So much I could blog about - but do I want to? The world is on fire.
So how about a little Halloween fun while we can have it? It's 100% social distanced, and no masks are required if you simply read it on my blog.
Saturday, I blogged about Scarecrows at the Park.
Each October, at Otsiningo Park in Binghamton, New York, there has been an annual Scarecrow Contest and Display .
Various groups (mostly non profits, but a handful of families) enter this contest where visitors to the park judge and vote for the best scarecrow. The contest ended Sunday, but I have more photos from my visit I'd like to share with you.
A tribute to essential workers. Sadly, the nursing home that sponsored this entry was one of several that has been hit hard.
Esmeralda.
The winner will be announced later today.
I will have more of these on Friday.
So, to end this post, I'd like to take a quick poll of my readers: are you going to celebrate Halloween this year? If so, how?
I am reminded that we humans have weathered many pandemics in history. We are not alone in our suffering. In fact, our current Western society in the United States can be said to be partially a product of past pandemics - everything from the Black Death to the 1918 flu pandemic that killed some 50 million worldwide.
We are entitled to joy.
Tomorrow is not guaranteed, and it is simply a more visible fact.
We will find a way to joy, even if it is visiting a scarecrow contest.
Oh yeah, that first one ...
ReplyDeleteWe bought some candy but I don’t think we will get many trick or treaters.
We had plans to visit a haunted house, but we are rethinking those plans.
As much of a fan as I am of the traditional (scary) themed ones, I have to admit that I love the heart behind the first three. Looking forward to hearing which one wins.
ReplyDeleteI have my indoor decorations up, but not in front windows where passers-by can see. I am not decorating outside, and not giving out candy, or answering the door. My state health department would like us to NOT trick or treat. I don't want kids going up to strangers' doors, within a few feet of them and take things from them! I am not sure why any parent would allow it. My county has more positive virus cases, and the public schools aren't even open. Keep kids away from people! (I saw a couple with a newborn baby at the grocery the other day. Why? Let one stay home or in the car with the baby.)
ReplyDeleteReally unsettled about what to do on Halloween. We love it so much! We are participating with other members of our church in a 'Trunk or Treat' which will be completely controlled and socially distanced. Maybe I'll just call it 'done' with that! Choices? Hmmm... Any of the first three are perfect tributes to the day. The last two seem more...Halloween-ey!
ReplyDeleteYay RBG. Awesome. And I'm not a history expert, but I read somewhere that these sorts of plagues have a tendency to change society in the aftermath. May it be so for our highest good.
ReplyDeleteI love this very fun season.
ReplyDeleteCarol Cassara
The last one is real scary...We only celebrated Helloween once, because it wasn't a tradition in the part of our Country, where we lived, but we like to see all the decorations on the blogs👻🎃Scary Pawkisses for a Happy Wednesday🐾😽💞
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