He’s been working long
hours, and up until recently, I have been lazy.
Not working just worrying about the quilt is lazy. Halloween has motivated both of us this
year.
Up until recently, we had
no trick or treaters. Giving away the
candy at work doesn’t really make it.
This year, we have kids in units all around us. Rather exciting, actually. I used to love Halloween when I was a
kid. Mother let me wear her Mexican
costume one year. It was awfully
fragile. She took me to a Halloween fair
at my school…the F Street School. I
remember another year being allowed to trick-or-treat also. Around the corner and down the street to the
next block. Very exciting stuff as I
wasn’t allowed to go there during the day.
There’s an orange wreath
on the door, a crow awaits our callers, and orange lights frame the whole thing. Dangling overhead is a giant grey spider, and
webbing spreads below her. Or is it a
him? A bowl of candy sits on the
bookcase right inside the door, and a funny man in a chicken head will surprise
any callers.
I so hope we have lots of
them.
Enjoy the evening with the trick or treaters!
ReplyDeleteFirst aid kits in the car...a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI love it all. We aren't going to turn on the porch light or open our door. There is a large crack in our cement walkway and I'm concerned that small children might trip and break teeth when running, hurry-scurry, up the walkway to the door.
ReplyDeleteMonday is chore day. My husband and handyman friend Jim are doing finishing touches on our new deck. We should get a few trick or treaters. Hope the rain stops!
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that on New Year's you have to start this re-organization all over again...just kidding. I do hope you get LOTS of children. I love that.
ReplyDeleteLOL
DeleteSix kids before we retreated.
I see you're in the spirit! Sadly, I don't see any sign of it over here. Mom says there were no trick or treaters here in our Hawaii neighborhood last year. There were tons in Illinois.
ReplyDeleteThat's one scary looking spider.
ReplyDeleteWe had 2 kids --- that's it for the whole evening. We figured they were from the house on the corner, a couple of blocks away as the kids always wave at us when we drive by. Plus, we gave one of the kids a bike, so that made an instant friend of us. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have stopped participating in Halloween (at the door) because there are without exaggeration hundreds of kids that do our street. The excess makes it so that it is no longer fun for us.
ReplyDeleteWent from zero kids the last 8 years to hordes last night.
ReplyDeleteWe had only about 20 kids at the door last night; significantly lower than any previous year. So sad.
ReplyDeletep.s. I hate damned crows. ;)
As a naughty chid I enjoyed Halloween but tend to ignore it now as we don't get children round these days. I'm getting to be a boring old trout.
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