Welcome to the new week. Hope all the UK types remembered to put their clocks back. We'll do it in another couple of weeks.
Thanks, AQ-!! Great sculptures!
Good Morning, Everyone. Dry again, here.
Gosh, it's the end of October already..... where does it go?
I'm off to accompany my Friend on a shopping expedition. I may look for small Ch ****** gifts as I give each of my grandchildren a stocking with small items each year. Then we hope to find some lunch.
Here's today's pic:
"I like to eat my brother!"
An over enthusiastic kiss, methinks.
I've never seen so many skeletons! The first bunch was a dozen wee ones. Then they flooded in twos and small groups until the last huge group of 20 or more and I ran out of sweets. It was pleasing to see Dads as well as Mums accompanying the groups. Good manners - lots of Thanks You's and Happy Halloween's.
Can somebody please clarify for me: what exactly is a "Happy Halloween"?
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
I have great respect for your Christian beliefs, OG, as you know, but I suppose that not everyone is interested in the origins and meanings of Halloween and its association with the dead and the earlier pagan rituals held at this time.. It has just become another time for parties, just as many folk say' Happy Christmas' or 'Happy Easter' without wanting or needing to know the true meaning of either festival. I've yet to hear 'Happy Guy Fawkes Day', though!
HEATHER It'll come.
DIBNLIB - You are probably right! It will be 'Happy Bonfire night'. Even M and S food hall has a display with 'Happy Halloween' on a poster.
Heather/OG/AQ: Here we also have Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday celebrated the same days as All Saints and All Souls days. However, before the Spanish invasion/colonization of Mexico, it was apparently celebrated at the beginning of summer and was changed, one assumes, as part of Catholicism's efforts to "embrace" so-called pagan rituals while giving them the Church's stamp of approval by linking them to Christian holidays (I'm sure it's more complicated than that!). Anyway, Dia de los Muertos is when families of the dearly departed honor the lives of their ancestors. Not sure how it's evolved over the years, but it's definitely perceived as a celebration of those lives. Regarding "Happy" Halloween, I'm now convinced that it's the folks who make costumes, candy and related products that are happiest, especially as this year has apparently seen an increase in Halloween spending. We don't typically get greeted with Happy Halloween; much more likely it's "Trick or Treat." I'm assuming "Happy Guy Fawkes" isn't too far in UK futures. :-)
Off to tea with Brit friend I haven't seen for ages to catch up on my recent trip and hear about her upcoming trip home...
On breakfast television a couple of days ago they were talking about Hallowe'en and mentioned that "in the olden days" children used to say a poem or sing in order to earn a sweet. Well that is exactly what my friends and I used to do and it was only 50 or so years ago. Not what I would regard as "the olden days", or perhaps I am kidding myself!!!!