Mystery solved concerning those 2024/2025 Stablemates that are connected to the Vintage Club!
They are indeed for 2024; Breyer corrected the date and sent another email to Vintage Club members inviting us to purchase this assortment of Stablemates.
But I am puzzled - this is an optional purchase, not the fourth piece for the year. We have always gotten four models before and so far we only have three (Scorpion, Kirk, and Outlaw. The annual Stablemate freebie was tucked in with Outlaw.) Are there only three models this year? Breyer refers to this Stablemate set as the final purchase of the year. I don't remember seeing that there would only be three models offered when I renewed for the 2024 club. I'm going to have to go check on social media and see if there are any answers there.
Moving on...
It's late October and sectional play has begun for Friday Night Lights. From now on, if we lose a game, our season is over.
I'm not passionate about winning, but I do enjoy hanging out with Craig and Lisa on nice Fall evenings so I'd hate to see it come to an end by a loss.
Since it's sectional play, we played a team last night that West Lafayette has never played in its 101 years of football - Frankton. They came from a tiny town in the eastern part of the state and a long drive away. Not many fans came to cheer for them. (Made me sad.)
The sun was already setting when play began
and the Friday night lights were turned on.
Frankton was overmatched and didn't score until the third quarter - their only score of the game.
Many of the folks in the crowd had dressed for Halloween. This "old man" really nailed it - I was fooled until he got close and I could see that his hands were those of a much younger man. (In this case, a teenager.)
A bumblebee was walking around collecting donations for Riley Hospital in Indianapolis.
Not one but two Beetlejuices!
I was watching those in costumes more than the game, but every now and then I checked on my rollator. It was parked in a section for wheelchairs and I didn't think anything would happen, but still, I had a few things stored under its seat.
As I looked at this picture of my walker, I noticed something. Can you see it, too?
Look at that stadium seat! At first I thought it was related somehow to the Indianapolis Colts football team, but as I looked more closely, the seat color was green, not blue. And the Colts' horseshoe emblem is just a bit different from the one on that seat. Googling helped me find the answer.
Pendleton Heights High School and Middle School have an Arabian as a mascot, and this was a stadium seat associated with that high school. I want one of those!! LOL
After we hit 42 points to Frankton's 7, the clock kept ticking and never stopped. (A rule for Indiana high school football when the point spread is 35 points or greater. A kind rule - gets the game over faster for the losing team, less opportunity for frustrations to boil over and players to get hurt, etc.)
Since we won, we will have another game this coming Friday. We don't know who or where yet - it depends on which teams won their games last night. But I am glad to have at least one more Friday Night Lights to look forward to this Fall.
