Just like that, Halloween is over and November begins, together with a return to standard time. A lot of change for one weekend.
Mike
and I went to the down town Clarkston trick-or-treat event late Friday
afternoon. It was less like a parade and more like standing in line. I don’t
know what the hold-up was and why trick-or-treaters were patiently putting up
with it. I finally reasoned that a restaurant was cooking a treat, and this had
slowed the parade to a standstill. We finally left the line and walked back to
the car in the street. Mike enjoyed pulling on one of his masks (he has a
collection) and participating. I’m not sure I’d elect to do it again.
Here at the house on Halloween, I made our traditional supper – chili with pumpkin pie for dessert. We were ready for a few trick-or-treaters, but none came to the door.
We have always enjoyed a little Halloween magic (not horror). I decorate a bit, beginning with “summerween” in August. Now it’s time to be less “Halloween” and more “thankful harvest,” an easy segue. Speaking of which, the photo above shows a string of lights on an autumn theme that I bought at JoAnn’s years ago, and this year I spent at least two hours replacing burned out bulbs. I love that string of lights, and if I could replace it with a similar one, I’d do it, but I couldn’t find one.
Here’s
a photo of Shirley Anne, American Farm Girl, wearing the Halloween sweater I just
finished. I purchased the pattern from “Crown Country Crochet,” but I found it less cumbersome to embroider the jack-o-lantern face instead of changing yarn colors as I crocheted. The pattern called for a 4-ply yarn, and I used Caron Simply Soft. KW
