Tuesday 4........End of October

Photo from our recent trip to Vermont

It's time again for Tuesday 4 hosted by Anne from Cottage by the sea. Published each week in memory of Toni Taddeo, it's original author.We keep Toni Taddeo's original idea alive here with 4 questions each week

October is fast slipping away though it seems to have only just begun!

Columbus Day is over but it will end with All Hallows Eve or Halloween.. the night before All Saint's Day when Christian martyrs are remembered and honored.   All hallows eve really means, the night before the holy martyrs day but somehow it became associated with spooky happenings.  Let's talk about the end of October.

1. Do you give out candy on Halloween to neighborhood kids? Did you ever.. have you always? We used to give out candy when we lived in a neighborhood and were home. Often our church would do some kind of event so we weren't home. Now we live on a private road and most kids on the road if they trick or treat go down to neighborhoods. So I don't keep anything around. 

2. We must dress up as this Halloween.. Yes, you have to !  What will your costume be this year? Oh boy!!! I really don't know. Something simple, and comfortable. Maybe I'd find a formal dress and be a Prom Queen. 

3. Have you ever carved pumpkins? Yes, a lot...I don't enjoy it quite so much now, but it is kind of fun. There are so many cool "no carve" ideas that someday I might try those. We never really decorated or celebrated Halloween...so when we carved pumpkins it was always something cute. Have you visited the gorgeous Hudson Valley in New York state? I haven't visited there.

4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving takes place in Sleepy Hollow a town known today as Tarrytown, NY. a lovely town in the Hudson Valley not far from the Catskill Mountains, site of Rip Van Winkle.     The Hudson Valley is considered one of the most beautiful places in America. The Hudson separates NY from New Jersey  Do you know the Legend of Sleepy Hollow? How about Rip Van Winkle? Do you believe either could be based on true stories as some believe?  Why/ why not? I do know the legends, but don't believe they are true. I'm curious to see other people's thoughts. maybe there are parts of the legends that are loosely based on events, but probably not the Rip Van Winkle. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin