Tuesday 4
The End of October
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In the Catskill Mountains/Hudson Valley of New York
October is fast slipping away though it seems to have only just begun!
Columbus Day is over but it will end with All Hallows Eve or Halloween.. the night before All Saint's Day when Christian martyrs are remembered and honored. All hallows eve really means, the night before the holy martyrs day but somehow it became associated with spooky happenings. Let's talk about the end of October.
1. Do you give out candy on Halloween to neighborhood kids? Did you ever.. have you always?
Columbus Day is over but it will end with All Hallows Eve or Halloween.. the night before All Saint's Day when Christian martyrs are remembered and honored. All hallows eve really means, the night before the holy martyrs day but somehow it became associated with spooky happenings. Let's talk about the end of October.
1. Do you give out candy on Halloween to neighborhood kids? Did you ever.. have you always?
Yes, we always give out candy to the neighborhood kiddos on Halloween. It's a lot of fun to see them show off their cute costumes.
This picture below was two years ago...hubby on the deck, and me with our friend Sherrie were waiting for the kids to arrive...
And this was a funny kind of dune buggy full of trick or treaters who came by last year:
Well, if I must...maybe it will be something like this: 
3. Have you ever carved pumpkins? Have you visited the gorgeous Hudson Valley in New York state?
Hobo Pam, many moons ago
Or Beatnik Pam (on the far right) many many many moons ago
3. Have you ever carved pumpkins? Have you visited the gorgeous Hudson Valley in New York state?
Yes, we usually have carved a pumpkin most every year. Although in the past few years I haven't carved them. I drew a face on them, but didn't go through all the mess of carving it. I haven't gotten a real pumpkin yet this year. I guess I need to go find one soon or they'll be all gone!
Regarding the Hudson Valley in NY State, yes, I have visited the area and it was beautiful. We didn't spend a lot of time there, but from what I remember it was lovely. And yes, we did visit Sleepy Hollow many years ago and some other historic sites around there.
4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving takes place in Sleepy Hollow a town known today as Tarrytown, NY. a lovely town in the Hudson Valley not far from the Catskill Mountains, site of Rip Van Winkle. The Hudson Valley is considered one of the most beautiful places in America. The Hudson separates NY from New Jersey.* Do you know the Legend of Sleepy Hollow? How about Rip Van Winkle? Do you believe either could be based on true stories as some believe? Why/ why not?
I guess I'd need to go back and re-read the stories to remember the details. They could well be based on true stories. The Headless Horseman was really a guy with something over his head and he threw a pumpkin at Ichabod Crane. Probably based on a true story, but embellished to make it more dramatic. And Rip Van Winkle? Again, I need to go back and re-read the story. Seems like I remember him being asleep for 20 years... People do stay in a coma for many years and wake up after so many years and everything has changed...so it certainly can happen.
Well, I guess that's all the questions for this week. I hope you enjoyed coming along on the journey with me through the Halloween tales and fun. We do like to have fun on Halloween. Nothing creepy or scary, just good clean fun. HERE is a LINK to a post I wrote a few years ago about how I feel about that.
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Happy End of October!!! October has been really beautiful here in Florida this year! We've had real fall weather for a change! Very delightful!!
An Autumn Sunset
Good Night! Sleep Tight!
Don't let the bed bugs bite!!
I enjoyed seeing all of the photos of your Halloween celebration. When our kids were small we did the costume thing and trick or treating with them. I've never decorated for Halloween as such, just more a fall/autumn theme. When people began having seances in our church parking lot on Halloween and we would find dead black cats, I realized just how many people were using it for darkness. With the proliferation of skulls, skeletons, etc., we stopped doing much of anything for Halloween for many years. Just last year, for the first time in a long while, we handed out candy to the littles who came by. I always liked seeing them in their funny costumes as long as they weren't of an evil theme. I still have mixed feelings about it but I guess in the apartment we won't have trick or treaters this year anyway. Our grands all go trick-or-treating and I enjoy seeing them all having fun.
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Your photos are so endearing! I love 'Hobo Pam' and the clean fun that existed. Oooh, that scarecrow's so cute -- does he have a name yet? Maybe Lily Grace will help decide? I'm sure I read about old Rip and the Headless Horseman at some time, but they didn't leave much of an impression. No 'real' pumpkins here. Last year I purchased several small ones to decorate -- then after the fact realized their little bottoms had gone soft, leaking onto a little Navaho rug and necessitating an unwelcome dry cleaning bill.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures show how much fun you have on Halloween. I hope you get lots of kids who come trick or treating this year. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been gorgeous lately! I hope you are enjoying your pretty pond and seeing some neat birds! We saw BIG flocks of Storks overhead this weekend. Enjoy your afternoon!
ReplyDeleteWe will be home from our long travels tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends' blogs again. I so enjoyed this one, Pamela. I love Halloween, but we no longer give out candy because our driveway is very steep, and I'm afraid kids would come down too quickly and fall. Would not be good!
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The creepy demonic stuff ruins the holiday for me. It should be innocent but, it can be just awful in the wrong hands.
ReplyDelete#4 is so interesting to me. I have bever even considered them to be real. I heard them as a kid. I will have to read up on them. Loved your answers! Have a nice week.
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I loved your costumes, Pam!! How fun!! Your most recent on at the Mrs. Flagler event was pretty good, too!! October has been delightful!! xo
ReplyDeleteI loved your answers and photos...how fun. I LOVE the state farm costume! Too funny
ReplyDeleteWe don't do anything for trick or treaters at our house. When we did, we never had very many. Then the ones we had were dropped off by cars and some of them were bigger than I was. Roger and a neighbor boy took over our enclosed front porch and made a little scary house for a few years. Our church has had "trunk and treat" for a few years. Since COVID we don't have very many children. I had six for children's message this past Sunday. Our present pastor doesn't seem to like anything secular going on in the church.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! We don't get any trick or treaters here in this neighborhood. In our last house we lived too far out to get them. Before that, we lived in the historical section and got tons of them. I always dressed up to hand out candy. I miss seeing the littles all dressed up. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteyour photos always show the most fun! really enjoyed your answers, my shoulder is fine, just that achiness after surgery when the weather changes drastically. Thank you for the prayers on my necklace, I hope you have a blessed rest of the week
ReplyDeleteTrying to blog a bit. It has been difficult with our son-in-law leaving the hospital for hospice care at home. I am not a huge fan but respect his wishes. He is ready and I pray his salvation is sealed. I do love your answers here. I have a NY friend who lived nearby Sleepy Hollow. I love history so so much of it may be based on a true story. We had some snow today. It is so cold, good thing my sweetheart found my rain boots, they are cute and fashionable but they knock the water right off and I just wiped them off and they are fine. As a child my mom dressed us at saints for All Saints Day. Her older sister was an excellent seamstress and all the saint costumes for girls were primarily nuns, oh how my older sister disliked it. But mom took us trick or treating too and we handed out candy and we still do. Oh goodness I should add Tiuesday4 to my do do list and do it today. Take care and sending love and hugs. I LOVE your photos. My goodness beatniks hahaha, a coffee shoppe in my hometown once held evenings for beatniks to come recite their poetry and such. What a great memory.. HUGS across the miles.
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