Trick or treats...treats, please...

 

This makes me LOL!  I call him Tri-RUDY-tops.  He held so still that we were done with our photo shoot in about half a minute.  I think this might fall under my friend the retired colonel's old 7-P rule...prior proper planning prevents piss-poor performance.  :)

I chose a small space to take the photo where Rudy could be easily, yet comfortably, contained undistracted; the entry area of my home office worked perfectly.  I hung a piece of black fabric on the back of the door for a backdrop.  I pulled up my rolling office chair set to its lowest setting for the 'photographer' to sit on (because 'she'...cough cough...has trouble getting up off the floor...poor old crone).  I put on Rudy's 'costume.'  And presto, change-o!  We were done.  Oh, and that sharp-eyed expression is him staring at my front pocket which he knows is full of treats!  What a good boy!

Kasey had given me his 'costume' last year for my birthday, but I didn't get around to taking a photo, so this year I made it a priority (Hey, another 'P' word!  LOL)

Wishing All Hallows Eve brings only treats to you all, dear readers.

What I'm reading Wednesday...

 I was on vacation last week, and I got a lot of reading done.

Monticello by Sally Cabot Gunning

I love Sally Cabot Gunning's work, and this one was really quite good about President Thomas Jefferson and his family, told from the viewpoint of his daughter Martha.

Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald

I loved this one, and rate it about 9.75 points out of 10.  Virtually the entire story takes place inside the Grand Central Terminal in New York City right before and during World War II.  Highly recommend.

Saturday snail mail...

Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day.  Who knew, right?  Just to be honest, I didn't make any cards yesterday, but I thought I should at least do a catch-up post on what I have made and mailed since my last post.

This one and the next one were made and mailed early last week.  The cooler temperatures we have been enjoying made me pull out last year's autumn paper pumpkin.

A baby-boy card.  I just told someone that I never have occasion to send baby cards these days, and then all of a sudden I did.

A hang-in-there card for someone having a rough patch.

I went through a coloring phase for awhile, and did some real detail time with blending pens.

I never remember what these long cards are called.  The coloring was kind of the star of the show on this one.

But I had green sequins that matched the trees, so I added a few, and then the fountain begged for some Wink of Stella.

This is the simplest birthday card I've ever made; just a watercolor paper base with a pretty paper layer, and a tiny "happy birthday."  I always send poppies on this friend's cards.  

This is another past Paper Pumpkin.  Trying to use them instead of just 'collect' them!

This may look familiar, because I've CASEd its inspiration card before.  I love the monochromatic simplicity.

For the inside I stamped one of the images off a couple of times so it was a lighter shade with the sentiment in full-strength ink over it.

Now I'm wondering what I'm going to do about Christmas cards this year.