Dear Liza,
I know you’ve always asked yourself, “What does one wear to spent a freezing Halloween night in a cemetery? Well, I will show you.
This weekend I volunteered at the Tour of Untimely Departures in Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery. The skies were clear, but it was forecast to be in the low 40s…. So I knew I needed layers. Remember, these are not three separate outfits.
This was all on me at the same time.
Layer #1. Long underwear and wooly socks.
Layer #2. Turtleneck sweater and jeans over the underwear.
Layer #3. Victorian blouse, vest, and skirt. This is the ‘costume’ part. The watch cap will save my ears!
Final ghoulish layer #4. Shroud-ish scarf and heavy black gloves. The little shoulder bag held energy bars to keep me fed for the six hour shift! My heavy Portland boots finished things off and kept my twinkle-toes warm.
And doesn’t Bridgett’s artwork make my face scary?
See you in the cemetery!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 