To all my followers and readers of my blog: Happy Spook Day!
We live so far off the main road that we don’t get visitors in costume, but where we lived in Evanston, Illinois, our house was frequented by many trick or treaters. Our outlay for candy each year was ginormous. One year, long before all of the razors appeared in candy and drugs were found in treats, I made candy apples for the children. They were eagerly snapped up, and I heard someone yell down the street, “Hey, this lady had candy apples! Come and get ’em!” A stampede ensued.
This year, I offer a picture of my daughter and son in law, who went to a Halloween Party dressed as megalodons, in honor of the recent movie (which I thoroughly enjoyed): The Meg.
It was always fun to receive the homemade treats from special neighbors and family members… Happy Halloween, Noelle
Thanks, Annette. Maybe I’ll make some of those apples again!
We too live off the beaten track, but we still get several packets of candy “just in case” and it’s always a pity for them to go to waste afterwards.
You mean you don’t eat the candy????? That was my failing…
I find that candy gets stuck in the holes in my teeth.
That IS a problem with candy apples!
My mom and dad used to make caramel popcorn balls way back in the day and hand them out for trick or treat. That was before all the ugliness or razor blades, etc.
Love the Meg costumes. I read the book many years ago. Can’t wait to see the movie!
You’ll enjoy it, MC. It’s sort of campy and we laughed a lot.
Happy Halloween! 💀🕷🎃🥧🍂 zo
Beware if spooks and things that go bump in the dark!
My favorite childhood memories are of the home-made Halloween treats. Caramel corn balls and candy apples—yum!
Me, too!
I hope you had a lovely quite time💜💜
No visitors, but since we are contemplating moving to a retirement place, there might be some in the future!
Aha! 💜💜
No visitors last night, so I got to keep all the treats. Those candy apples sound very nice.
Hope you had a lovely Halloween. 🎃
We had no visitors either. When we did, I usually had a lot of candy left over and I ate it – so this is a good thing.
Halloween has certainly changed over the years. Our schools don’t even allow Halloween parades or celebrations anymore because it’s considered a pagan holiday. We are getting fewer and fewer trick or treaters to our house, but we all think that’s because our development is aging out. This is the first year none of our kids went out and everyone else’s kids are also growing up! Lots of leftover candy here, but I’m giving it away at work and to our grown kids!
I hate that leftover candy – I usually ate it!
Same here – but I’ve given away a bunch!
I love candy apples, the costumes are fab.
Glad I got chance to catch up on your Iceland holiday, great adventure.
Thanks for checking in with me! I just am so proud that I know such an accomplished singer and opera star!
I’m glad that’s the way you see me, one day I hope I fulfil the promise 🤩
You already have, Charlotte. You are my hero!