Halloween Night and all the Delights.

We really enjoy the Fall time, even here in the Southwest. We don't really have a changing of the leaves, but the temperatures usually cool down at night, which is just lovely after a hot and dusty summer. Now if only we could get some rain. Another thing I like about the Fall is the holidays. Halloween is such a fun time and gives you the oportunity to decorate your house in unusual things. Here are some of the fun and unique things we enjoy having around this time of year.

Orange and black couch covers. Is that an eyeball sitting there? I also see a few dog toys there which are not a part of the decore.


Black throws with happy skelletons cover my living room chair while an end table with crystal ball glows an erie blue .


Spooky Village/ left side.


Spooky Village / right side.

One thing I really missed this year was a carmel apple from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Our nearest one closed down right before October. I think they have the best carmel apples in the world.

I also missed eating a slice of one of D.L. White's amazing Halloween cakes.

We also usually watch the Nightmare Before Christmas on Halloween night after trick or treating, but this year I had to work and missed seeing the show. Every year is different!

This year trick or treating was a great success and passing out candy at our door was fun. We carved two pumpkins, and ate too much candy. All in all a great time.


The smiley pumpkin. Isn't he cute? I designed his face myself. My 3 year old tried to help me carve the pumpkin with a butter knife.


The Moon Pumpkin. This was my husband's design. I wish I had thought of it. I really liked it was simple, but beautiful.

Halloween 2009

Hallween isn't the same without some home made treats. I wish I had time for carmel apples, but I made some home made cup cakes instead. These were baked with unbleached wheat flour and vanila butter cream frosting, colored in a light tinted orange. I also added some Halloween sprinkles to give them a bit of variety to each cup cake. I think they turned out well.


Halloween isn't complete without a really big candy dish.


You must have candy corn!


This is part of our spooky village that we put up each year. This year my 3 year old was big enough to help and he did all the "fallen" leaves around the black trees. This is our "Haunted Tower Tours" is next to the grave yard. I wasn't able to include all the village buildings, but here are three of them. Each building lights up, or in this case the gargoyle flies around the top of the tower counter clock wise.


The House of Oddities. It seems like some of the moster's might actually escape...lets hope not.



The Gave Yard with spooky purple lights in the mausoleum. I think we may have an infestation of vampires living in there.