Happy Hallo-Meme.

BikeMonkey tagged me ten days ago, but Casa Free-Ride has adopted the just-in-time model of jack-o-lantern production.

Here are the rules:

Carve a pumpkin.

Light'er up.

Snap a foto.

Post it.

Tag some bloggers.

Here are the photos:

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Owing to the fact that this is Hallowe'en already, I'm tagging you if you want to be tagged. Otherwise, you're off the hook.

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Not dark here yet, but camera is ready and the pics will be posted promptly.

here's this year's carving attempts

Mind you, when I was growing up, the idea was to scare people... that way there would be candy left over at home...

I may get more up there later tonight...

oh well, it appears that the bar in question has run out... I hope that the ones that I have are enough...