I do not know what a Dead Princess Bride is, but I am quite sure it is not someone you want to mess with. While escorting this zombie on her door to door quest for chocolate and sugar I was wise to stay back at least one house length as instructed. In years past I was able to extract a small tax for my troubles. This year I received no tip for services rendered. Fortunately I can stay awake longer than she and will have my treat in the end.

I could not resist one last image of fall. Actually, there is one more I am waiting on. A lone tree in a field is just starting to turn and I have been leaving for work earlier than normal in hopes of catching it in the fog. Stay tuned. This evening I enjoyed a great game of indoor soccer. I played without my knee brace and scored two goals in a 9-3 winning effort. Even the toughest day at work is no match for a good run on the pitch.

The final result ready to great Halloween visitors.

Next she removes the guts.

Maya and I worked on her pumpkin this evening. She starts with her own design.

This afternoon Kyle had soccer practice with his travel team. The field was rather far from the house so I decided to do a little nature photography. I came across a pair of beavers working on a dam. I think this was the male (the larger of the two) who was ferrying a branch over to his construction project.

Nicolai entertains several friends from his church youth group. They had mac and cheese for lunch and enjoyed a movie in the home theater. I had a glorious morning. Conditions were perfect for soccer, cool and crisp, the field still soft from yesterday’s rain. We were facing arch rivals Acton/Boxborough and my knee was feeling pretty strong. At the half we were down 2-0 and things were looking grim. During the second half we earned a penalty kick to bring us within a goal of a tie. In the last 3 minutes we scored 2 beautiful goals to steal the game. It was the sweetest victory imaginable and we celebrated with Hungarian Goulash at Jeno’s house.

This afternoon, Maya performed in her Halloween Piano recital. Click below to see a video of her performance. She played the theme for the Pink Panther and dressed the part.

I got a big response to my guess what this is photo last week so I decided to make another entry.

Nala, having now chewed through almost everything we own, was treated to a home made toy fabricated by Maya and Jeanine. A slight application of peanut butter has rendered the toy irresistible to the temporary salvation of our furniture. 

Kyle’s soccer team has gone undefeated this season with one game remaining to play. Kyle had a nice assist today and I snapped a team photo for submission to the Concord Journal should the team achieve the perfect season. 

Peak color has passed, but I could not resist stopping for this photo of the Sudbury River on the way into work. I promise this will be the last of the fall foliage pictures for this season. Color was unusually brilliant this year and I had several great opportunities to capture the beauty. 

Ran across this wild turkey on the way into the office this morning. As Thanksgiving approaches, I may just trade in my camera for Nico’s bow and arrow.

Today was a 14 hour work day and I could not find the time for a single photo. This one of my bride was taken on Sunday.