October, Fall, and Spooky Season are here!
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CallMeKate
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I absolutely love so many things about October! 
I don't even mind seeing the first 
And I've always loved sweater/jacket weather. 
I don't even mind seeing the first And I've always loved sweater/jacket weather. 
hearlady
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I get fall fever just as strongly as spring fever. It doesn't get sweater weather here much until maybe late November but I still feel it. We have days here and there to tease us! The mountains of NC is where you can find fall earlier.
The mountains of NC is where you can find fall earlier.
jujube
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I just put my "fall wreath" on the front door this morning. Fall has officially come to my house.
It's still hot and rainy, unfortunately. Florida doesn't realize it's fall until December.....
It's still hot and rainy, unfortunately. Florida doesn't realize it's fall until December.....
RadishRose
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Paco Dennis
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Lilac
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- Flyover Country
Lilac
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- Flyover Country
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
I have fond memories of taking our first dog, Moe, out for late night walks in the fall. Many people had a pumpkin on their porch, and the smoke from their fireplaces was in the air. Usually, there was a slight breeze blowing the leaves around. Moe would be sniffing around more than usual. It was the best time of year to hike around forest trails too. Those were good days.
hearlady
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- N Carolina
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
hearlady
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Supernatural
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I've come to know about the significance of "All Hallows Eve" . I now understand why a few members of my family growing up were weary of celebrating this blessed holiday.
Bypassing the commercialisation of the day, the undertone aka the religious side of it, is a time of reflection and thanking our ancestors and dearly departed. I consider it similar to the Mexican's Day of the Dead.
It's a way to remember them and thank them for what they brought to our lives.
On the funny side of it, there's candies to eat, great spooky films to watch and more. We'll be having a buffet of finger foods and special punch after writing our "letters to ancestors" thanking them profoundly for having help us once more through thick and thin, within a ritual.
The possibility of snow showing up this early in the autumn meant that in the past, you'd find yourself wearing thermal underwear under your Halloween costumes
.
Sadly, the area I'd live in at one time meant that I never got to enjoy the harvest of goodies I'd collected that time. Some nasty people (which were eventually arrested) had tainted everything they've distributed.
After that year, we were no longer allowed to trick or treat. I had to wait until I was 18 to even get a costume and attend a friend's party.
Until recently, we'd been able to give to children who came to our door. Our new place doesn't have young children anymore, so we just party indoors quietly with food and good films.
Bypassing the commercialisation of the day, the undertone aka the religious side of it, is a time of reflection and thanking our ancestors and dearly departed. I consider it similar to the Mexican's Day of the Dead.
It's a way to remember them and thank them for what they brought to our lives.
On the funny side of it, there's candies to eat, great spooky films to watch and more. We'll be having a buffet of finger foods and special punch after writing our "letters to ancestors" thanking them profoundly for having help us once more through thick and thin, within a ritual.
The possibility of snow showing up this early in the autumn meant that in the past, you'd find yourself wearing thermal underwear under your Halloween costumes
.Sadly, the area I'd live in at one time meant that I never got to enjoy the harvest of goodies I'd collected that time. Some nasty people (which were eventually arrested) had tainted everything they've distributed.
After that year, we were no longer allowed to trick or treat. I had to wait until I was 18 to even get a costume and attend a friend's party.
Until recently, we'd been able to give to children who came to our door. Our new place doesn't have young children anymore, so we just party indoors quietly with food and good films.
RadishRose
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- Location
- Connecticut, USA
