The place is haunted

What a busy 2 weeks.
I couldn't look at the blue speckled wall paper beside the beige patterned couch and window treatments any longer. I sized and painted the walls a bright beige color in the living/dining areas and the bedroom a gray blue. I used the bedskirt that came with the bedspread and made bedroom curtains and recovered the window surround. Even John likes the difference.
We visited the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. I especially liked the exhibit called "Village of Yesteryear". It was a building filled with artisians who displayed and demonstrated their talents in olden crafts such as rug hooking, tinsmithing, glass blowing, wood carving, pottery and many more. Very interesting and beautiful work.
We had several fireside dinners with our neighbors Diana and Harold Bowman from Maryland. I'm glad John didn't have his camera nearby when Diana and I went four-wheeling in the woods on a golf cart and ran out of energy. We had to push the thing up hill to get back home. We got our exercise that day.
Jessie, you would be proud of me. I played bingo one night and won 2 games for a total of $22.00.
Oh yes, the haunting...  The members of Sycamore Lodge create and run a "Haunted Forest" each halloween. They do it for 2 nights, Oct 30 & 31st. They charge $6.00 per person and all the proceeds go to Charity....  the Leukemia Fund to be exact. Working in the woods, creating the scary scenerios, and designing costumes takes a lot of time and dedicated volunteers. Today, everyone dressed up in costumes and drove to the surrounding towns handing out flyers advertizing the event. The place is full of witches and wizzards. The dogs don't know whats happening.
We attended another Pot Luck supper....  these are great ways to meet the people in the park and make new friends.
It really is a small world. At the dog park we got to talking to another couple only to discover Ed and Marla Keck live less than 6 miles from us near Cogan Station.
Monday we head out to Wilmington to see John's daughter Corinne and then off to Myrtle Beach for 2 days of ocean.