Halloween 2009 here along America’s North Shore was as cold as I can remember. The temperature fell from 51 degrees around 6 pm. Luckily, the gusty south to south west winds also dropped as it got later.

Still, it was a cold and damp Halloween.

The lovely wife had dug out some decorations that has gotten buried. We had a stuffed vampire sitting in a chaise lounge. We also had a witch, about 3 ft high, that spoke when an electric eye was activated.

We had the usual bowl with the rubber hand and electric eye that many of our visitors look forward to year after year.

We found two giant spiders to hang, about camel spider size, and a plastic skeleton.

We had about 100 trick or treaters. Fewer older teens than usual but they made up for it by grabbing handfuls of candy instead of just a couple pieces.

Not really any one costume seemed popular, other than heavy jackets.

Several of the toddlers were enchanted by the witch. The lovely wife felt it was due to the witch being their size.

It was a fun evening and the cats survived it, too,