Lots of smiles for the lil' trick or treaters!

HA HA HALLOWEEN HA HA HALLOWEEN HA HA HALLOWEEN

"Carl, do you think we will get any trick or treaters for Halloween tonight." "Nah. I think the cat keeps scaring them away."

This is actually better enlarged, there is a spider hanging from the tree,

Hearse pulled by skeleton horse and rider with skeleton driver.

This is actually an outdoor floor mat. I "cleaned" it up in Adobe. It looks a little rougher in real life. Happy Halloween.

Dorothy's famous area in Kansas.

Watch out watch out there's a skeleton about!!!

Mommie, what do I do?

Beware the doorbell's ring...

BEWARE TRICK OR TREATERS! Breakin' out and Breakin' through, with those creepy eyes on you!

This year I WILL hand-out FLOSS . . . not CANDY!

Jolly Roger's Yard Lights.

Ghost and Goblin Gourds

TRICK OR TREAT!

Golden Orbweaver

Farmers are proud to sell big pumpkins (In Southwestern France)

On the Market of Pau city, France

Physalis franchetti (Southwestern France)

Two hikers stopped in their tracks as they hiked that trail near Taft Point. There was a full moon that lit the trail as clouds drifted across its light. They could not imagine what monster lurked along the trail. They waited and the monster waited. The flashlight deepened the shadows of the monster's twisted body. It's face was distorted beyond anything they could have imagined. It was a long frightening night.

I hope you have candy!

Welcome Children. We have lots of candy!

Only the trick or treaters know what lives under the porch.

Not your typical wedding! Do we look a little out of place?

This shot was taken during the last days of the Ghost Town before it was going to be replaced by a strip mall development. I shot this through a window of the saloon and thought the bullet hole in the glass would add an interesting touch. When I got home and downloaded the shot, I found a face in the bullet hole in the glass. Do you see it. It took me a while to figure it out what luck had produced this shot. Happy Halloween.

Tupilak, Greenland In Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) folklore, a tupilaq was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, hair, etc...) The creature was given life by being allowed to ##### the vital essence or life force from its creator's sexual organs. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy. The use of a tupilaq was risky, however, because if it was sent to destroy someone who had greater magical powers than the one who had formed it, it could be sent back to kill its maker instead, although the maker of tupilaq could escape by public confession of his/her own deed. Because tupilaqs were made in secret, in isolated places and from perishable materials, none have been preserved. Early European visitors to Greenland, fascinated by the native legend, were eager to see what tupilaqs looked like so the Inuit began to carve representations of them out of Sperm Whale. Today, tupilaqs of many different shapes and sizes are carved from various materials such as narwhal and walrus tusk, wood and caribou antler. They are an important part of Greenlandic Inuit art and are highly prized as collectibles.

Where devils pop their heads from the top on the Night of Halloween

Some folks say , by the light of the day, they don't believe it's true, That Ghosts will haunt far from their homes and the Witches make their brew Do you know when the lights are low they don't seem quite so keen And they don't dare go anywhere On the Night Of Halloween

Moonlit Night - Moseley, VA

Carved spider in a pumpkin....

sure glad it's daylight

like my new glasses?

did I scare ya?

More goes on on Halloween Night than most people realize!

HALLOWEEN HANGOVERS!~

Neighbors and cousins in our house - 1955 - not the most politically correct costumes in 2010

My Aunt and her best friend in our kitchen (my sister seems amazed) 1955 - Indiana

My sister, brother, cousins and me in Grandma's kitchen, 1955 rural Indiana. Some pretty inventive costumes

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Inspired by a Metallica song...I was listening to the radio and their song came on while I was thinking up a idea what to do with this tombstone photo I took.

Wooden carved owl on top of a post with the moon in the background made for a good pic.

Squirrel on the Pumpkin

Halloween, the morning after, as seen by a pumpkin.

The worst kind of Halloween trick...Snow on Halloween!

Muahh, ha ha ha, from Melbourne, FL..

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Saw this cute Halloween display in a waiting room. All the white dots were little lights blinking. (#019817-790k)

Here is the ghost of my friend Hal coming back to haunt me, as he long promised. I'll never be safe...

OK - so this isn't exactly candlelight but I thought it had many of the same characteristics. The interior light for the pumpkin is actually a little green LCD light that I thought added to the spookiness of the photo (more so than the original candle). All other light is done via "light painting" with a small flash light.

We're the farmer's scarecrows, we scare away the birds. We keep the farmer's corn safe...without any words. But when Halloween comes, we jump out of the ground...and we scare the boys and girls when they come walking 'round. Author unknown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMG_3894 This photo was taken at a Shell gas station near Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Oct 2010). Creative-Challenge-TrickorTreat, Oct 21, 2010. Winners' Circle (7th place) Oct 26, 2010.

Venus & Di Milo in a Gothic Haunted House on All Hallow's Eve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DSC_0050 Venus loves to purr and is often referred to as a "Purr Factory". When she is not manufacturing purr, she is busy catnapping. Di Milo (orange tabby) is a smiling and rambunctious kitten who loves to climb. Both were 3 months old when photographed (Oct 2009). Creative-Challenge-TrickorTreat, Oct 21, 2010.

10/16/10 near Pine Grove, PA

An old abandoned house near Benton, PA, 10/26/09

IMG_3866 Author Unknown. I took this photo at a Shell gas station near Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Oct 2010). Creative-Challenge-TrickorTreat, Oct 21, 2010.

size is difficult to tell with nothing to compare it to, but this is only about 3-4 inches across

Brady found these as he was weeding. What an exciting find. And me with my camera. Check it out full size but don't get grossed out. I wonder how many little spiderlings are in there. The egg sack is under a daylily leaf so the size of it is actually quite small, 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter.

Beechmore Manor

The Cemetary.......

Face for fright

Not sure I'd want to trick or treat here! LOL

Photoshop

Just a quick one in photoshop, found the ears in google.

Photoshop

HPOTD Oct 31, 2009 & 1st place in the Spookey Challenge. - The Infrared Background is from my "Infrared" album. The Skeleton was taken from the Natural Museum found in my "London" Album If you have a chance, please visit those 2 albums. Have a great day. Michel

Treat me or I will trick you!!! said the black cat. . . .

A pumpkin owl on the graveyard!

Seems to happen every Halloween!

Build in 1869. Rumoured to be haunted.

Lambchops revenge!

This photo was accepted in the 2009 FOCUS NJ Artist Gallery last November, Art Center of Northern NJ in New Milford NJ. Taken at sunset in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg PA. Only addition to the photo was from Picnic of the bat, and I enhanced the moon to make it show clearer. As you can see the colors were amazing that night.

on a more cheery note - here is a happy fiberoptic jack-o-lantern at Michaels

looking into the base of the Lookout Tower at Garrett Mountain. That is the best scare of all - not knowing what is beyond and our imagination going wild.

Better skip this stop kiddies!

Small South Dansville Graveyard in the Hills of Steuben County, Arkport, NY

What a Great Day to sit and watch these Vultures sitting so peacefully on Tom of Headstones in the Graveyard of South Dansville Hills in Steuben County, Arkport, NY

It works! Do you see a crow around here?

What will I not do for a challenge?

If you look into the flame you can see a Woman's Eye this is what a Friend pointed out to me. See if you can find the eye in the flame.

Le hameau de la reine marie antoinette