Six days and counting! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Not only is the natural landscape putting out glorious autumnal colors, my personal landscape is also decorated with the icons of the season. Every year my front yard is transformed into a Halloween wonderland with lights, wooden cutouts, lights, ghosts, lights, witches, lights and pumpkins. Did I mention lights?? If I add anymore things to be plugged in, I will have to use a generator or risk blowing our subdivision's electrical grid. Each year, I try to add some new things to keep it fresh, but always recycle and rotate the things I have already collected and made. 
I keep the decorating on a whimsical note and try not to get too scary as we have a lot of tiny trick or treaters (and parents) who wouldn't appreciate being traumatized on their magical night. They are the heart of the celebration and the reason I go "all out" in my efforts. Their little costumes are so adorable and their eyes wide with wonder, trying to take it all in. I only hope that when these same kids grow up, they will have special memories of "The Halloween Lady" who made their spooky neighborhood haunt, light up with magic and fun!
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