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Fright Night
Nov. 1st, 2024 07:40 am I carved two pumpkins- one for us and one for the Meeting House. The shoplady at Sainsbury's reminded me that pumpkin seeds are very good roasted- so I roasted some for the Friends.
"How did you do that?" asked Mark- as if he'd never had roasted pumpkin seeds before- and perhaps he hadn't even though he's 70 and widely travelled. "Just spread them out on a baking tray and put them in the oven." I said.
(I left my walking stick in Sainsbury's and Ailz picked it up for me later. It shows I don't really need it.)
In the evening I put a lit pumpkin on the doorstep to show we were friendly and handed out Halloween themed squishies and snap bracelets. There were so many trick or treaters going the rounds that I ran out. Next year we need to buy double. Trick or treating is a very civilised pursuit in this part of the world with most of the kids accompanied by parents and no loose, rude, authentically threatening teens sticking their feet in the door as we sometimes got in Oldham. There were some clever costumes on show.
I had a dream that I was on a bus parked outside a holiday camp. A hearse pulled up behind us and the driver opened the side door as if to give the deceased a last look at a place where he'd been happy- and everyone on the bus applauded.....
"How did you do that?" asked Mark- as if he'd never had roasted pumpkin seeds before- and perhaps he hadn't even though he's 70 and widely travelled. "Just spread them out on a baking tray and put them in the oven." I said.
(I left my walking stick in Sainsbury's and Ailz picked it up for me later. It shows I don't really need it.)
In the evening I put a lit pumpkin on the doorstep to show we were friendly and handed out Halloween themed squishies and snap bracelets. There were so many trick or treaters going the rounds that I ran out. Next year we need to buy double. Trick or treating is a very civilised pursuit in this part of the world with most of the kids accompanied by parents and no loose, rude, authentically threatening teens sticking their feet in the door as we sometimes got in Oldham. There were some clever costumes on show.
I had a dream that I was on a bus parked outside a holiday camp. A hearse pulled up behind us and the driver opened the side door as if to give the deceased a last look at a place where he'd been happy- and everyone on the bus applauded.....
