Happy Halloween!

When we were kids, at around 12 years old, instead of going trick or treating we made a deal with Mom; we would be in charge of handing out the candy, any that was left was ours. We went all out and decorated the house and walkway and my sister Sue would dress up as a witch. Our decorations included light colored cloths in the trees on either side of the stairs and nylon threads strung at shin height between the bushes lining the sidewalk up to where Sue sat with the candy; scared kids would say that something was grabbing at their legs. We also had a curious large black cat who would come wandering through to check out what was happening. This is what the house looked like during the day. Just imagine what it looked like at night with spooky lighting and carbon dioxide mist! Some kids would actually cross to the other side of the street in order to get past our house.

Pomelo tree on left, tangerine tree on right, July 1969 (photo by Mom)

We went to Curt & Lori's for Halloween dinner & trick or treating; Mom kept thinking it was Thanksgiving. Lots of good food and friends. We brought salmon, fluffy dinner rolls, and pumpkin spice ice cream. While looking for a box to carry the pan of baked salmon in I came across the box below, a pretty scary thing to find. At least one of the cans had a bulging end and all of them were very rusted. I think they must have been bought when Mom & Dad were still going to the Big Island to fish; they used mackerel as chum and would buy a bunch when it was on sale.


I forgot that today was a weekday; we usually only go to Curt & Lori's on the weekend. It usually takes us about 30 minutes to go the 19 miles to their house; tonight it took 75 minutes, there were 3 accidents along the way. It was bad in both directions.


The "kids" at the party went trick or treating after dinner. Here they are after going around the neighborhood. They actually only had Shawn go up for candy, since it was easy to tell that the others really weren't kids.

L to R: Brent, Gavin, Jen, & Shawn

Happy Birthday to Dean, Sandra, Judy, Geoffrey, & Sho!