Punky's Big Day 2023

 

 

 

“No season appeals to the eyes as much as autumn; no season touches the souls as powerfully as autumn and no season invites us to the world of mournful thoughts as intensely as autumn!”

 
~Mehmet Murat ildan 

 

Halloween has come and gone, but it's giving me something to look forward to. And I already am! But it's not like my mourning got in the way of me enjoying the HELL out of yesterday! 

 

First we went to lunch

 

And we met this guy...

 

Then we had an amazing meal. I love Mexican food!
 

 Next we came home and made cakelets...

 

And then hubby carved a pumpkin... and it was glorious! Punky's name is Electra this year. Yep, it's a girl. Rare for us, we usually have boy pumpkins, but she just spoke to us and said, "I was born to be your girl!"

She watched over the goodies...

 

It was a good day.

 

Damn Those Vampires

 

"Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym."

 

~Stephen King

 

He's just a lonely vampire. Flying around northern Nevada. I spotted him one bright, beautiful October morning, while on vacation in 2005. Life had been difficult for a while. Five or six years of pain and deep uncertainties, but one day the veil lifted and life became worth living for, and I found myself on a car ride with Alan, and a camera in my hand, off on a car ride. Sometimes it happens that way. Life can throw some awful curve balls your way, then over time a person does a reset, and life is back on some track. You don't feel the same, but you are okay with where you are. That's how I feel right now. I hope to get out soon and see some Halloween decorations here and there, maybe even in northern Nevada. We will have to see where the gas prices go. Back in 2005 gas prices were $2.89 a gallon, today it's   I suspect the prices will go down after the mid-terms. If only I could just climb out of my coffin, put on my cape, and soar into the sky, like gas prices are right now. Sigh. Maybe later in November at least some of life's vampires will be back in their coffins.

 

Damn vampires.

 

 

To All The Skeletons I Have Loved Before

"First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren't rare. But one strange year, Halloween came early... don't you ditch me, Jim Nightshade... don't talk of death. Someone might hear... ." 

~Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

And A Sound Of Thunder

They may not be exercising social distancing, but they do have masks on... at least some of them do. Anyway, they made me smile because it looks like Halloween is pretty much cancelled this year, especially in Berkeley, where I took this photo, and I don't want to miss everything about my favorite holiday. Alameda County was hit really hard by Covid-19, so it doesn't make it practical or healthy to celebrate.

I will miss opening the door to little monsters, and decorating, but it got me thinking about some awesome Halloween decorations I have photographed over the years, and so beginning this week, I want to feature a different symbol of spooky Halloween macabre I seen here and there, and concluding the night before Halloween!

 

First Up... Skeletons!

North Beach, San Francisco, California

 

 

 

 

Carson City, Nevada

Auburn, California

 Stockton, California

 

San Francisco, California

 

 Camino California, Apple Hill, Rainbow Orchards

 Today's Autumn Leaf Of The Day #15

Carly

October 6th 2020

Stockton, California

 

October Tree Hugger

 'The laughter of children filled the crisp air while

 off-beat rhythms of knocks and door bells mixed with a chorus of

 "trick or treat" that sang out into the early evening."

~Amber Newberry

One Night In Salem

I photographed the fella, way back on October 25th, but for some reason decided against posting him for Halloween. He is funny, and obviously his family has a great sense of humor! Isn't it funny how we can look through our photos when we first take them, and just not spotted all the possibilities? You never know what treasure a tip-toe through the archives will produce.

#53 Leaf Of The Day

November 14th 2019

Photographed October 21st 2019

Stockton, California

Nikon

~Mood: Happy

~Me