I sure am glad that Halloween is over. Sweet Sally got caught up on her rest at her den, and is back at work looking a lot more like herself now.  I don't miss the spooky pumpkins or the giant spiders being thrown around either.  And now that all the candy collecting has happenened there are always sweet crumbs to find on the floor.
My parents are staying busy.  Each day we see more and more of our friends that went to the place called 'Up North' for the summer.  I guess Up North closes in the winter.

My sisters on my father's side, Mona and Daisy, are visiting this week. They brought along their evil cat sister, Grizelda.  Vocal Vonnie calls her "the meanest cat in the world!"  No one is allowed to even walk by her condo without getting hissed and swatted at.  Mother says she's so mean and busy frowning all the time, that her face just froze that way!

Most of our visitors have been in for the happy calls, eating lots of treats and getting their nails done.

Today I saw something I've never seen before.  The giant brown lab named Lake insisted on paying for his visit. With wagging tail, he gladly carried his dad's rawhide pouch filled with paper, up to Laughing Laura.  Pretty soon, all the humans were laughing. I have to paw it to him, it was a pretty good trick.  I don't think my dad's paper-filled pouch will fit in my mouth, and, of course, if it did, I might find some other things to buy with it.  But Lake was doing us dogs proud with a high brow trick like that. I just might be up all night working on something that can top it!!