{"id":20918,"date":"2021-10-31T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=20918"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:06:42","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=20918","title":{"rendered":"Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20920\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20920\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Our Neighbors\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186804.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Neighbors<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we did a lot for Halloween. When Dorothy was little, we&#8217;d usually go out with Rick, Melissa, and their two girls in their neighborhood. We haven&#8217;t done that since Dorothy was 11. She went out a few times after that when she was in middle school but going out trick-or-treating has been a thing of the past for a while now. When we moved into this neighborhood it wasn&#8217;t filled with children. We&#8217;d get a handful of groups of slightly older kids, assuming we even bothered to stay home for them. Sometimes we go to one of our parents&#8217; houses and give out candy there, instead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20921\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20921\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Our Neighbors\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_20211031_186795.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Neighbors<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently, however, the neighborhood, particularly our immediate neighborhood, has turned over and there are a lot of kids. We have really enjoyed having them all around us, although I must admit it sometimes makes me feel a bit old (I suppose that&#8217;s mostly because I <em>am<\/em> old, but whatever). It was clear that there would be more kids out this year and there were. I took a few pictures of the neighbors on both sides of us, all dressed up and ready to go. We&#8217;re really fortunate to have such nice neighbors and we love to be able to hear their children playing.<\/p>\n<p>We sat in the driveway and gave out candy to over 50 kids. Next year, assuming it isn&#8217;t raining, we&#8217;ll probably bring the fire pit around and have that going. One other cool thing was that we had a barred owl (<em>Strix varia<\/em>) perch in our tree while we were out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we did a lot for Halloween. When Dorothy was little, we&#8217;d usually go out with Rick, Melissa, and their two girls in their neighborhood. We haven&#8217;t done that since Dorothy was 11. 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