Halloween Countdown – Costume 
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Paolo (RIP) in his purple King costume (crown & cape)
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“WHO YA GONNA BE?”
The strong man superhero
The princess and the ghoul
This is the night for frightening
A night to play the fool
Their costumes fun or fanciful
Little beggars come to call
Tricks and treats are all in fun
Happy Halloween to them all
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© 2016 & 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 30 – Party
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My painted rock (black) with yellow Party and orange dots
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These are some kid’s Halloween parties where they were wearing costumes.
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© 2020 & 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 29 – Scream
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What kind of cake is served in a haunted house?
“I scream” cake.
little cartoon kitty on top of cupcake
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A Blitz Poem written in 2014
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HALLOWEEN WITH EYES
Scream out loud
Scream for Halloween
Halloween is fun
Halloween in October
October thirty-first
October in the fall
Fall of Rome
Fall is autumn
Autumn trees are pretty
Autumn brings chills
Chills and fever
Chills and thrills
Thrills are exciting
Thrills are daring
Daring and brave
Daring to live
Live and die
Live and love
Love me tender
Love me and leave me
Me and you
Me and my shadow
Shadow puppets
Shadow people
People are strange
People watching
Watching the clock
Watching and waiting
Waiting forever
Waiting around
Around the world
Around the block
Block and tackle
Block of cheese
Cheese and crackers
Cheese fondue
Fondue is fun
Fondue is festive
Festive and bright
Festive at night
Night is dark
Night is cold
Cold as ice
Cold is blue
Blue skies above
Blue as your eyes
Eyes can glow
Eyes are orbs
Orbs
Glow
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Faces painted on pumpkins (photos by my daughter at local arboretum)
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© 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 28 – Carve
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Here are some of my grand-kid’s carved pumpkin jack-o-lanterns
And these two were from my daughter’s photos at the local arboretum. A large sunflower cut-out, and a green painted alien face.
A Halloween Poem I wrote in 2015
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A BALLAD FOR JACK
Out in the garden, way in the back,
A tangle of vines did grow.
There was a secret, hidden away,
For only me to know.
I watered and tended this special vine,
And, day by day it grew.
Soon, it revealed an orange orb…
I was the only one who knew.
I was so happy, I talked to it…
In fact, I named him Jack.
He grew up big and strong, that gourd…
I think he liked me back.
Then as the days grew cooler yet,
And, the sun was feeling dim,
I wanted Jack to stay with me,
But, it was time to part from him.
And, so it came, that sad, sad day…
Jack said it would be fine…
I took my knife and severed him…
I cut him from the vine.
I cried a river, but through my tears,
Jack looked at me and smiled…
He said to carve a great big grin,
For every little child.
And, so I did, I carved a face
For Jack’s big orange head.
Now, every Halloween night that comes,
Jack’s eyes shine bright, instead.
An orange pumpkin I carved into a jack-o-lantern wearing a pirate hat
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© 2020 & 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 27 – Moon
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Moon rock (painted orange with a face), added decorations of bats.
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The moon at the start of an eclipse.
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My attempt at a photo of the super moon one year. Deep midnight blue sky & the moon over the fence silhouette.
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© 2020 & 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 26 – Creepy Creatures
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Some little bottles I painted and added fun stickers onto. The skeleton hologram (hanging) is an earring. 🙂
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And these creepy clown creatures are in our neighbor’s yard!
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© 2020 BS
Halloween Countdown # 25 – Haunted
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From a haunted forest to a haunted house = Beware!
Rock painted black with orange bare branched trees, and mysterious eyes peeking out – “Beware – The Haunted Forest” in words.
HAUNTED HOUSE
House of horror
House of fright
Gives me chills
This cold, cold night
Afraid without
Afraid within
Rattling bones
And a skeleton’s grin
Cobwebs are hanging
And shutters are banging
What’s that noise
It’s chains a-clanging
There seeps a fog
So damp and dense
It swirls around
Both house and fence
The floors are creaky
Tonight’s most freaky
No place for those
Who’s hearts are weakly
Hear the lonely wolves a-howling
Ghosts and monsters go a-prowling
Dare you to come in with me
Two together…brave we’ll be
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Halloween decoration – Black haunted house with ghosts
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© 2014 (2020, 2021) BS
Halloween Countdown # 24 – Forest
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We don’t have any forests around here, but I’ve been to or through three in the past.
My family took a vacation in 1970 to Red River, New Mexico. It is located in the Carson National Forest. We stayed in a cabin by a river, deep in the trees. First time I’d ever seen so many trees. We stayed a week, seeing the sights, riding the ski lift, and carving our names into the trunks of the Aspen trees.
The next forest I’ve been to is the Pineywoods which is a forest, of East Texas, over by Texarkana. My in-laws lived there, and we’d go driving around and walking around among the trees. I got poison ivy on my feet one time. Not fun, but I marveled at all the tall pine trees.
The other forest I’ve been through is the (Washita) Ouachita National Forest, which is in the Texas/Oklahoma area. We drove through this beautiful place, along many steep and switchback roads.
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Here are some photos of me while in NM showing tall trees and mountains in the background
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© 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown # 23 – Grave
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My three painted rocks R I P (Graveyard Ghost)
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GRAVEYARD
Graveyard stark
Lonely park
Make your mark
In the dark
Listen…hark…
From deep holes
Shrieking ghouls
Ancient scrolls
Speak of trolls
Come all Souls…
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Halloween decoration – Gravestone RIP with Bats lurking around
© 2015 & 2021 BS
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© 2021 BS
Halloween Countdown – Leaves
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My painted rocks for leaves (with faces) in brown, red, yellow, & orange.
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These four yellow leaves came from our fruitless mulberry tree in the front yard. It always has tons of leaves that fall in the fall season.
oranage/yellow Virginia creeper leaves
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🍂 Lovely, leafy leaves leaving, leaves trees lonely. 🍂
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© 2021 BS
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