I have to express my surprise (what has happened?) that Halloween has become such a popular and trendy holiday. Back in the day, it was only we parents who concerned ourselves with costumes, candy and a bit or a lot of decorating. Halloween was a blip on the way to Thanksgiving Christmas. Now it's Big Business! Does that explain it? The Almighty Dollar as my late father used to say. John's neighbor, whose children are grown-up and not living with him, has a 12-foot skeleton in his yard, as well as hundreds if not thousands of dollars' worth of decorations. I am nonplussed. In my minimal way though, I've been putting out a few things...
You can see that I'm much more into pumpkins and fall than I am goblins and witches. Or skeletons.
My favorite decoration is this very realistic looking black cat. :)
She doesn't care about Halloween although she loves fall weather and the mornings in front of the fire.
My Halloween houses arrived, and I like them except for the dearth of black cats.
I think there is only this one mangled looking one. Mari would be appalled if she were to notice.
We're not known for fall colors here, but the ornamental maples on my street are turning a glorious red.
Along my walk though, yellow is the predominant color.
Tiny One looks cozy in this photo; however, I doubt that things are going well between his parents or with his mother. Call it mother's instinct. Is it petty for me to wonder why the father's parents were SO excited about the baby coming, insisted upon giving Younger Daughter a splashy and expensive shower, bought a zillion clothes for TO, then disappeared? They have visited ONE TIME since TO came home from the hospital and never offer any help to the new parents. Thankfully, TO's father has stepped up and is doing the best he can to be there for his child. I don't know how long it will last or how much he's willing to do, but at least he's present. And so am I.
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