Halloween spider by durleybeachbum
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Description
A reasonably tasteful Halloween object at the rest home.
I dislike the whole unpleasant imported 'trick or treat' idea myself.
As I have remarked in previous years, it has become at best another huge tacky commercial opportunity and at worst a time for feral youth to go out terrorising folk for money.
When I was a child it was an Autumn festival of apple bobbing and chestnut roasting and bonfires..sadly health and safety has done away with at least two of those.
Comments (27)
alanwilliams
you paint a picture of my childhood with unerring accuracy and your words are also mine Andrea
giulband
nice
pauldeleu
Very wonderful capture.
GARAGELAND
I agree with your sentiments entirely
kaward
A radioactive beast as well looking at him! Ditto with the whole Halloween thing. I hear due to the risk of drowning, apple bobbing tubs have to have warnings displayed. In 12 languages with pictograms too. Also phone numbers for child help lines must be shown by law! So children who would rather play computer games than join in apple bobbing can report their parents.
ronmolina
Nice shot!
Faemike55
Very cool spider the candy industry just loves this day
TECHNISTRATIONS
I concur... times have changed for the far worse in today's time! How sad too... my childhood memories from the fifties were so sweet at a time of such beautiful fall splendor growing-up in Ohio here in the USA. - Really cool spider by the way!
MrsRatbag
Nicely captured!
Rob2753
I am wholeheartedly in agreement with you I won't let my children take part for exactly that reason, nice fun shot :)
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Elf and safety executive. A compelling argument for your bonfires :) We are losing out Britishness wholesale now. And I am with you on the whole trick or treat nonsense. I just don't open the door. Now there's a fantastic trick of leaving some little ponce on the doorstep full of hope
jendellas
Lovely Andrea, afraid I am with you, I am a bah humbug for Halloween. We had mischief night, it entailed knocking on doors & running away, only our neighbours though :o)
pat40
Lovely pic.
helanker
We never had this Halloween in Denmark, when I was young. We had Shrove in February, where children dresssed up to anything and ran from door to door and begged buns or money. Not particulary for Horror. But Now beople are aware of Halloween and like to have the pumpkins. Havent seen people dressed up to look scary.....yet.
sharky_
Happy Halloween! Aloha
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
jayfar
A splendid image Andrea and I totally agree with your sentiments. We put a note in the door to dissuade any would be callers.
Mark-David-Rogers
Yikes!... don't know this species... an alien species of spider. lol Many people put in their windows "No Tricks, No Treats, No Thanks!". In the states Halloween is a much bigger thing, women dressing up as witches and plonking their black cats on the porch smeared with Vaseline.. bit extreme but I guess they try and turn the pet cat into Mangy Old Cat from Bedknobs and Broomsticks. If you are a black cat best to hide for 24 hours. :-) Down here there was the Halloween Parade and a firework display at the seafront.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
moochagoo
Ah, ah, great humour.
anaber
Hello, Andrea:)) I have been a 'spy' in your gallery all this time, but is so different to bla-bla here:))) I love this image, but agree with you ...here in my place we never had halloween...only lately and of course, is a comercial 'thing', as many others. Today i saw a bunch of strange figures under my window. They dressed funny, anyway:)) . Love this spider:))
Katraz
Living outside the village has its advantages not much junk mail through the letterbox and no trick or treat kids.
goodoleboy
When I was a mere stripling, there was a lot of window soaping and vandalism during Halloween, but since then, it has evolved into mostly adult guided festivites at the parks, inflatable ghoulies on the lawn, and parent monitored trick or treating at the front door. In fact, I ceased getting costumed urchins at the door decades ago. And, hardly any feral youth nonsense to be found the morning after. And if you want real commercialism, try Christmas for an example. Oh, nice spider and web. At least you recognized the holiday.
jocko500
I ate chestnut roasting one time in my life and they are good. there is no chestnuts around here to roast. Guess I could go tot he store and buy some lol . I was thinking of acorns lol I ate that one time as there is no eatable type around. anyway happy Halloween
bmac62
H&S sounds like "Big Brother". Who has empowered that bunch to dip into everybody's life to such a degree? I hear about H&S all the time from my British airplane-nut mates. Like your postwork on this itsy-bitsy spider.
dakotabluemoon
A very cool image u have here lady.
danapommet
AS far as Halloween decorations go - I like this one and an excellent photo! Halloween is a quiet time here because there are no kids to Trick or Treat. I do like the after Halloween 50% off candy sales!!!!!