How did it get to be October? I wasn’t through with August! No matter, October is one of my favorite months, because it brings one of my favorite things: Halloween! Yes, this is merely an anticipatory post, feeling happy about all the things that are in store for us.
I feel things have started already, with noticing patches of color as we drove to Vermont. I also noticed several porches decorated for the season. I especially like the floaty ghosts and monsters that hang down and wave in the breeze. The scarecrows and hay bales look friendly, as do the pumpkin lights and jack o’ lanterns with smiley faces. No real jack o’ lanterns yet, but I can hardly blame anyone for that. They would rot well before the day if they were carved already.
I heard a couple of good ghosts stories while in Vermont. My sister-in-law Ruby works in a factory that is haunted. People often smell pipe tobacco where no one has smoked in years. BUT years ago, the man that owned the factory was well known for smoking his pipe. I need to ask some people if the factory I work in is haunted.
My husband is getting into the Halloween spirit. He changed his profile picture on Facebook to some creepy little guy, not himself. He posted a picture of himself in his last year’s Halloween costume, a vampire wearing pajamas. Frightening and sexy. Today he shared a YouTube video of Love Potion No. 9 with Disney characters. Very cute. Gotta get me some of that love potion.
For myself, I must begin planning my fabulous Halloween Party. I have hosted a Halloween Party for some years now, missing only a year here and there for various reasons. I have not completely settled WHETHER the party is happening this year, or exactly WHEN, that is IF it does, but IF it DOES happen… well, I have some plans to make. It might be a killer blog post the next day.
This has perhaps not been my most exciting of posts, but I hope not completely lame. That’s for Friday.
Mohawk Valley Girl 