countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

I remember it well. The year we began stealing our children's Halloween candy after they had gone to bed. This marked the beginning of m...

Label : candy, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Finally traded in the Sylvester costume for something slightly more sinister.

Label : Costumes, halloween memories, witches

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Of course he's not afraid of a vampire. He's Superman. If only my children were always so relaxed about Halloween spookiness when th...

Label : Costumes, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Another Halloween. Another Sylvester appearance. This time in Toronto. In a neighbourhood graveyard.

Label : cemeteries, Costumes, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Another Halloween. Still recycling the Sylvester costume. But its life may be in danger.

Label : Costumes, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Another Halloween. At least my companions are becoming more sinister.

Label : Costumes, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

My Halloween sensibilities today tend to verge on vintage/creepy. But such was not always the case. There was a time when my Halloween perso...

Label : Costumes, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Battening down the hatches for three days of wind and rain. It could be worse. I could wake up to find my pumpkins looking like this: Here...

Label : halloween memories, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

As I prepare to go out and purchase this year's Halloween treats (the ones I've already bought and eaten don't count!) I thought...

Label : Costumes, halloween memories, treats

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

As I gradually put the pieces in place for this year's yard haunt, I sometimes reflect on yard haunts past.  I believe this photograph c...

Label : halloween memories, projects, pumpkins

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

This was an unusual Thanksgiving long weekend in that I spent it quietly at home. Most years, the holiday is an excuse for a road trip, seve...

Label : halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

In honour of the Thanksgiving holiday Monday, a collection of turkey pumpkins.

Label : halloween memories, holidays

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

It's the Thanksgiving long weekend. Traditionally, this is the weekend I do one of two things: leave town on a road trip or get caught u...

Label : halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

October just isn't complete without pumpkin cheesecake. While I don't make my own pumpkin cheesecake every year, I happened to notic...

Label : halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Taken several years ago at what was my favourite coffee shop in Sydney. Past tense, because following a fire more than a year ago, the owner...

Label : beverages, halloween memories

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

Each year, I try to serve up something creative for dinner on Halloween night. Creative, but simple. This mummy calzone (looking rather bore...

Label : halloween memories, recipes

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

This photograph was taken in October of 2008, the last year we drove to Kentville for October's Pumpkin People Festival. Several years o...

Label : halloween memories, pumpkins

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countdown to halloween: ghosts of halloween past

It's October. Time to enter the Halloween Zone. Taken six years ago on my second October trip to Salem, Massachusetts. After learning th...

Label : halloween memories

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halloween night

It didn't look promising. We weren't in the direct path of Hurricane Sandy. But we got wrapped up in its outer bands. Outer bands of...

Label : candy, cemeteries, Costumes, halloween memories, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins, treats, witches, zombies

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eighteen halloweens

My son turns eighteen today.  Eighteen years of being every bit as much of a Halloween enthusiast as his mother. It was difficult to choose ...

Label : halloween memories

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