Autumn's Ghosts

 I believe there has been a bewitchment here in Nod.

Warm(ish) days and comfortable nights turned cold and gloomy, the trees dropped their glorious colors seemingly overnight and only the ghost of autumn's glory is left.

Most disconcerting of all, the weeks simply melted into days.

I really thought I had more time - more time to finish up decorating, more time to take some decent photos, and more time to do a few proper posts before Halloween.

But it's almost Hallowe'en Eve and there's no undoing some spells, so I'll go with what I have as far as decorating goes and call it good.

I'm holding out hope that I will be able to take some photos tomorrow...or Saturday...of things indoor and throw another quick post together. This post, though, is a last look outdoors.

A little ghost awaits visitors:

...and he has friends:

Lydia has declared the pool officially closed.

She does, however, enjoy the spotlight.

Inside looking out:

{The water distorts it in the photo, but the crow is perched on a skull.}

A spotlight at night lends it an eerie light: 

A few gravestones...

I "misplaced" the old lantern that I usually hang from the hook behind it but improvised with another.

A few more gravestones...these are real and stay out all year:

The majority of the photos of the fall colors on the trees in this post were taken last week.  Since the "gloom" spell and the heavy rains, however, virtually all the leaves have lost their color and fallen.

All that seems to be left is the ghost of autumn.

Happy Hallowe-en Eve!