What a difference a week makes. Last week this tree was dropping walnuts all over. It seemed like it was throwing them at me. It was hard to keep up with throwing them out of the fenced area where the dogs play. One of my friends mentioned that walnuts are toxic to dogs so I researched it and according to PetMD and several other sources, black walnuts, which these are, cause several health risks in dogs.
By yesterday the leaves had all turned colors. Last night it rained pretty hard and this morning most of those leaves are on the ground. The leaves of all the different trees change color and drop their leaves at different times, this time of year we have quite a variety of colors. Soon there will be no more green leaves and a month from now almost all the leaves will be on the ground.
October has been a special month since I can remember. My grandfather was born October first. My youngest sister the 2nd, My niece the 18th and my youngest son the 25th. Many other relatives and in-laws also share October birthdays. We have tried to do something special many of those years. This year we won’t be having many trick or treaters, because of the pandemic. Trunk or Treat spots are being set up in certain areas to make it easier for kids and their parents to follow guidelines, so I thought I would post some of my favorite memories and photos of October decorating and past costumes for Halloween.
The Square crow
Our first Square Crow
One of my first memories is not long after we moved to our home, my niece nephew from Ohio, would come visit and spend the night every so often. We did not have kids until several years later, so we really enjoyed the visits. On this particular visit it was October, so we decided to do some fun decorating with the kids outside on our front porch. We built a scare crow Starting with making a face on a pumpkin. Both were too young for carving a face, so we used permanent marker. We set that on the step and built the body around it. Some old jeans a flannel shirt, Gardner’s gloves and a hat all stuffed with straw. They loved it. My nephew was not talking much yet, but my niece called it her square crow. We got so tickled at her we have called them “Square crows” ever since.
Dress Warm play Clothes
Several years ago, my sister brought her grandson over for a visit. After a short time, he decided he would like to play outside. The air had cooled quite a bit by then and he was too chili but hadn’t brought a jacket or anything warmer. I was looking around to see if I still had anything from my boys when they were little. Finally, I found the plastic bin full of outgrown Halloween costumes. It was not yet time for Halloween decorating or costumes, but it was all I had.
I asked my sister and we asked my nephew, her grandson, and he got all excited. I got the tub out and let him go through all the old stuff. He found a top half of a costume that came down past his knees and a mask that covered his head and ears so he would be worm. So, he got dressed warm enough and we went outside. We both had fun with him chasing me around and making scary noises. We used to hang all the outgrown costumes along our fence as part of our decorations, but this was also a great way to use the old costumes.
I will be adding other October Memories throughout the month. Hope you enjoy them. You are welcome to tell us some of your favorite Octobers too. Just post in the comments.
