Fall, Halloween, and Tennis
I took my last tennis lesson for the season on Sunday at The Riverside Clay Tennis Association. When I left the courts I was struck by the sunset on the Hudson. It was cloudy, so the dark gray clouds were singed in areas by a bright, rosy, pink color. It was stunning. Another woman was also stopped in her tracks by the beauty of it.
I said, "I wish I had a camera."
She said, "I do but I don't want New Jersey in the background."
I said, "It's the perfect Ying and Yang. Besides it will make a lovely back drop for my next fall activity, which is bobbing for apples in the Hudson." Then I did a swan dive into the river.
In other news, my social life keeps getting better and better. I've been invited to my first pumpkin carving party, BYOP. Thanks to the internet, I've seen some fabulous ideas on how to carve a pumpkin. For instance, did you know that you can carve a pumpkin to make it look like a pineapple? Why you wouldn't save yourself the work and just put a pineapple in front of your house is beyond me. I carved a pumpkin on my own last year. It was very sophisticated and elegant in it's simplicity and style. I carved a Jackie O lantern! You may be groaning right now. Most audiences do, which I have to say BUMS me out because that joke tickles me and I was so looking forward to telling it again this year on it's second birthday.
Lastly, some Halloween costume ideas to leave you on.
A werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand. Long live Warren Zevon.
A nun with a bad habit. This was my costume last year. It's easy. Wear a black skirt, shirt, and another skirt over your head with a white headband or collar of a white t-shirt to hold it in place on your head. Possibly some rosaries. Then of course add your favorite bad habit. I chose chewing tobacco. I met a priest that night but the jerk off was married.
Finally, one year I wore the dress you see me in on this page and added a wand, a tiara, and a blacked out tooth and went as the toothless fairy.
Happy Halloween!
I said, "I wish I had a camera."
She said, "I do but I don't want New Jersey in the background."
I said, "It's the perfect Ying and Yang. Besides it will make a lovely back drop for my next fall activity, which is bobbing for apples in the Hudson." Then I did a swan dive into the river.
In other news, my social life keeps getting better and better. I've been invited to my first pumpkin carving party, BYOP. Thanks to the internet, I've seen some fabulous ideas on how to carve a pumpkin. For instance, did you know that you can carve a pumpkin to make it look like a pineapple? Why you wouldn't save yourself the work and just put a pineapple in front of your house is beyond me. I carved a pumpkin on my own last year. It was very sophisticated and elegant in it's simplicity and style. I carved a Jackie O lantern! You may be groaning right now. Most audiences do, which I have to say BUMS me out because that joke tickles me and I was so looking forward to telling it again this year on it's second birthday.
Lastly, some Halloween costume ideas to leave you on.
A werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand. Long live Warren Zevon.
A nun with a bad habit. This was my costume last year. It's easy. Wear a black skirt, shirt, and another skirt over your head with a white headband or collar of a white t-shirt to hold it in place on your head. Possibly some rosaries. Then of course add your favorite bad habit. I chose chewing tobacco. I met a priest that night but the jerk off was married.
Finally, one year I wore the dress you see me in on this page and added a wand, a tiara, and a blacked out tooth and went as the toothless fairy.
Happy Halloween!