HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Mama (witch), Me (zombieish person) and Sky.  Vince is behind Sky but you can't really see him....

 Today was my mama's favorite holiday....she loved it even more than Christmas.  We lived in a HUGE Spanish house on 2 acres, set back from the street with 100 foot redwood  and pine trees in the front.  It was smack in the middle of San Jose, Calif ( the bird avenue house). Every Halloween my mom would create elaborate decorations-   from full sized coffin boxes on the terrace ....with herself inside as a living corpse....to witches and ghosts hung from the trees that swept down and over unsuspecting trick or treaters. Homegrown pumpkins and cornstalks were everywhere, We always had the MOST trick or treaters - those that dared to risk ringing the front doorbell, that is.  Back then, after all the little ones had finished trick or treating, my mom would pack all the big kids into the station wagon and head down town for the annual (and LEGAL, then) parade of cars/kids/parents that cruised down the main boulevard and threw water balloons, tomatoes and eggs at each other. ... (and one year someone managed to throw a pumpkin pie through the window i didn't close fast enough that landed in my lap).... yes.....  we really did that......  It's hard to explain, but there were unwritten rules that everybody knew and it was all very friendly and lots of fun.  ...
I don't have a single picture of the house decorated....maybe no one took any....?

...and above are pics of a FABULOUS Halloween card my friend Joanne sent me.  She made it, and it is hilarious!  THANK you Joanne!
here are a few more pics from Halloween's of the past:

clockwise...Me, Lance, Vince, Brian (neighbor...devil), Sky