and that's okay...

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Witches in Black

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Final Night

and solitude.

Trick or Treat

Back Home on the Farm.

Yesterday was spent on a big farm in rural Virginia..

 My kid, after browsing a giant field full of orange pumpkins, found two tiny white gourds and said,"I'm ready!" and trudged back down the hill alone with a gourd in each hand...and got back on the tractor. He knows what he likes, apparently.

photos by Emphatic Reprieve Photography

Ready.

image via mlkshk.com

There goes the neighborhood.

There's really only one other house in town that's notably decorated this year...and after making it through the gaunlet of giant Halloween inflatables, I decided to take some photos.

I swear these people just buy anything Halloween related and throw it in their yard.

it's so tacky...and neat.

 

 photos by Emphatic Reprieve Photography

Give the Devil his due.

Halloween: by Lizzy Rainey

I'm rarely into cute paintings 

But these are cute...and I'm into them.

the art of Lizzy Rainey

Lame.

Finally got some cornstalks from a local farm today and put them out front.  We are the only house on the entire street (and possibly neighborhood) with Halloween decorations up...I'm going to give these people the benefit of the doubt and assume that the past week of rain has simply pushed their holiday spirit to a later date.

 Hoping this isn't the way it works around here...but I'm happy with our little porch.

Witchy

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Carving night

I feel as if October has been eluding me, so we decided to carve a pumpkin tonight.

I asked my other half if he carved pumpkins as a child...
his response was, 'I don't know...I don't really remember...' to which I replied, 'if you don't remember carving pumpkins, then it never happened'

Warm smile

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Tiny Halloween.

Found these in an antique shop down the street, I have no idea if they qualify as antique...or even vintage, but they look the part...and I am quite fond of them

I'm going to have to adopt some very tiny children.

By the light of the moon...

drawing by drazen kozjan

Leashed

When I first glanced at this I thought that ghost was on a leash, being led by that witch.
...which made this photo so much cooler.

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I've lost my head...

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October Country

This documentary first caught my eye last year...because of the title, naturally. But as I watched it, I became a little too fascinated by it. It's incredibly awkward and real, and reminded me so much of so many families I've known in rural West Virginia. It's that horrible train-wreck that you can't stop looking at, as you hate yourself for gawking.

After Midnight...

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Halloween Head.

Hey kid, I like your moxie.

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