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I noticed this hand print on our chair one day. I have no idea when it appeared or what was all over Hudson's hand but it made me really happy. I felt like it was such a symbolic little representation of our life now. I kind of didn't want to clean it off but it was really sticky...
I may be the only one, but I didn't realize that Sleepy Hollow was a real town until I moved to NYC. I remember watching the animated Disney remake of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow many times when I was little but the opening sequence telling the exact location: just a little ways up the Hudson River from Manhattan, obviously didn't stick with me. Nevertheless, Halloweentown is alive and well. This past weekend we attended the Legends event:
"At Philipsburg Manor, lit by candle lanterns and bonfires, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow lives and the Headless Horseman still rides! During this wildly popular, classic Halloween event, the grounds transform into a haunted landscape visited by goblins and ghosts from Hudson Valley folklore. Wander through at your own pace while ghouls, witches, pirates, and apparitions come eerily to life."
It was a lot of fun and we love it when people go all out for a holiday. The photo above is one picture of the headless horseman taken right before he rode through a tree and got stuck in the branches :) Here are some more photos of our excursion on Saturday. We drove through CT and also visited the Union Church in Sleepy Hollow where the Rockefellers commissioned Chagall and Matisse to do 9 stained glass windows. Beautiful, but unfortunately you can't take pictures.
You may not be able to tell from this photo, but these are ferocious pirates made out of flaming jack-o-lanterns. They are one of the many amazing pumpkin creations we saw this past week at The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze at the Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Weird name for a town, huh. Here's what they say about the blaze:
...more than 4,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated Jack O'Lanterns. Visitors meander through a woodsy, darkened, riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking, artistic display: dinosaurs, snakes, giant spider webs, ghosts, fish, mushrooms, flowers, clowns...all made of pumpkins! Enhanced by professional lighting and steeped in spooky music and sound effects, this must-see event is a delight for all senses!
Check out the rest of our photos...
I have many sweet memories of my Grandma Olive turning on the Lawrence Welk show after many a Sunday dinner at her house. This is pretty much how I remember it.
For a while now, I've been trying to figure out the right answer to the blog dilemma. Have a "normal" blog that everyone is used to or have a website where we can post photo albums, videos and more for grandparents and other loved ones who don't get to be a part of our everyday life due to geographic restrictions. Plus it's always fun to be a little different. So, in the latest effort to find a happy medium, we are going to have both. The website can act as an extended edition where you can find full photo albums of events and things posted here plus much, much more. I'll provide the links. We'll see how this goes...
Happy Blogging. I like fireworks.
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