“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.”
~Steve Almond
It's October 31st, and I intended to pick a fabulous movie as my favorite for Halloween, but the closer I got to the day, the more apparent it became, that I wouldn't be able to chose just one. So, here are the one's I will be watching on Halloween. The one's that time will not allow for, I will watch on Saturday. You see, when Halloween falls on a Friday, you can still celebrate throughout the weekend. It's the law of fun. I am going to bake, carve pumpkins, and have a special meal out with hubby, and enjoy the kittens. And you? Do you celebrate Halloween? Do you love horror movies? If not, what's your favorite genre? If you feel like it, please share!
"The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past,
"October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!"
~Rainbow Rowell
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Alan and I went on our first trip to Berkeley, of the autumn season, yesterday and the leaves were glorious! We didn't make it downtown on this trip, we spent our time in Tilden, just enjoying the fresh air, and the landscape. One of my favorite trees, located near Little Farm, was beginning to show some happy color. Oranges and hints of purple mostly, but there were some green and yellow making a showing as well. It will be another week or so, before the colors go deeper, and then the window for it won't be open long, so it's a matter of keeping watch as much as possible.
I am not sure how often I will be able to visit, because we have a lot of destinations planned for this vacation, but for the first day, all in all, it wasn't a bad start. After the leaf peeping, it was down to Orinda, for a free showing ofBeetlejuice at the lovely old Orinda Theater. If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you probably remember that we, traditionally, start our vacation each year, on the second Thursday of October, which is free movie night at the Orinda! It began four years ago with, Rosemary's Baby, and now it wouldn't be autumn, or vacation time, without it!
Can you believe, Beetlejuiceturns 30 years old this year? It came out just 6 months before Alan and I began dating! The last time either of us saw it, we were just friends, and now, all these years later, we are just two days shy of our 28th wedding anniversary! It was a pretty strange feeling to realize that that much time had gone by. Other than the strands of white hair we both have now, and my arthritis, standing in line felt exactly the same as the first time we went to see the movie together, in 1988!
Time goes by so fast, when you laugh together as often as we do!
