Thursday 6 November 2008

Hallowe'en in Essex



I had a wonderful Hallowe'en weekend in Essex visiting my dear friends Kevin & Ann.
We carved pumpkins and planned treats for trick or treaters...
We walked Sancha the labrador puppy in the woods, fields and by the lake, enjoying brilliant autumn leaf colours under sweeping Essex skies...
Charlotte baked yummy gingerbread pumpkins and 'spiderweb' cupcakes for us...
10-year-old Mikey went trick or treating (dressed as a Jedi knight!) and came back with plenty of sweeties to share around...
We snuggled up in the lounge to watch Hocus Pocus and drink mulled wine as a constant stream of trick-or-treaters in fabulous costumes called by...
I learned how to play Chinese chequers...
Ann kept us well-fed with her delicious cooking (I have brought home her recipe for roast parsnip soup!)...
And we talked, talked, talked, about good times past and those yet to come...

1 comment:

Griffin said...

Glad to hear you had a fab Hallowe'en and remembered times past. Soon it will be Yule and there will be more feasting, drinking and er, watching telly!... as the Ancient Britons used to do... especially ye tellye as it was called... or not!