When I was a kid, we dressed up in our costumes and went from door to door for blocks and blocks around the neighborhood collecting bags of candy. Oh the hauls we use to make ! It was glorious! Back then we and our parents knew the people in our neighborhood and it was mostly safe.
My parents always got us a large orange pumpkin to carve, but we never put it outside. Usually it sat lit on a stool inside and peered out the front window. Anyone that put their pumpkin on the porch or outside in any way, usually found it smashed to pieces in the road later as some hooligan kids sneaked it away for some smashing fun.
Now I turn off the lights and pretend I'm not home.....LOL I did hand out candy for years and years, depending where I lived. I'm semi rural now though and don't know many of my neighbors and the ones I know do not have children living here.
I do still love all the things about fall.... with the exception that it means winter is not far behind. Me and winter aren't friends.
I also have a colorfully painted dried gourd that rattles when you shake it from the dried seeds that are still inside.
Enjoyed your pumpkin photos !
Halloween certainly was a lot of fun growing up! There were nine of us, so yes! The haul was huge, even if it wasn't! :) We knew all our neighbors back then, it really has changed, and not in a great way. Moving to a neighborhood changed it back to how it used to be. Some have children, some are beginning their life together, and some are in the second part of their life with no kids again. So the mix is nice and we still have a block party (of sorts) and the kids come by and enjoy a treat from the party tray and a few trick-or-treat candies. It has taken a few years to fine-tune it. :) We are hoping to try it again as it has been not happening since Covid.
We don't have a pumpking-throwing problem (yet) but, all it takes is one mischievous kid to make that happen. It is a gated community, so we don't have a bunch of people there that don't belong.
Did your parents sort through your candy? I know that mine did. Even knowing everyone, it used to be a big deal to sort through it as I got older. I remember you used to be able to bring it to the hospital where they would X-ray it for free one year. I guess they had a problem, although being young, I don't remember exactly. I did shut off the lights during Covid. People let their kids out (some) and I just wasn't feeling it. :) If I lived rurally, I would probably shut my lights off. If I don't know them, it is not as much fun. Still, like you, I enjoy the pumpkin carving, the color and the beauty of Autumn.
Winter... for a bit, until Christmas is over, perhaps New Year. Then it needs to go roost somewhere else! Hi, Ms. @jacey.boldart ! I hope you are having a most fabulous day! Thank you for stopping by and leaving your words!
#MarketFriday loves you!
You know, my parents probably did look through the candy, but I don't remember them doing it, so they definitely didn't make a big production of it. I remember the xraying things when someone got a razor blade in a candy bar or the such..... somewhere in America, but not around here and we never had ours xrayed.
My day wasn't so terrible for an all day phone day on a Friday, till after last break when half of the calls I received were from angry bitches ! So although 3/4ths of it was not so bad, the last quarter left me frazzled at punch out time. Ugh....
I'm off now, so I will go make something yummy for supper to make me feel all better.
sigh
I only know mine did as I heard her talking to my aunt about it. My mom wasn't going to and she asked her if she had listened to the news. They were the ones that broadcast it all week long. Ditto on the x-ray. The thing is, we knew all of our neighborhood.
My mom told her that if and when she didn't trust the people she knew, she wouldn't let us go out and trick of treat.
The razor blades were somewhere in America and nobody ever knew where. LOL
Oh, those *itches! How dare they!!!?? It's been a week for me and I have no work, no play and so, I will be going to a Meadery over by Skyline Drive, where all the pretty leaves live. So, I will take in some leaves and some Mead with three others and call it a good weekend. I finished with my yummy already. I didn't realize I was hungry until you said it!
I say a glass of something is right in line for tonight! I'll go with a picture for the moment. I have to go find the one I want! ❤️