Here's a preview of our porch squash, after we spent hours on Wednesday carving them:

( under hurr )

I'll be adding to this later (probably while the trick-o'-treaters are coming around), when it's dark again and we've added the rest of our decorations for the evening. In addition, I roasted the seeds from 3 of the pumpkins with a sweet/salty mixture (butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and orange peel) and tonight I'm cooking beef stew with squash, turnips and sundried tomatoes.

Later on I'm going to commune with my mom's deceased dad. I've been kind of doing this unofficially every year, but this year I'm going to encourage J to join in, as well. I know he has a few people he'd like to pay homage to in that respect.

Be safe, everyone, and have a great holiday, no matter how you spend it! ♥