As a bit of diversion from the very sad events of which I've been writing, I'd like to introduce y'all to a couple of items from my vast stores of cardboard Halloween decorations. I collect vintage Halloween stuff (including vintage reproductions; I'm not picky), and this picture is of my pride and joy, Pumpkin Man (able to leap tall trick-or-treaters in a single bound)! He's a big feller, probably from the 1950s or perhaps a bit earlier. You can't see it from the pic, but he has pointy shoes (I am sure Manolo the Shoeblogger would find those to be "superfantastic".) Pumpkin Man is doing the John Travolta dance on my living room wall. And yes, he's creepy...but this is one reason I like decorations of this kind much better than the cutesy stuff (although, okay, I have cutesy stuff, including Halloween wind-up toys).
Now, this fellow is my latest acquisition. He actually can dance if you hold him by the string, but for now, he's on my wall next to the dining area. I wanted to name him Keith Richards, but my younger son said his ribcage is far too large.
I'm really happy to be able to take pictures using my laptop, though it's unwieldy, like trying to take pictures with a....er...hmmm..well, with a laptop! I'll try to tinker with the photos a bit to make them more presentable (that is, if you call a pic of Pumpkin Man "presentable" ever)...
By the way, from the Halls of Spell-Check--the one on blogger tried to correct "trick-or-treaters" as "trick-or-traitors!" Is that what Dubya calls Halloween at Gitmo? Or is it a term for those parents who tiptoe in the night to their innocent children's treat bags, looting them of Butterfingers and Reese's Pieces one by one?
Not like I've ever done that myself, mind you....
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