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14/10: Friday the 13th

So, we had our fall gathering, late after the rain out of weeks ago, and combined it with an early birthday party for Zoe for a Friday the 13th October Party. Though Buffalo received two feet of snow, the day brought sunny skies, but cold weather. We hauled out the cider press, borrowed a old Case tractor and wagon from our friend Mr. Atwood down the road, and a big harvest table and we were ready for the party. the kids came dressed, and we had a corpse bride, skeleton, vampire bat, four witches and several other creatures of the night floating about our backyard. We took our wagon full creatures for hayride throught the West Chazy Cemetery at dusk and made many gallons of cider, we showed "the Corpse Bride" projected on the side of the barn and had a bonfire under the starry, and very cool skies. We had a a great time our friends, and everyone complimented Elena's handiwork - little felt pumpkin purses and skeleton bags holding halloween candy. I started a fire in the stove for the first time this year last night, to ward off the cold, and today, as we cleaned up the chaos in the yard, the sky was full of geese. The sound of snow geese and the smell of the fire burning make we very aware that winter is creeping quickly on. Tory and I took the opportunity to use the tractor to load the remains of the tall poplar that fell to the tree cutters yesterday. as you approach West Chazy from the North you notice the Poplars, thats loom high above the other tree tops, this one stood sentinel near the bridge, but it became clear that it was decidedly dead this summer, and our neighbor Geoffrey had it removed. Instead of a cherry picker the Tree surgeons climbed it and took it down in pieces. We moved it to our woodpile and returned to our warm house, and to the whirring sound of Elena's borrowed Bernina sewing machine in its spot of light by the window.