Halloween 2012

We had a good Halloween, with about 25 trick-or-treaters visiting our domicile.  It started out stormy and windy – in fact, it was pretty wicked outside when Betsy and I set up the jack-o-lanterns.  Shortly after that, however, the winds calmed down and the rain stopped.  It was reasonably nice the rest of the evening, and the kids took advantage of the break in weather.

Here are the jack-o-lanterns we put of to greet the trick-or-treaters:

Jack-o-lanterns for our Halloween.  Clockwise from lower left, they are "BOO" jack, "Happy-face Dragonfly" jack, and "Classic" jack.

We still get some nice sunsets, though the weather has been pretty cloudy in general:

It's late in the year, but we're still seeing a lot of dragonflies at Cranberry Lake when the sun comes out.  In the following photo the large bluish dragonflies are the Happy-face Darner, the red ones are the Autumn Meadowhawks.