packaged…

02 Sunday Nov 2025

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had a productive day…

first thing in the morning I gathered up all the Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and packaged them up into their boxes…

the boxes are still open and will remain that way for a few days, in case something got missed, lol…

then I went out and turned on the tap on the front yard rain barrel to empty it… next step will be to flip it over for the winter…

later on, I went through the bedroom closet and packed away the summer clothes for the winter and filled a box with pass-alongs…

always pleased when the sorting goes easily;-)…

hunt…

08 Wednesday Oct 2025

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recently I went through the Halloween and Thanksgiving boxes…

I went on the hunt for pumpkins for Thanksgiving and ended up putting out those as well as Halloween goodies;-)…

pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and spiders, lol…

glad to have set things out as I haven’t done that for a few years…

trick-or-treaters…

01 Friday Nov 2024

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was all ready for trick-or-treaters by about 4… and the weather was excellent, which it hadn’t been for years…

I had found some change, in case there were any UNICEF boxes…

dug out a few non-perishable items, should there be any kids collecting for Harvest…

a book, in case my next door buddy turned up…

and of course, the chocolate…

kids started to come around 5:15 and there were lots of cute costumes, including this little person…

I decided that this year I wouldn’t count how many people arrived at the door but I think there were a few more than last year…

one fun thing was a decorated golf cart with parents in it, going along the street with their ghosts and goblins…

lights went out at 8:30, but there weren’t any visitors after 7:45…

still some leftovers should anyone in the house want them, lol…

average…

01 Wednesday Nov 2023

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yesterday, I set up pumpkins with lights in them, and put a witch’s hat on the larger one…

I filled a bowl with chocolate bars and set it by the door…

we had twenty kids, about average for our neighbourhood… this was a good number considering how cold it was… I was surprised at how quiet they were – many of them just rang the doorbell, lol…

two of them were from Sturgeon Heights collecting non-perishable items for Christmas hampers… last week there was a flyer in the mailbox advising they would be coming so I had gathered a few items to donate… made sure they got candy too;-)…

the house looked good with the ghost on the steps and pumpkins in the window;-)…

displays…

31 Tuesday Oct 2023

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I’ve been collecting photos of Halloween displays since the very beginning of October when they started popping up on my walks in the neighbourhood;-)…

here are some that I enjoyed🎃…

decorating for Halloween has certainly become a popular pastime…

the very tall skeletons were cool, but I kind of like the happy displays, more than the scary ones, lol…

the majority of these were taken before the snow landed (and hasn’t left) which has since curtailed my walks;-)…

detours…

20 Friday Oct 2023

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it didn’t rain, as the weather report had suggested for Thursday, so I went for a walk…

I went a block further than normal and walked in the opposite direction, lol…

once again I had to take a few detours to check out more Halloween installations…

even got to see a few geese this time…

later, I filled the bird feeders and was able to spend time on the deck reading and noticed many more leaves on the deck…

the temperature has been around 16 or 17 degrees Celsius and I’ve been taking the time to get outside and enjoy;-)…

beautiful fall day…

official…

31 Monday Oct 2022

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walking in the neighbourhood I’ve spotted a few cool Halloween decorations…

and came across a few fun memories from Facebook…

for many, many years, the kids came over on Halloween before heading out to collect candy, so we could get official pictures… too old for that now, lol…

no snow this year, and it is a balmy 8 degrees Celsius…