So, Halloween is likely to be the first 'celebration' that we'll see since lockdown. Not that there were any particular celebrations from June to October (as some of you may have heard from me before, there's a June long weekend - "The Queen's Birthday" and the "October Long Weekend") and although Halloween isn't a big thing usually, I think it might be a little bigger this year because of lockdown.
So, plans.
Pumpkin carving. I think I will if the shops sell the pumpkins. I can display them up on the porch, visible from the street.
In contrast, I would really like to make this design to hang in the window: it's Luther's Rose - a seal of the Reformation, which is also celebrated on the 31st October. But hoo boy, that'll be a lot of work for a month! 75 x 75 inch-squares is...a lot of squares.
Don't know if we'll be allowed picnics/gathering by that time, but I might arrange for an afternoon tea on the lawn if I can. That would be fun, and nice to see people and socialise a little.
Trick or treat; last year I pegged chocolate bars on fencing across the yard and kids were invited to come into the yard and take a chocolate. There was a sign on the gate. Not everyone read it. I'll make a bigger one this year.
Decorating the yard... Hm. I might look up what kinds of decorations are doable but easily compostable. I did a course on weaving/basketry with natural materials, I should try some of those. I could probably put a tealight in a jar, hang the jar on a wire up in a tree, then put a woven basketry thing around it for decoration. And probably not set the whole thing alight. Probably.
So, plans.
Pumpkin carving. I think I will if the shops sell the pumpkins. I can display them up on the porch, visible from the street.
In contrast, I would really like to make this design to hang in the window: it's Luther's Rose - a seal of the Reformation, which is also celebrated on the 31st October. But hoo boy, that'll be a lot of work for a month! 75 x 75 inch-squares is...a lot of squares.
Don't know if we'll be allowed picnics/gathering by that time, but I might arrange for an afternoon tea on the lawn if I can. That would be fun, and nice to see people and socialise a little.
Trick or treat; last year I pegged chocolate bars on fencing across the yard and kids were invited to come into the yard and take a chocolate. There was a sign on the gate. Not everyone read it. I'll make a bigger one this year.
Decorating the yard... Hm. I might look up what kinds of decorations are doable but easily compostable. I did a course on weaving/basketry with natural materials, I should try some of those. I could probably put a tealight in a jar, hang the jar on a wire up in a tree, then put a woven basketry thing around it for decoration. And probably not set the whole thing alight. Probably.