The predicted Halloween downpour happened while we were strong-arming a small child to eat some dinner toast before trick-or-treating. That's why we got a late start. That's why her newly sewn kimono stayed dry and miraculously mud free. Our goal was to keep it simple and keep to Pleasant
Street. This small street of 12 houses offers the best ever of small town Halloween. It's blocked off by the ambulance and fire truck so it's pedestrian friendly. Kids can climb inside the trucks. The neighbors have bonfires, if it's not raining, and other, well, pleasant things. My favorite is browsing candy while being mesmerized by live bagpipes and drumming. Fresh coffee and doughnuts. Giant gnomes over a pot of gold. One ancient woman with a long string of kids out the door asks each child what their costume is about and records the explanation and their name in a journal. Every year. My little Japanese princess made this year's list.
The evening ended at the local small coffee house where we were entertained by a ghoulish looking ten piece band playing Motown. No candy there, just tiny pieces of chocolate cake and a cup of warm tea. By the time we got to the pumpkin display at a local farm, a special little someone was fast asleep in the car. A perfect and peaceful Halloween evening.
2 comments:
That does sound like a perfect Halloween: some history-making, some candy, some music and some spooky light and one beautiful little princess.
Pleasant Street....I'm sure if you own a home on that street you have to be a very pleasant person.
I'm wallowing in your description of what seems to me to be the perfect Halloween experience. Bagpipes, gnomes, ancient woman, multiple carved pumpkins, doughnuts, chocolate cake, and a beautiful Japanese princess...what's not to love about this celebration?
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