When the Owls Begin to Hoot -Postcard Friendship Friday #476

This has to be one of my favorite Halloween postcards.  The child in the clown costume, sitting in a pine tree with owls over the full moon...and a stack of Jack o' lanterns to boot.

When the owls begin to hoot!

Quickly don your Mummer's suit,

Steal softly out and don't be late,

For Hallowe'en decides your fate.

I love owls and have often heard them singing softly in harmony in the forests of my childhood.  I know where that term "hootenanny" came from!  Owls really do sing in harmony.

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A Merry Hallowe'en!

I adore the artwork of Ellen Clapsaddle.  Her paintings of children remind me of my own when they were small.  She catches the essence of the mischief and beauty of childhood. 

Here two little girls are playing a familiar Halloween game, peeling an apple, then throwing the long peel over one's shoulder to see what letter of the alphabet it resembles when it lands.  The theory is that letter is the first initial of the guy or gal one might marry someday.  Haha

Have a great week.  Fall is here--but winter is not far behind.  Blessings and hope to you dear ones.

A Thrilling Halloween -Postcard Friendship Friday #427

I have such wonderful memories of Halloween from when I was a child.  There was a great fir tree which grew at the edge of the woods behind our home.  My siblings and I played underneath it so often the ground became hard and smooth.  It was like an outdoor playhouse.  We would sweep the "floors" and eat our lunches out there,  We played games and built forts in its branches...it was a wonderful place, full of mystery and imagination.

Halloween was when we would make ghosties to hang on the branches of the trees, along with other scary decorations.  The funny thing was, when it was time to go out in the darkness--we were too scared by our own stories to do so!

And that postcard?  I think if I saw a pumpkin looking in the door, I would be a tad bit frightened too!

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Afraid of His Own Shadow -Postcard Friendship Friday #378

When I was a child, we lived on the edge of a vast forest.  The woods became our playground.  Especially one huge old fir tree next to our home.  We played under it so often the ground became as hard as a floor.  It was our outdoor playroom. 

When Halloween came around we would decorate underneath that tree.  We would sweep the "floor" and hang little hand-made ghosts in the tree branches.   We created scary exhibits of goblins and frightening creatures using whatever we had around the house.  It was all great fun...until the sun went down.

Then we were so scared, we wouldn't dare venture out to see our creations, even using candles.  We were, haha, afraid of our own shadows.

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A Merry Halloween -Postcard Friendship Friday #190

This lovely postcard has a rare feature!  Her arm moves!  How it survived through the years is anyone's guess--but it is wonderful she made it unscathed.

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A Jolly Halloween -Postcard Friendship Friday #189

When I was a child, "us kids" loved to play beneath a tall fir tree in the woodlands behind where we lived.  We played there so often, the earth had become packed hard like a floor.  We would sweep the tree needles from the dirt floor with the fragrant ends of fir branches.

In October we sometimes would decorate our magical play place for Halloween.  Paper ghosts hung overhead from long pieces of thin string, jeans and shirt were stuffed to give the likeness of a scary headless man lurking in the shadows. There were places to sit, scraps of cloth spread over crookedly devised tables.  We had a some candles and carved pumpkins, of course.

But when it actually came time to go out into the forest on Halloween...in the dark.  We couldn't make ourselves move from the back porch to the woods.  We had so scared ourselves with ghoulish ghost stories and the like, we had become frightened of our own shadows!  Still--it was a GREAT deal of fun to decorate underneath that tree. 

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Scarecrow in Pink - Postcard Friendship Friday #31

I love this time of year, with its cooler temperatures, nostalgic feel and harvest celebrations.  But who knew this is the time when scarecrows dance?  I like the whimsical feel of this wonderful old postcard! 

To see more mailboxes and all things postal, visit Gemma at Greyscale Territory for Weekend Mailbox.

Once more I am combining Postcard Friendship Friday with Pink Saturday.  For more wonderful things in pink, visit Bev at Pink Saturday!

Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!