Dear Liza,
We are in the ramp-up to what Grandpa Nelson calls “decoration season”. It starts with Halloween and flows past Thanksgiving, right into Christmas. Every time we go out for a walk to the market or post office, we take time to “check out the spooks”.

And we are never disappointed! This gigantic Japanese maple sprouts eyes and fangs, looking like Sweetums the muppet.

This skiing skeleton is perched on a vegetable arbor, and does not look very confident.

This “normal sized” demon-dude has a motion detector, and shoots up to ten feet tall when you walk by! It kind of takes your breath away.

At the same house, the smaller creatures are situated so they look even better in harmony. This long shot past the ghoul to the demon is really good decoration planning.

And of course, everyone likes a skeleton selfie!

Love,
Grandma Judy