Mark Sikes and Nora Murphy make such glorious collage boards each season, that I was inspired to create one of my own, pictured above, with all the warm neutrals, copper tones and wonderful textures of Autumn. Just looking at it makes me want to start planning our Thanksgiving menu and table setting, plus it motivates me to finish up a few decorating projects in time for the holidays. While all the shops have turned on their Christmas music and started to fill the aisles with everything red and green, I'm still hanging on to all that I love about my favorite season till after the Thanksgiving dishes are cleaned up and put away. We had a very mild October, causing the tree colors to peak late this year. The photo left was taken just yesterday. It made for the MOST picture perfect treat or treating last night. It's one of my favorite days of the year, starting with the school Halloween parade (all grades from kindergarten to seniors in high school march - either as an elementary student or in the marching band) through the village in the afternoon and ending with hundreds of dressed up children zipping through the streets with their candy pails in the evening. We ran out of candy this year, there were so many kids! It makes me very thankful to live where we do and to watch my children experience this sort of storybook Halloween. I just wish it hadn't gotten dark so quickly, so I could have taken more photos. Here are a few...
^^ Black Panther ^^
^^ Andrew set up an awesome Haunted Trail on our backyard, with lots of help from my Mum who stayed to help out. ^^
