Happy Hallowe'en

Happy Hallowe'en!

Did you have a lot of children come trick or treating at your house? Maybe you had children or grandchildren to get into costumes and take out. Did you get lots of candy? Our area doesn't have very many children so this is the first year our building is not handing out candies.

On Thursday when I had Geoff and family and Ronian the new granddoggy over we had Hallowe'en dinner. I set the table for dinner in Hallowe'en style...

This is a big ole spider my youngest son Richard made a few years ago....it found its way to the table.

The tablecloth was black and we had Hallowe'en napkins... We each had a little loot bag of goodies and a puzzle.... A gummy worm sat in front of each of the plates...there was a pumpkin gobblin in the centre of the table but it didn't make it into the picture.


shhhhhhh...have a peek at what was under the napkin on the salad bowls of the 2 little ones...

Austin is looking rather surprised to find a trantulla spider....


Madeline, being the older one..*s*...picked hers up...


and proceeded to explain to Geoff, her daddy that its not real, you know.....

I didn't seem to take anymore pictures.. I think we were hungry instead. It was a spaghetti night with apple crisp for dessert. I'm sure both Madeline and Austin are having a good trick or treating time right now as I type this..... fun...

We were at the cottage again for the weekend. There won't be many more weekends there this fall before Marc closes it for the winter. The wind was just howling last night but we were nice and warm with the fireplace on...almost all the colourful leaves have blown to the ground.

On Friday night Marc and I watched Hallowe'en II in honour of......

What did you do during the Hallowe'en weekend?...

Have a great start to the week... Judi xoxo

Gramma Brown's Corn Chowder

Did you have a spooky Hallowe'en? Did you have many trickortreaters?

Most people I spoke to just didn't have as many as usual. We had fun at the Hallowe'en party. Look at the moon that night. It really looks like a spooky full moon....boooooooooo...

Everyone brought something to pass and oh my there were so many wonderful dishes. Don't you love a pot luck? We made Grandma Brown's Corn Chowder. We don't know her but her recipe came from here and I've written it for you. We had so many raving comments about it. We brought along styrofoam cups and spoons and kept it hot in the crock pot. Beside it we had oyster crackers in a mason jar....Yummmmmy!

Gramma Brown's Corn Chowder

Ingredients
1 pound bacon
4 stalks celery, chopped
4 small onion, diced
1/4 cup margarine
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
2 (14.75 ounce) cans cream-style corn
2 (15.25 ounce) cans whole kernel corn
8 cups chicken broth
2 cups whole milk

2 cups 1/2 and 1/2 cream
6 potatoes, cubed
4 carrots, chopped
1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions
Fry bacon in pan until almost done. Add onions and celery, and saute until lightly browned.
Transfer to a cooking pot. Add cream-style corn, kernel corn, butter, and broth. Add carrots and potatoes. Cook for about 15 minutes.

Mix together flour and a little water to form a paste.
Add milk and flour paste. You might want to add more flour paste, depending on how thick you like your chowder. Simmer for 30 minutes or until you are ready to eat. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Have a great day... Judi xoxo

Happy Hallowe'en

Boooooooo at the lake today its drizzling .... boooooo. It feels like one of those Hallowe'ens I remember as a child or when taking my own children out trick or treating. One never knows this day what the weather will be like. Sometimes its windy and snowy and sometimes its just warm. Hopefully it'll stop and dry up a little bit for the trick or treaters.

We're going to a Hallowe'en party tonight. I wanted to dress up but its not a dress up so we aren't doing it either. :o( We're making Grandma Brown's Corn Chowder to pass and I'll share the recipe with you when we're done. The fall brings about so many comforting yummy foods.

Have a good day and evening and Happy Hallowe'en...boooooooooo Love Judi xoxo