Thanks, and Bye!!

Verona, Wisconsin, October 31, 2012. Happy Halloween, Everybody.

Pilgrim

Suburban Chicago, October 1970. I am ready for the party.

Happy Halloween.

Suburban Chicago, October 31, 1967. I revisit my favorite costume.

My paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, sewed a white, trick-or-treating tote to match the costume. I dragged the tote through the puddles as my Best Friend and I walked around the neighborhood late in the afternoon that Halloween. When I got home, Tatjana and my Mom saw that the bag—and the candy I'd collected—had been soaked. They threw everything away. I only got the remnants of what we'd bought to pass out to trick-or-treaters. The splendid variety of my haul was gone, and I was left with one bag of Life Savers.

A Ghost Town, in Three Takes

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Near Flathead Lake, Montana, July 1987. Be cautious when you snoop around: people still live in some of these cabins.

Party Preparations

Suburban Chicago, October 31, 1961. This snapshot shows a view of the Rec Room before my Parents redecorated it. The top of the play table is uncluttered.

Seasonal Reunion

Verona, Wisconsin, October 28, 2015. Mr. Irene participated in a carving contest at work.

A Seasonal Event

Suburban Chicago, October 1971. I'm hosting a costume party; we're in the Rec Room.

Related by Marriage: Clown Car

Evanston, Illinois, about 1977. Mr. Irene and his roommate take Sylvester for a spin.

Related by Marriage: Close Quarters

Evanston, Illinois, October 1976. Things get tight in the hallway of Mr. Irene's dorm.

The party is under way.

Suburban Chicago, October 1971. My grade-school friends have joined me in the Rec ROom.

Here I am before the party; here I ready the jack-o-lantern, and; here's a smaller party I hosted that year.

Halloween Manners: Share your work with your furry friend.

Suburban Chicago, October 1971. Gigi is curious. (I was getting ready for a party.)

Halloween Manners: Try on the costume before you head outside.

Suburban Chicago, October 1961. I didn't realize I'd be wearing the same costume next year.

Halloween Manners: Show the finished product.

Suburban Chicago, October 1966. I've carried the pumpkin downstairs to the Rec Room.

Don't neglect the autumn garden.

New Glarus, Wisconsin, October 2013. Many people choose autumn as a favorite season.

A Halloween Chronology

My friend Nora suggested I do a Halloween post chronicling my childhood costumes. Here are the photos; there were a few years in which I had two costumes. If I earlier had blogged an image (or a similar one), then I link to that post in the corresponding year.

1961:

 

 

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1962:

 

 

Again, 1962:

 

 

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1963:

 

 

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1964:

 

 

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1965? Dad must have missed the moment.

 

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Same problem for 1966, but I have this:

 

 

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1967: 

 

 

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1968:

 





 

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1969:

 

 

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1970:

 

 

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1971:

 

 

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1973:

 

 

Again, 1973:

 

 

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Finally, here is an image from 1994. I dressed as a moose for a workplace party. It's the only time I've worn a Halloween costume as an adult: