All Hallows Eve

Halloween is many things to many people.  To our kids, it is a chance to pretend to be anything they can dream up while simultaneously receiving the gold coins of childhood – heaps of candy.  For the parents it’s a time of buying way more candy than one would normally allow in the house while simultaneously searching near and far for the “perfect” wig and small tubes of white cream make-up. 

For the local farmers it’s easily one of the busiest times of the year.  We spent the day up at Green Bluff, once again enjoying the company of over 100 alpacas, plus two llamas and a slightly cantankerous barn cat.  The air was crisp, the breeze just enough to keep us cool while we tended the pastures, and the roiling clouds were just getting ready for the night’s trick-or-treating.

As in years past, it was cold that night, leading some to hide their costumes with thick coats (mostly the very young and very old).  And yet, it didn’t stop most from coming out and walking the neighborhoods in search of sugary goodness.  We love fall in Spokane and Halloween is an integral part of that.  Yay for the ghosts and ghouls and pumpkins.