Boo!

Halloween is big in our neighborhood. Lots of people spider web their bushes and set out pumpkins and we were promised trick-or-treaters. So we decided to get into the spirit too.

We started out the day with a healthy breakfast of organ cakes and congealed blood, moldy eggs, and buggy bananas.*

*pumpkin pancakes with apple butter, scrambled eggs with chard and garlic, and bananas with currants.

Then we tapped in to the inner artist and honed our pumpkin carving skills. Ruby on the left is made entirely with fruit and vegetable pieces: banana hat, orange peel eyes, a green bean for a nose, and a pomegranate smile. Bad Teeth Jack on the right was an exercise in flexibility. The pumpkin was rotten on the inside, mostly only on one side. So the affected area was excised to become a gaping mouth and the rest was improvised. And the little mini pumpkins are carved out just enough to fit a tea light, kind of like autumn luminarias.

We also had a spider’s nest appear with webs of spiders crawling out. Oooooo, spooky.

And, yes, I dressed up for the occassion. I was the Mother of All Evil. And you can see I brought along my black cat too.

A successful and spooktacular day. Happy Halloween!