Saturday, October 31st

Halloween has such strange customs! I suppose it serves a purpose other than the obvious one of kids getting way too much candy. It gives people an excuse to engage in silliness and pretending, and then to go back to normalcy without anyone saying they're crazy.

I wonder if someday anthropologists will look at old halloween artifacts and conclude that we were superstitious and fearful. They'll probably think we took this stuff seriously! After all, we tend to look back at people who lived long ago and fail to consider that they had a sense of humor.

I took the above picture in front of a discount store using my old Nikon camera. My newer Canon camera is in the shop. I first noticed it failing when it was just over 3 months old, too late to return it to Crutchfield's. The zoom was erratic, failing to return to normal after I used it to zoom in on something. Unfortunately this did not show in the viewfinder, so I lost a number of photo opportunities. Here's an example.

Through the viewfinder, I saw a cute dog looking out the door. I photographed him with the colorful wall and pumpkins lending interest on the right. It wasn't until later that I realized that the zoom had not retracted properly and the doggie was out of the frame. (The camera is a G16 and not an SLR.)

Speaking of dogs, our buddy Flash is not feeling well. We took him to the vet yesterday and she said he has an overgrowth of bad bacteria in his gut. She prescribed metronidazole and a probiotic powder.

Sharing with Sepia Saturday and Saturday Critters