Happy Halloween

Beautiful clear air. Temperatures so warm you only need a sweater, no coat or scarf. Trees with glowing yellow leaves, other trees with orange leaves that match the pumpkins. Pumpkins sitting, welcoming, on porches. Little snags of kids walking together on sidewalks between friendly wooden houses. Always a few young ones and one big one. Lots of black. Lots of red wigs, white face paint. A few little ghosts in white sheets. Everyone with a bag for treats. Stopped at stop lights, waiting to cross to a new crop of houses to hit for treats, the dog on a leash with them. A sombrero and a purple face. An older girl dressed like a cheerleader, a very little boy dressed like a Green Bay Packer. It's so light, it's so early, but you find out the kids have been off school for two days, so they probably couldn't wait. You wonder how many streets they cover, how late they stay out, how much candy will be in their bags at the end.

Oneida Street Bridge, driving south home from the guitar lesson. Look to the right, over the water and Fratello's, and nearby the boats docked on the north bank that you've been eying for your hunt task. Streaky sky. Pink to deep red. Sunset over the water, and up high enough, in a car driving over a bridge, to see a view, briefly. Grey bridge, silver water, yellow sandstone buildings, orange leaves, red sky.