Eat, drink and be scary

I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.
~Robert Brault

When we moved eight years ago, we were amazed at how many more trick-or-treaters there were in this neighborhood of Downey than in our previous neighborhood. We quickly ran out of candy, and swore we'd do better the next year. Finally, this year, we had enough candy. We must have passed out more than 1,000 pieces!

I didn't get any trick-or-treater pictures this year—the light was too poor and the kids' movements too fast. But I did have a chance to photograph some of the residents at the neighborhood spooky house. Thank goodness none of them actually moved as I walked by!

From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!

Trick or treat

Cute, fun, and downright scary—we saw them all tonight. Several hundred kids of all ages (and I do mean all—from babies to grandmothers) showed up at our door to claim a piece of candy.

Tonight I also met Mike, the owner and creator of those ghoulish decorations I wrote about a couple of weeks ago in Things that go bump in the night. For several years now, he's been dressing up in a different costume each year, to the delight of the whole neighborhood.

Things that go bump in the night

From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
~Scottish Saying

My neighborhood likes to decorate for Halloween. In fact, they like to create haunted houses with scary monsters carrying chain saws! The ghoulie above (with a bit of fun editing) looks down from a nearby house. The bodiless head on the left is one of many hanging from their tree.