Halloween for Teenagers - Sign 57

Honestly, I don't know the range of age to participate in Halloween. I guess, kids love to start "Trick or Treat" at ages between 3 to 12. 

Fig 01- Halloween reminder

As we might understand, the range of age called as teenagers is from 13 to 19 years old. in psychology, late teenagers could reach 24 years old.

In case of Halloween participants, there are no formal (official) range of ages. Children or teenagers may or may not participate depends on their own interest, maturity level and social developments.

However, many our neighbors love it when the teens come to see them. The teens smiles are so precious. Some of them may be on the autistic scale and may not be as mentally old as their bodies.

Fig 02- Scary or funny? One of decorations.

What’s a couple more pieces of candy?

Teenagers get full sized candy bars.

Fig 03- Halloween Decoration

Fig 04- A night decoration, Halloween

Fig 05- A jack-o'-lantern, smiling face.

What do you think about teenagers participate in "Trick or Treat," Halloween?

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The Important of Shop Local - Sign 56

I am familiar with signs such as shop local, buy local or local products in the farmer markets or community markets around our areas.

Fig 01- Sign of shop local at our neighborhood

I just have seen this sign: "Shop local, cause Amazon won't sponsor your kids ball team." I think this sign is so true with some reasons that local businesses will support local economy, create jobs, donate to local charities and highly probably to sponsors youth support teams at community levels.

Based on study by "the Small Business Administration," SBA (2023), there are local multiplier effects if we shop local products. Let's say, spending US$ 100 will generate US$ 68 to economic activity of community. It is because the local owners will purchase services and goods from other community businesses.

Fig 02- Produced by local farmers

On the opposite, Amazon is believed to use its market power to disturb local businesses, hence not likely to support community activities (sports, charities and jobs).

Fig 03- A food truck sells local foods.

What do you think?

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The Sign for Jumbo Green Peanuts or Pumpkins? - Sign 55

 By reading the sign "Jumbo Green Peanuts," we thought that the market is selling Jumbo Green Peanuts, but no, no single green peanut.

Fig 01- A sign for Jumbo Green Peanuts.

Inside the market, we saw there are plenty of pumpkins, they are different in sizes (weight), colors and varieties. 

Yes, we are in Halloween season now. We expect to celebrate Halloween by Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Selling of pumpkins is profitable business for individual or farmers in our areas or city.

People use pumpkins for decoration and food (pie, bread, muffin, soup, roasted pumpkin etc.) during this season, and they are willing to pay with higher price for both fresh and premium quality of pumpkins.

Fig 02- Three sample pumpkins.

There are many varieties of pumpkins in our areas. Just few of them are Lumina, New moon, Autumn gold and Cinderella.

Fig 03- Plenty of pumpkins inside the market

Fig 04- One pumpkin with different color

Fig 05- Lumina, a type of pumpkin

How many types of pumpkins in your areas?

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The Boovie in the City Park - Sign 54

You might know that "Boovie" is a term refers to Halloween movies, marathon movies in the Halloween season.

Fig 01- A sign of Boovie in the park

Our city park hosts a BOOvie, a kind of "a SPOOKtacular event" for the kids and their families to enjoy.

The event includes:

- movies 

- music

- characters

- giveaways 

- and much more

Fig 02- Movie on the lawn, big screen

In respect to Boovies, there are 4 series Halloween movies, start from 11.00 AM to 5.00 PM.

Image 3- Some people and kids with Customes.

The four films are Monsters Inc., the Addams Family 2 (2021), Hocus Pocus (1993) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).

Fig 04 - kids in front movie screen.

I love Hocus Pocus, the movie about teenagers explores an abandoned house, then find witches. I believed some of you watched this movie.

Fig 05- Free stuffs for children.

Do you like Halloween movies?

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A Bank Robber out of Bullet$ - Sign 53

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Fig 01- A man with a sign

Currently, in the corner of street, we saw a man, a beggar or might be homeless with a sign: "Bank Robber out of Bullet$." 

We think this is a quite unusual sign, and we didn't know whether this sign is serious, just for fun, threat or what. However, we observed that very few people gave some money to the man.

Actually, we may find other "surprise or familiar" signs used by beggars such as: "seeking human kindness, justice for vet., please help! God bless!, hungry and homeless need food, money and work," and many other signs.  

Fig 02- A sign, help prevent suicide.

The real beggars "use signs to explain their situation and ask for help," but who knows which is real or fake one.

Fig 03- A painting, local artist, illustration

Have you ever seen odd signs?

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The Butterfly Garden in the City - Sign 52

Butterfly garden is one of the sections within our city garden. We saw some plants that could attract butterfly in this section.

Fig 01- The sign of butterfly garden

The plants include milkweed, zinnia, lantana, verbena, aster and hibiscus. Milkweed is important for Monarch butterfly.

Interestingly, the milkweed is the only plant that can be eaten by monarch caterpillars in nature. 

The plant contains toxic that make caterpillars to be poisonous to predators (birds, spiders, wasps and lizards). 

Milkweed plants produce high energy nectar, good for adult butterfly. In addition to high sugar, the milkweed nectar also contains high potassium.

Fig 02- One of the butterflies in the garden.

Unfortunately, the milkweed populations are declining in recently, hence, to be one of the main menaces to monarch butterflies. Declining of population is due to herbicide use and habitat loss.

Fig 03- Part of the city garden

How many are butterfly garden in your city?

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The Trashcan Fix or Replacement in our Areas - Sign 51

 When we are jogging, we just saw a trashcan with a sign which need to be repaired or replaced. The sign has quite attractive words, make us smile.

Fig 01- A trashcan, need to be fixed or replaced.

The words: "for the love of God. Please fix this trashcan." Actually, we have similar problem several years ago.

On that time, the garbage truck caused the damage, then, we called the city (311) multiple times.

As requested by the city, we put the damaged trashcan at the end of the driveway. Our address, home number is very visible from the street.

Unbelievable, the 3rd party contractor that repairs/replaces the trash can keeps going to the wrong house and has admitted they went to the wrong house.

Fig 02- Flowering, just illustration.

Finally, it had been replaced after almost 3 weeks. It’s getting ridiculous, especially for the amount of money we are charged.

Fig 03- A flowerbed, illustration only

Have you ever had a similar experience?

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Don’t Give Money to People in the Roadway - Sign 50

We have seen the signs "Don’t Give Money to Persons in the Roadway" in some exit of interstates or road junctions around our city.

Fig 01- Sign of don't give to persons.

The sign could be mean that "they are panhandling for money, to buy more drugs." so, don’t be a part of their problem.

We used to give money because we didn't understand then when we realized what we were doing we started giving water bottles and baggies of small items.

We got rude comments from many panhandlers. So now we don't give anything but it's hard to sit there and ignore them now.

Actually, there are organizations that give care packages of food out and would you like to know what happens to a large portion of them?

Fig 02 - A beggar on the street

Sadly, the packages of food end up wasted on the side of the road or abandoned properties. The food that is given out is almost 100% not consumed.

Fig 03 - Hibiscus flowers, illustration only

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Check Temperature Before Allowing Pets Walk Outside - Sign 49

We saw the useful sign for pet owners at our neighborhood a couple days ago. This sign as a kind of guidance to check air temperature before let the pets play outside or walk on the asphalt.

Fig 01- A sign of relationship between hot of temperature and asphalt

As you see at above sign (Fig 01), there is relationship between air temperature and asphalt temperature.

Just 3 examples (please above sign):

- if air temperature is 77* F (25* C), then asphalt temperature is 125* F (51.5* C).

- if air temperature is 86* F (30* C), then asphalt temperature is 135* F (57.2* C).

- if air temperature is 87* F (30.1* C), then asphalt temperature is 143* F (61.7 C).

Yes, pets (cats and dogs) have paw pads with thick and though skin. However, if pets walk on the hot asphalt too long, their paws can still be burned.

Fig 02- A cat, just for illustration

Some symptoms of paw burning are swelling, redness, pain and limping. Then we may see the pets licking or chewing their paws. 

So, we need to avoid walking our pet on very hot asphalt or hard surfaces, and even we should not let our pets play outside during hot weather.

Fig 03- A dog walking on the asphalt

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Cold Drinks Vendors in the Corners during Summer – Sign 48

The world temperature increase by 1.47* C (2.64* F) in the summer this year. I believe, everybody feels very hot summer.

Fig 01- Italian ice sold by small vendors.

In our state, Louisiana, typical summer is very hot and humid. Humidity makes many uncomfortable.

We may feel hotter, it is because sweat getting harder to evaporate, then our body quite hard to cool down. We will feel hotter than the actual temperature.

In the high humidity, our hair and skin will greasy, it is because humidity prevents the natural oils from evaporating.

It is problems for people with asthma or allergies, because moisture in the air can cause difficulty for breath in.

Fig 02- A vendor selling drinks with ice

We may find cold drinks vendors in the corners during summer, especially in suburban area in our state, Louisiana.

They sold many type of cold drinks include fruit drinks, ice tea, smoothies and many others.

Fig 03- Another vendor (food truck)

Other popular sweet treats during hot summer sold by vendors are shaved ice, snow cones and many other frozen treats.

Fig 04- The sign of lemonade drinks

How about summer in your city or area?

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