I was going to sit in the pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin to rise and give me 6 winning lottery numbers. But on top of the fire and 3.7 and 3.0 earthquakes we are having RAIN. I pulled gate duty at the ranch after a stream of site seers and thieves made the power companie's work near impossible. They helicoptered in power poles fit for clipper ships. One car load of idiots said I looked like Tom Selleck in my 'cowboy oufit.' I replied I thought Clint Eastwood was more my style. "Aw, you don't look like Clint!" About then I cradled my side by side."Uh,right, You do look like him, uh GOODBYE!" <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I watched fascinated as a badger dug out of it's den Lazarus like. I tossed out 100 lbs of bird seed and some cattle cake for the deer at the pond. I 'm worried about the local roadrunner and miss the bunnies. 3 coyotes trotted across the ridge at dusk and howled at the passing Amtrack. When "God's Dog" talks you know the world is in balance. O.K., I'm no Garrison Keillor and this isn't lake Wobegon. Happy halloween everybody!

Happy Halloween, Chris. And may the rains last just long enough to put the fires out.