So it's October once again. Probably my favorite month of the year. Why you may ask? Well most people probably know why. I'm originally from the town of Half Moon Bay and it's famous for its pumpkins. Every year they hold the Pumpkin Festival and it is the single biggest tourist draw for the area for most of the year.
Obviously most people in the town get in on the action. Lots of arts, crafts, pumpkin flavored items, and Halloween colors/themes are seen. The town takes its Halloweens very seriously and people setup some of the most elaborate haunted houses and decorative displays in their own yards.
In our little hamlet known as Montara, a very small community north of Half Moon Bay proper, a block near the elementary school setup barriers and went super insane decorating and preparing their area for Halloween. Massive displays, tons of candy, jello shots for the adults. Amazing stuff. I got the joy of taking my daughter around there during my short time back in my hometown after I was discharged from the navy.
It was stupendous.
In our little hamlet known as Montara, a very small community north of Half Moon Bay proper, a block near the elementary school setup barriers and went super insane decorating and preparing their area for Halloween. Massive displays, tons of candy, jello shots for the adults. Amazing stuff. I got the joy of taking my daughter around there during my short time back in my hometown after I was discharged from the navy.
It was stupendous.
It's a very magical and wonderful time of year for people from the Coastside. I never realized how much I would miss it either after I moved away by joining the navy.
Now that I'm a homeowner in a small New England town though I have an opportunity. The community I'm in has a bit of the Halloween spirit, but they don't really have the same type of spirit coastsiders have.
Maybe I can do something small to change that.
Since this blog is supposed to be about nerdom and my creative pursuits it seems fitting to talk about this here.
I'm wanting to start trying to encourage a Montara style block party where I now live. The only way to start doing that though is to start by decorating our house properly and encouraging the neighbors to do the same by do so.
I don't have that much time left this year to do much, if anything. Plus money can be a factor here, but I'm willing to put in some effort for this and am planning on making most of the props myself. This will help keep the costs down and help make it a memorable event.
If I start doing any projects I'll catalogue them and the process I'm using on here.
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