Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

October proved a riot, a riot to the senses and climaxed those giddy last weeks before Halloween.

I long for the days of pumpkins and ghosts; when the dead use homes and people as hosts.

The Halloween wind was blowing, not a blasting of wind but a right-sized swelling, falling, and gushing of wind. Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses.

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.

Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said: ‘never take candy from strangers’. And then they dressed me up and said, ‘go beg for it’.

I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.

It’s a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan, it’s when you discover that your wife left in May.

October was always the least dependable of months ― full of ghosts and shadows.

Richelle E. Goodrich: American author of Fiction and Young Adult books. Born: Ogden, Utah, USA. Pumpkins in October, as fat as the full moon, they sit on our doorstep at night and glow. For us, every sunrise is an invitation to get up and brighten someone’s day.

The wind grew cold. The leaves turned red. The bark turned red. The soil turned red. The stars turned red. Something was wrong with October.