Bela Lugosi was an American actor born in Hungary. He played Count Dracula in the first such film in 1931.

I’ve seen “White Zombie” and a few of Lugosi’s other films.  I’ve never seen his portrayal of Count Dracula.  Around Halloween, I always think of him, since he played a lot of horror roles.  See my drawing of him – done over a year ago, I’d say – at the end of this post.

The time before Halloween, yard work is also bound to come to mind.  There is leaf raking, dead heading, and general clean-up before winter.  Today I was out there for longer than planned, raking up oak leaves and picking up sticks and cones blown from the Douglas fir. Around here, a yard needs to be combed of debris at least a couple of times per year.

The oak leaves are a great catch.  I raked them from my own yard, but also from the sidewalk and road.  Oak leaves are very high in nutrients; they’re great for composting.  My lawn will be very happy come springtime.  The oak tree has lost about half so far, so I’ll probably bring in another haul about as big within the next couple of weeks.

Last night we hit zero. Today is warm and bright, with a high of 14.  I take such opportunities to get sunshine, since we can go weeks without it in winter.

Hope to talk to you again soon:)

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