product review very soon (hoping the internet at my parents' has been restored to action, please please!) and that garden retrospective, but right now, I'm about to get on a plane! Love to all. And sorry if I'm not as 'present' as I like to be, reading and writing blogs - I don't know what my internet-connective future is, apart from that I'm going to be on planes for most of the next 36 hours...

A beautiful drive up to town this morning...

another one...