When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
My 'O' Level English teacher once said that I must have been a witch in a previous life because when she took us to see Macbeth at Stratford-Upon-Avon I could interpret what was being said. Ummm... a strange way to encourage a teenager to embrace Shakespeare!
Originally today was called All Hallow's Eve, in preparation for Hallowmas which is tomorrow and All Soul's Day on Wednesday and the date (as with many religious dates) probably harks back to Pagan times as a celebration of the end of the autumn harvest and the beginning of the shorter, darker days to come. We put our clocks back an hour in the British Isles yesterday, so it will feel like winter come teatime.
I have to admit I'm not a massive fan of celebrating Halloween. When I was little it was practically unheard of in England. We all looked forward to bonfires and fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night, which is next weekend. My cauldron recently bubbled over when I saw, hope you are sitting down for this, "Happy Halloween" cards, in my local gift shop. What on earth????? All that said this is another nature table type photo, as I couldn't resist this little stripy pumpkin that I found locally - more cute than scary! I've seen some wonderful photos of carved pumpkins in the past few days, some are real works of art. The wonderful colours on my back lawn and are also displayed in the basket, I'm not looking forward to raking them up though.
So watch who you cross this evening if you are out trick or treating.
Fire burn and caldron bubble...
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