Halloween 2014

I wait for this night, impatient and excited. I love everything about Halloween.  I love the pumpkins, the costumes, apple cider, trick or treating, candy, spooky decorations...I love Halloween. After a few cancelled Halloweens due to bad weather, no power, and snow, I am thrilled that we have a real Halloween for the second year in a row.

When we moved to our town, we met a neighbor who grows giant pumpkins, another who puts together the most amazing Halloween display, a Main Street filled with tons of trick or treaters and more amazing decorations...and I knew immediately that this was the perfect place for us.

Last night, we ventured out with our trick or treaters and saw spooky zombies and beautifully lit up houses, wandered through fog, ran into friends, and carried home bags full of treats.

Each year, my neighbor's Halloween display is my last stop. There is so much to see, I need to stand there and take it all in. As much as I don't like to be scared, he somehow manages to put together a display that is spooky and dark without being too scary.  

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The Halloween house...2 days late but worth the wait

The past two years, Halloween was postponed (2011) and canceled (2012) due to horrible weather and no power. This year, we were all so excited for Halloween and to finally have a real Halloween. We were able to trick or treat on Halloween, but unfortunately, rain prevented this amazing Halloween display from being lit. Thankfully, the display was postponed until tonight, and it was worth the wait. 

I don't think this needs much narrating, so I will let the photos speak for themselves. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into how Halloween is celebrated here.

finding beauty where I least expected it....

I should begin by saying I hate to be scared.  I'm the biggest chicken, I will totally admit it.  I avoid haunted houses. I avoid scary movies.  I find it ironic that I love forgotten places, because some can have a creepy or scary side to them.  I avoid those at all costs, so I surprised myself a bit when I discovered the beauty of old cemeteries. I don't find them creepy or scary, just forgotten beautiful places.

When I visited New Orleans, I knew I needed to see the cemeteries there. I had heard how beautiful they were, and I wasn't disappointed. They were amazing.  Unfortunately, that was back in my film days, so I will need to scan some of those photos to share with you.  Since then, I have found a few others that although they are very different from what we saw in New Orleans, they were still beautiful in their own ways.

We found this cemetery on a trip to Maine, and were told it was one of the oldest in the city (dating back over 300 years).  It was beautiful, and somehow forgotten even though it sat between buildings in the middle of a city.