Woooooooot—it’s Halloween! At long last!
Halloween is particularly fun when it’s on a Friday. My little town “observed” trick-or-treating last night, but I’m going with Dr. Fiancée and my niece and nephews tonight (we’re not dressing up, but the kids are). I’m looking forward to some family time.
How are you celebrating tonight, readers?
With that, here is 31 October 2019’s “Happy Halloween!“:
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At long last, it’s here—Halloween! Regular readers know that I love Halloween (perhaps a bit too much). The season always seems to fly by, though, no matter how hard I try to cling to every pumpkin-spiced moment.
Yours portly was disgracefully late with putting up my decorations this year, but I’ll likely be disgracefully late taking them down, too; it’s not unheard of for me to be heading into Thanksgiving Week with a rotting Jack O’Lantern still festooning my slug-infested porch.
Speaking of, here’s a look at the Jack O’Lantern while still fresh; I did a very thorough job of scraping and scooping the little guy of his gooey innards, so he’s holding up a bit better this year:
If that dubious knife play doesn’t get you excited for Halloween, perhaps these classic Halloween posts will.
With that, here is 2 November 2024’s “TBT^4: Happy Halloween!“:
Yours portly was a bit late getting Halloween decorations up this year, but with the Spooktacular looming (it’s tomorrow night!), I had to get things done!
Naturally, that meant partaking in one of my favorite October activities: pumpkin carving! Today, I’m going to share a couple of videos of my pumpkin—and Murphy!
I’m getting a late start tonight, as I’m recovering from last night’s Spooktacular. It was a good night overall, though attendance was down somewhat from last year. Still, we had tons of trick-or-treaters (they literally came by the truckloads, with kids dangling off of truck-pulled trailers), and some good music. I’ll have a full rundown later this week.
For now, it’s HALLOWEEN! As such, here’s a collection of some recent Halloween-related posts for your delectation:
Here’s hoping you all have a wonderful Halloween—and that I don’t get any more truckloads of trick-or-treaters, because I am all out of candy!
Happy Halloween!
—TPP
Other Lazy Sunday Installments:
Another Halloween is nearly here! This year, Halloween falls on a Sunday, which has thrown everyone into a state of chaos trying to figure out when to trick-or-treat (the correct answer is “Saturday”).
October always passes by so quickly, no matter how much I try to savor the season. Predictably, it’s gotten warmer here again after a week or so of blissfully autumnal weather, though the forecast for the Spooktacular is looking appropriately cool. If it gets cool enough, I’ll brew some coffee and make some hot chocolate for guests. As long as it doesn’t rain, I’m happy!
In the tradition of the last two “Happy Halloween!” posts (the original and last year’s TBT), here is this year’s Jack O’Lantern:
I don’t have much more to add, so with that, here is 29 October 2020’s “TBT: Happy Halloween!“:
Halloween is nearly here! I love Halloween, so I had to dedicate this week’s TBT to last year’s Halloween post. This Halloween is particularly fun, as I’m hosting my annual Spooktacular this Friday evening (information here).
It’s been a good Halloween season. My girlfriend and I carved pumpkins this weekend. It was her first time, but she carved far more elaborate ones than I did. See for yourself:
Her’s are the ones on the left—the bat and the drooling pumpkin. Mine are on the right—the more traditional snaggle-toothed variety. The one on the bottom right reminds me of King Kong.
We’ve also watched both Halloween and Halloween II, so we’ve pretty much checked off all the boxes.
With that, here’s 31 October 2019’s “Happy Halloween!“:
It’s Halloween! All the build-up, all the ghost stories, it’s finally here!
Last night I took the opportunity to carve my one of the two pumpkins I picked up earlier in the month ($4 a pop!). He’s the cheeky little guy pictured above, and in the photo collage below (I’m getting fancy with the production values in this post).
His brother was stolen off my front porch Wednesday night. I’d just gotten in bed and switched off the lights when I heard some tires squealing. Thinking it was one of my neighbor’s buddies hydroplaning on the wet street, I didn’t think much of it, until my neighbor began shouting for me minutes later!
The Portly Politico 