I finally got around to printing the Halloween pictures I took this past beggars night. Unfortunately there was nothing of paranormal interest on any of the shots. Funny how just 4 and 5 years ago, I had numerous strange artifacts show up in some of the photos, but the past 3 years have been zilch. I have used the same Cannon digital camera all of those years. I didn't use the film camera this year because I couldn't find it, but I did use it 4 of the 5 past years. I had artifacts on both the digital and film cameras those two years running, but nothing on either kind since. Well maybe I'll have better luck at Beltane or next Halloween.

Halloween has once again come and gone.

Halloween was here so fast and gone in a flash. I never prepared for it until just two days prior. My wife's store took up all my time and the day was upon me. Our brilliant town leaders decided to have "trick or treat" on Friday the 31st, this year. I admit, that is still in the Halloween time frame; however, all of the other little towns and villages plus the much larger town just 8 miles west of us all decided to have trick or treat on Thursday the 30th of October. So, a lot of lil ghosts and grimlins got to have two trick or treat evenings instead of one. I generally have somewhere around three hundred trick or treaters. This year I had over 500. Imagine giving out 500 treats in just an hour and you can imagine the bedlam. Other years I enjoyed shooting pictures of some of the more creative get-ups. I certainly didn't have time this year. I have a talking skeleton Butler who greeted everyone at the door; scaring the bejeebers out of the very young and not a few young ladies this adding to the confusion. I tried taking pictures with my digital camera before the festivities began and again later in the evening. Unfortunately, upon reviewing the shots on the camera monitor I did not detect any orbs or other artifacts. Possibly when I actually print them some will show, probably not. I could not find my film camera so I didn't get to shoot anything with it. I haven't had any luck for the past two Halloweens and it looks like this one will make it three. Oh well, there's always next year.