Halloween is in the Air

It’s beginning to feel a lot like fall. The only difference is we are in the Midwest for a few days visiting with friends and colleagues. We haven’t been back for three years - the longest stretch since we moved to DC thirteen years ago. It is the first time that we are staying for more than a long weekend. I originally thought a month might be a better idea, but my husband thought two weeks would be the limit. The time is just flying by. So we drove around a bit yesterday to pick up some groceries at Sendik’s, and the Halloween decorations are already out. One house along the north shore was so packed with junk it was hard to see the lawn. The display in front of the grocery store was pretty with mums, real and fake  pumpkins. There were a couple of Skelton’s waving and a pumpkin patch set up in front of the Methodist church. In our old familiar neighborhood there was a light display and a graveyard with “cute” head stones. My parents always came for a two week visit from Florida to see us in October - my dad’s favorite time of year. So far it’s been a treat.