Halloween Musings

I'm posting some Halloween photos that I shared on Facebook throughout the month of October this year.  These are things that made me smile, remembering Halloweens past.  Perhaps because this was not a tradition that I grew up with, Halloween has always felt a little foreign to me, but I celebrated it when the kids were little, and this year, as I consider shutting down this blog permanently, I dug out what remains in our Halloween box, and took them out to play once more.

Here are my favorite goblins.  Creepy and Spooky have sat in just about every window ledge in the house, except my bedroom.  There's no telling what this couple of busybodies, would have to say about my face cream!

Brunhilda usually wants to hang out in the kitchen, but she's guarding the pumpkin pies she has in the oven.  No ghosts or goblins are going to get past her!

Fiona is once again fluttering about the chandelier.  Despite her Celtic ancestry, I consider her my emotional doppelgänger.  You see, Fiona doesn't travel light — and she always wears her pearls.

There were enough odds and ends in the Halloween box, that I decided to make a centerpiece out of them.  I keep thinking about investing in one of those tiered trays and creating a display, but I'm waiting to be convinced.  I'm very careful nowadays about what new things I bring into the house.

And then, the day was finally upon us . . .

So my mind turned to treats, of course!

With the boys at home, it was so easy to go overboard!

I decided to try something new this year:  Vanilla Pudding Shooters, with Oreo Cookies and Candy Corn.  The recipe called for using Jell-O Instant Vanilla Pudding.  But, I prefer my own Vanilla Custard.  I wish I had made them sooner!

This year, because of the pandemic, candy was distributed differently in our subdivision:  The treats were pre-packaged in recyclable bags, and placed on a table in the driveway, a few bags at a time, to encourage social distancing and safety.  It was a resounding success and we will probably do it the same way next year!

We are currently in the middle of what may the most important election of our lifetime, but I can't watch TV, or follow the news on social media.  It's not like watching a train wreck.  A train wreck is a detached event, where you feel sympathy for the victims, and are horrified by the damage, but you feel it in a removed sort of way.  The elections, however, impact all of us directly in so many ways, and I just can't be objective.  The anxiety is too real.  At this juncture, it appears that Joe Biden is leading in electoral votes, or so I've heard through co-workers, and that makes me happy, but it's too soon to know for sure, so I'm not tuning in to the news.  Now, that is some spooky stuff!