Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to you all. I hope you are all planning to dress your Pugs up and humiliate them in front of the hundreds of children that will be begging for candy at your door tonight. I don't want to be alone in my public humiliation. It just feels better knowing that other Pugs are suffering alongside me.

Last night we carved pumpkins and had our first fire of the year. It was a controlled fire, isolated mainly to the fireplace, so don't worry. We're fine. There was some smoke build-up at first, but we lived through it. I didn't help much with the carving since I mostly just tried to eat the pumpkins, but the People did a nice job carving them. I will post the Halloween pictures tomorrow for your entertainment.

After carving pumpkins, Woman made my costume. I am not pleased with my costume. It is not manly. I was hoping to be a pimp, but instead, I have to wear wings and a circlet of flowers. What the crap? I don't know why I have to get dressed up. I don't even get any of that candy! I am going to claim I am the Pimp Fairy if anyone asks.

As promised, here are some pictures of the Peoples' visit last weekend to Biltmore.

The purpose of the trip was to view the highly anticipated mum event. Each Autumn, the formal garden area is adorned in masses of mums. Woman was pretty excited about this. She was pleased with the outcome. This weekend the Biltmore starts decorating for Christmas. I'm surprised they didn't start sooner.



There were even mums planted inside the trellis. I like white mums.



That is a lot of mums! Woman says they were all planted in the ground too - they weren't just sitting there in their pots. She wonders how they keep them so fresh for so long. Ours get brown and ugly after just a couple weeks. She bets they are still in their pots, and the pots are plunged into the soil, and when they start to brown, they are promptly replaced with a new pot. That sounds like a good theory to me.



Here is a nice photo of a goose swimming around the pond. I bet his undercarriage is chilly.



And now for the highlight of the trip - The People discovered a new brand of car at the Biltmore, the Pugmire Grand Marquis! Very cool. I bet it comes with some awesome features like four paw drive, and well, I can't think of anything else witty enough to post, so feel free to fill in the blank with your own witty remarks.



I hope you all have a great Halloween! Remember not to put razor blades in any of the candy!