Halloween

We had a nice sunrise this morning. Sometimes I like to take photos that show how we move through the seasons. As the sun rises today, I am reminded how far the sun moves from month to month. On the first day of Fall, the sun rises directly to the east.

In the morning, we had a quick drop off of a birthday present in Edgerton and followed up with a quick breakfast/walk at Magnolia Bluff State Natural Area. It is in northern Rock County, which is mostly flat, except for this area, which was quite beautiful rising above the farmland.

As part of the Halloween prep, we needed to use some paints to dress up our box. We were thinking that most of Halloween would be a little distant, so putting a box at the end of the sidewalk was where we'd put our pretzels.

Another tradition is to carve the pineapple. At $2.99, it is cheaper than buying a pumpkin.

Next up are the pumpkin cookies. We kept these for ourselves.

Finally, it was almost 5PM, so it was time for a quick selfie of our costumes before we headed out. Our costumes, I am the understated "BOO" person, he is The Lorax and my lovely is a construction worker ballerina.

Halloween was a bit different this year. Of the 120 homes in our neighborhood, I would say around 40% were giving out candy. Most people had tables set out on their driveways where trick or treaters would walk up to grab candy. In some places, people had fire pits and were watching the trick or treaters. It was quite nice. The weather was around 60 degrees, which sure beat the snow we had last year.

This place was the most creative for delivering candy through the candy chute. 

After a quick loop through the neighborhood, we finished up with a pretty good haul. He even got some Twix for me, my favorite.

Time to flip the calendar and move the clocks back!