October 30, 2026

Halloween on Main St.

Every year since Ivy was an infant, many years ago, I have taken a photo of Beth's family. It grows and shrinks and grows.  I love them all.  They were my lead photo in  2025, too.  Ahhh, tradition!

 

Again, this year there were many home made costumes.  This may have been the most impressive.  I tried to stop the ones that really stuck out.  Her Mom told us all about how she made it.  Very fun.

And again, there were a lot of Dad's out and in costumes.  Many groups of kids walked up to us with a couple of parents dressed, too, standing behind, having fun.  It really felt like a family outing.

Mason and Dylan made Derryl and all three of them came to greet the kids.  I found it fascinating to watch kids interact with Derryl.  Some were more interested in him than the candy.  Derryl is going to live at LAVA because he's to big to live at either of the guys home.  He'll live in the sarcophagus. 

This event worked nicely as a publicity event for the on-going workshop LAVA is doing called, REART.  Derryl was made in the workshop area where people can just come in and make art from the junk all over the place.  Parents went in to check it out or asked more about and we got to do a little pitch.   I hope some families try it out, cause it's quite cool. 

Mason, Clara and I analyzed the choosing of candy by each child.  Quite interesting.  Only had one kid grab a handful out of the bowl even when I said 1 only.  She glared at me and walked away with her hand bulging with candy.  

It was a little chilly out there,  but beautiful; here's grandson needing a hug from grandpa for the sake of warmth.  They never get too old, thank God. 

And Jim has a new grandchild, a very sweet pumpkin.  He's the other family I've photographed for the past so many years.  Sweet, sweet baby girl.