Halloween

Although Halloween is really an American 'event', it appears to be quite popular here as well. For several weeks now, aisles in the supermarkets have been full of Halloween 'props', stuff to make kids look 'scary' and pumpkins have been selling well (although by Saturday afternoon they were giving them away!).
So Gwilym and I manufactued a proper Halloween pumpkin with a tea light inside, which this evening as it got dark was put outside as an indication that 12 The Avenue was open for 'trick-or-treating'. In no time our supply of treats had run out, we went to the little convenience store down the road for more supplies and when these were also finished, we decided to extinguish the pumpkin light and close up shop. The kids are mainly very small, and are accompanied by their parents who watch from a small distance. Some have very nice costumes!

Talking about getting dark, we put the clocks back on Saturday night (well, actually early Sunday morning) and now it gets dark around 5!

Here are some halloween pictures. But the first one shows Melody, the neighbour's cat who often comes and sits on the windowsill here, hoping for a treat...

Melody is waiting for her 'treat'

'Planning' the pumpkin

It actually looks quite a 'friendly' pumpkin!

These witches and one wizard also got their treats.

Some costumes are more scary than others!