September was a busy month. The birthday celebrations continued. A bridge group that I substitute with had a group birthday party for 5 of us that turned/will turn 70 this year. We went to a house in Big Bear that a relative of one of the group owns. This was a really big house. It slept 10 of us really comfortably. This was bed #16
This was the view from our window of Big Bear Lake
We all signed up to be responsible for a meal. Susan O. and I collaborated on a Mexican themed Saturday lunch. We had tostados and margaritas. To make it more fun we wore costumes while we served.
We hiked, talked, laughed, drank and ate.
The day after our weekend, I moved back to bed #1. This is my friend Marie and she and her husband are in Paris for a month, so I can really relax and enjoy being in one place for awhile.
Ursula makes friends with the animals that come for food in her backyard.
Big excitement at Alec's house. The house next door is finally finished and now is being used as the exterior of the main character's house in Ben and Kate. They filmed the Halloween episode and decorated several houses on the street. This is the stuff on Alec's lawn.
The best part is that they hired the neighborhood kids to be extras and Trick or Treat in their own Halloween costumes. They were hired for a one day shoot from 3 pm until 10 pm. Everyone was fed by Craft Services and then did their work. Branwen squeezed herself into her Princess Cobra costume and Calder was a crypt keeper. Calder said that it was "good, boring and they paid me $150!" They had a good time and now want to watch the program whenever it is on. (Tuesday nights at 8:30 on channel 11 Fox.) I don't think it is very good, but we want it to continue because every time they film, they pay Alec for running a cable through his yard.
I went to the L. A. County Fair with some of the Aerobics group. We went on Free Senior Wednesday and also had a free Ferris wheel ride. Here is Margie at the top.
We saw all of our favorite things and also ate "Fair Food" which this year consisted of: Funnel Cake, home made potato chips, deep fried zucchini, and baked potatoes with the works. We wanted bacon dipped in chocolate, but were too stuffed to eat it, so bought some to bring home for the next day when we exercised in the pool. (Really we have reduced it to talking while moving gently through the water. But the weather has been sooooooo hot that the pool feels great.)
Brandi and I went on a Historical Cemetery tour at a really old cemetery in the West Adams district. The tour goes around to about 8 grave-sites where the deceased tell their stories. This year's theme was that they were all related to the entertainment field. This guy was an escape artist who mentored Houdini. He also was a spy for the Union army during the Civil War.
