by HML
This year’s Halloween was very mellow. As usual, the first frost took place about a week before, making for lovely, chilly morning walks through the leaves with Thing Two. The Trunk or Treat party we attend was held the weekend prior to Halloween so we could hand out candy at home on the holiday.
Thing One had a little difficulty choosing a costume this year; the stores were full of pirate costumes and very little else. It seemed like piracy would be our only option until we found a Viking costume. And sure, Thing Two looks cute and cuddly, but the venom of a blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) can kill an adult human in minutes. Even so, it’s hard to decide which is scarier: Thing Two’s costume, or the fact that his mommy is enough of a fish nerd to make this connection. Thing Two was not very cooperative for pictures, but there are a couple more of him in his costume in the Gimlet Gallery.
The Gimlet spent Halloween finishing the last major task of our remodelling project: carpeting the staircase. He’ll be posting a project wrapup soon (hint, hint) so for now we’ll just say that the hours of hammering and staple gun noises lent a poltergeist effect to our home for the evening.
Thanks to recent dental work still in progress, I’ve been saved from eating too much candy, but I thoroughly enjoyed this little limited-edition Halloween treat from Valancourt Books. Like the tiny goodies Thing One brought home, this “fun size” Gothic short story was cute and sweet; just the right amount of skeletons and witches to finish up our quiet holiday.
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