"This is Halloween, this is Halloween,

Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween". Pictures and poems and photos and fun.

Victoria. Mischievous and sometimes downright naughty 🦇

I love the spooky season…

I love the magic and mayhem, the dark nights and bright moon, the crisp cold and cozy warm.

And to my absolute delight, I share this love with my beautiful friend Lydia, who has this to say…

October

The sun has set on summer
October’s come to call
The crops are ripe for harvest
And leaves begin to fall

The air is crisp and bitter
The evenings dark but clear
So snuggle up in blankets
As the colder nights draw near

Acorns are finders keepers
Its time for conker fights
Carve your jack o’lanterns
Put them out and set alight

As All Hallow’s Eve approaches
watch the skies from east to west
For October is the month
That we witches love the best 

Written by

Lydia Saward

My earliest memory of Halloween is of my mum, making a poster out of old wallpaper. She painted a sunset sky in a vibrant gradient of reds and yellows and oranges and added cutout silhouettes of witches on broomsticks and bats and cauldrons and black cats on roofs. It was awesome.

I have lost count of the number of pumpkins I have carved over the years. I have painted faces with skeletal masks, zombie miens, wicked witches and werewolf scars. I have made spooky decorations and spookier costumes. I even tried a pumpkin spiced latte once.

homemade Halloween! from my camera roll

When October comes to call, I am waiting, ready to climb up into the loft to find the severed hands and skeletons and skulls, my potion book, tall black hat and broomstick…

Halloween

Come out, come out my dearies
All Hallows Eve is nigh
With spells and tricks, your best broomsticks
Soar up into the sky

Fly high, fly high my dearies
And cackle loud and long
Call out black cats and vampire bats
with your haunting song

Brew fast, brew fast my dearies
Keep your cauldrons hot
We've just one night to serve a fright
Add spiders to your pot

Look up, look up my dearies
The moon is full and white
The ghosts and ghouls and grey werewolves
Are roaming free tonight

Be gone, be gone my dearies
Before the sun doth rise
Hide your power past the witching hour
Cast your human disguise

Written by

Lydia Saward

And if you are looking for something to spice up your own Halloween there’s a devilishly delightful collection of high resolution spooky clip art available in my gallery! 🎃🦇👻

Until next time….