PoTd - October 31

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Pic-of-The-day - "Ghosts of Halloween Past" part 2.

Halloween photo from my childhood in the 70's.


Steve the Leopard


The earliest Halloween photo I have of my self. The room is my grandparents dining room before they installed the harvest gold linoleum & matching floral wallpaper. Ah, the 70's.

I assume the costume is homemade, but I'm not sure.



I don't remember that far back, but I remember the photo always being around. Today I use a version of it for my profile pic on most sites.

 Dad & The Vampires
 
Halloween photo from my childhood in the  70's,  gotta love that station wagon. 

The hoods and capes where home made  by my grandmother and worn for multiple Halloweens by different grandchildren. 

They are very closely associated in my mind with Halloween in general but more specifically with the idea of making Halloween, as opposed the the current view that Halloween is something you buy.







Jen the Witch


Jen posing in our Grandparents living room in front of heavy curtains that where drawn each night before bed and opened again each morning.


I think the witch costume got recycled a few times as well.

 Jen the Ghost

I wonder if we still have any of those Jack-O-Lantern candy buckets.

I like how the ghost is carrying another ghost. Is it like a doll or more like a pet?

 Steve the Swagman

 If I had to guess I'd date this one to around 1979, maybe 1980.

One thing I remember distinctly about this costume is that the blue pieces hanging from the hat, which should be cork, where made from the projectiles of a nerf gun.

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PoTd - October 30 - Cabbage Night

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 Pic-of-The-day - "One More Day".

 

 Hear in Niagara Falls the night before Halloween is called "Cabbage Night". The name is a regional variation used in this area and few others. Regardless of the name it's a night  for mischief, pranks etc. just as it is in  most other areas.

We haven't really had much trouble, but smashing pumpkins is still quite popular, so we'll probably keep the ones that have already been carved safe in the house or back yard.

Here are more  JOLs (Jack-o-Lanterns) from our 2017 collection.
The cool ones where carved by Kearah
& the regular ones where carved by me.

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PoTd - October 29

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Pic-of-The-day - "Ghosts of Halloween Past" part 1.

Halloween in the 80's.

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PoTd - October 28

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Pic-of-The-day - "Seasonal Craft".

A selection of Jack-o-lanterns from 2017.

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PoTd - October 27

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 Pic-of-The-day - "Sun & Colour".

Old School Sun Dying.  Cloth, plants for colour and a liquid medium, combined with some late after noon light.

My mom is always working on some cool project, usually more than one. She usually making something, by hand, from scratch or using an interesting technique. This time I was in the right place and time to capture some cool pics of this process.

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PoTd - October 26

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 Pic-of-The-day - "Hanging Pumpkin".

Hanging Jack-O-Lantern at the mouth of a dis-used train bridge, with what appears to be a beer tree in the background.

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PoTd - October 25

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Pic-of-The-day - "Red Window".

4k Wallpaper for your favourite device. Available for you to download, use &  share this under the creative commons Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike license.

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PoTd - October 24 - Happy Birthday Geoff!

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Pic-of-The-day - "Happy Birthday".

Halloween in the mid to late 80's. By this time I was too cool to dress up for Halloween.
This is my Brother Geoff at his birthday party in October.
I remember a lot of Halloween themed birthday parties.

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PoTd - October 23

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Pic-of-The-day - "Morning Dew".

A nice little scene that caught my eye on the way into the shop one morning.

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PoTd - October 22

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Pic-of-The-day - "Witch at Work".

The "Witch" did return and still haunts the spot.
Photos of Halloween Past - 2008.

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