November 7th

pumpkin army strewn

the rot of grinning faces

compost casualties

A week after Halloween, you still see the occasional pumpkin face, toothy grinned with empty sockets, discarded, peering at you from a grass verge or smashed in a border.

October 31st

 

fell witches titter

monsters batter at the door

greedy zombie roars

wash them away rain

make it thunder make it pour

skidding werewolf paws

It’s Halloween, we used to make the effort and D would bake biscuits and cakes, carve pumpkins, but we haven’t last few years. We just hide in the dark and wait for the trick or treaters to wander off! We didn’t actually get anyone knocking this year though, for two reasons. One, I think it’s all very well run round here, if you have a pumpkin in your window that means you can knock. Parents accompany the kids, it’s all very polite and respectful. Secondly, it absolutely hammered it down *evil laugh*