Its all in the details....

I've been rushing around getting ready for Halloween, having been too busy this weekend to attend to the secular holiday. Ran to the store and bought candy, completely chickening out and buying eight bags of chocolate-themed candy. Oddly enough, there were no Hershey mini-bars combo packs, perhaps I'm just too late? I re-organized the vehicles in the driveway - turning the van around so the pagan bumper stickers faced the fence, instead of the open driveway and placing it next to the RV too close for anyone to get between them and into the RV (RV doorlocks are really cheap and flimsy). I put up lights down the driveway so folks can make it safely to the house, as its set back from the road and the driveway itself is very dark.

I walked the front yard, trying to get creative as to how kids could be destructive and realized the Witch Ball had to come inside. Its just too tempting out front, sadly. Brought it inside, placed it in a basket and placed it on the table at the front door so ToTers can see it (the green swirl glows in the dark), sort of like a scrying or fortune telling crystal ball. Spent a few minutes searching through the holiday stuff to realize, oddly enough, I don't own one of those plastic orange jack o'lanterns, which I wanted to place on the witch ball stand in the center of the spiral walk. So the foundation stand is just sitting out there with nothing on top...maybe I can figure out something later to put on there. I checked each of the fence gates to make sure they are secured, so no one can sneak into the backyard. Maybe this is overkill, but I've a standing stone (driftwood) circle in the backyard out of site of the house and I don't want anyone getting wannabe occultist for Halloween out there.

Inside I've placed miscellaneous tapestries over the tables, setting little scenes since our front door opens up right into our living room (yuck - something we're going to re-orient when we re-model. I do miss those beautiful entry ways in my former New England homes. I'm realizing that I'm going to have to invest in either a Chinese-type room screen to give either my office or my living room (depending on event) some privacy from the living room or find a suspension rod to hang something in the doorway to the office.

Now, everyone chant with me "I will not go overboard on lighting candles. I will not go overboard on lighting candles"...

Trick or Treating by Astrological Sign

Aries--Pushes others aside to get to the door first

Taurus--Will only eat the finest of Swiss chocolates

Gemini--Goes around the neighborhood once, changes costumes and goes around again.

Cancer--stays at home and gives candy to the other trick or treaters

Leo--Plans their costumes for months, then won't go out because someone else had the same idea

Virgo--Wears a neatly pressed suit and tells everyone they're a bookkeeper

Libra--Is still standing in front of the closet trying to decide on a costume

Scorpio--Isn't in it for the candy

Sagittarius--Will manage to wander to the next town

Capricorn--Makes a list of all the houses that give good candy and the optimal route to take.

Aquarius--Builds their costume out of spare flashlights and spends all night tinkering when it shorts

Pisces--Skips the whole thing to compose poetry to the Moon.