Another reason this is my favorite time of year has to do with the yard decorations that appear as we cruise through October and approach Halloween. Christmas may get all the notoriety for most decorations but for my liking the fall/Halloween ones are much nicer.
Christmas decorations are over the top (literally on the roof) and involve lots of bright lights and colorful scenes reminiscent of a whorehouse. The reason for the season seems to be how tacky and tasteless can we all decorate our houses and front yards so that we can feel like we’ve done something special. Clark Griswold in National Lampoon comes to mind.
On the other end of the decoration spectrum however, the fall/Halloween season features mostly orange and black colors, no lights, and an overall more “earthy” vibe with pumpkins and bales of hay. Here are some photos I took of decorated front yards that caught my eye as I travelled the roads.
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| Hendersons – Ridge |
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| Leahy Dr. – Piney Point |
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| Mary Lillian Hewitt – Callaway |
And Linda’s pink flamingos wondering “Where’d those pumpkins come from?”
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| Linda Raley – Ridge |
I remember when I first played Donovan’s Sunshine Superman album, I immediately liked the following song. Never knew what the hell he was singing about (e,g, “beatniks out to make it rich”) but still a great song. (Likewise, I’m not too sure about this video either other than it will keep your attention.)