Here in southeast Idaho we’ve enjoyed one of the mildest Octobers on record. The Fall colors have been exquisite. I’ve captured lots of photos on walks through our neighborhood and around town.
What, another photo?
Tautphaus Park:
The brilliant trees lining South Boulevard:
October 23
Community Park:
Some folks get right on the leaf detail
Halloween decorations begin to appear. We watch a fenced graveyard evolve on regular walks past one house. The man constructing the graveyard was out there one day when we passed by. He said it takes him 6 weeks to put it up, one day to take down.
Enter if you dare…
Totally worth it!
Are you going creepy
Or kid-friendly?
Warm fuzzy’s
Megan and I pulled our Halloween box out this past Tuesday. The box must be 30 years old. Over the years, we haven’t thrown much away. Whatever we take out, add, or put away again, ends up on top. We rarely disturb the bulky lower contents of the box – old masks, costumes, accessories, unused decorations…
Out comes the paper plate spider Megan made in grade school.
and the huge hairy spider now hanging in the doorway to the den
how ’bout a head massage?
Mr. Skeleton on the buffet
Yes, I’m very much alive
Our sound-activated Ghost comes out. You might recognize him …
‘Stretch’
the Brooklyn accent-talking ‘Stretch’ from the 1987 movie ‘Casper.’
Oh crap, he needs new batteries!
Yeah, you try getting the screw out
10 minutes later I know for sure, I don’t have the right screwdriver to open up the battery compartment.
Oh, and I’ve torn Stretch’s torso in half in the process…
Yes, that ring of hot glue now sitting on the counter is supposed to be holding the ghost together
Stretch is dead
When’s the funeral?
So we’re finished putting out our decorations
– time to carry the box back downstairs to the basement…
Oh no!
the guts of the box
What the …
The old box gave way…
Nice ‘coming unglued’ visual
The box came unglued … and then unravelled. You know, like humans do. Dumb 30+-year-old worn out box!
I plucked my old mask from the heap of stuff pooled at the bottom of the stairs. Although the mask may be 20 years old, it makes me look about 200 years old.
Oh, and here’s Ben’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume from … Kindergarten??? (26 years ago)
Ninja Turtles might make a comeback?
And legs to Aaron’s 2nd grade spider costume
Okay, well, I had to model the next great find:
No recollection here of anyone being an m&m. No idea where this thing even came from. Cousin to the Raisins? What year is that?
Last but not least, the most worthless Halloween costume accessory on the planet- witches fingers.
my hands qualify well enough without the fingers
Renders the uniquely human quality of ‘opposing thumbs” completely non-operational. Heck, you can’t even scoop candy out of a bowl to give to trick-or-treaters with these puppies on. Believe me, I’ve tried it. That’s why they settled to the bottom of the box, like, twenty years ago. And stayed there.
Tags: Fall colors, Halloween
The Decompression of a Boomer 
October 29, 2015 at 5:12 pm |
It appears to me that your holiday of Halloween might be more stressful than your holiday of Thanksgiving! Can’t wait to hear that story! Your sis Lisa
October 29, 2015 at 5:30 pm |
Are you, perchance, referring to the the obvious stressed out states of Thanksgivings past at my house – like that time, uh, never mind…