Beautiful Day, Raked Leaves

My 2011 Kia Sedona van at Al's house. I unloaded 5 bags of leaf mulch
behind the shed. It was a beautiful day for outdoor work.

Yesterday (Sunday November 2) was a nice day here in the North Country. Sunny, high about 50 dgrees. I took down our Halloween decorations and stowed them away for next year. Then spent 3 hours raking and mulching leaves. I rake the leaves up into large piles and then take the lawn mower to them, chopping the leaves into a fine mulch. In recent years I dump the bagged leaf mulch behind my brotherAl's house in Calcium. He has been filling in a large section of hillside, slowly extending the yard. Al is recovering from prostate gland removal. His son Tim was there as well as brother Ron. I dropped off some Halloween candy bars we had left over from Halloween night. 

Halloween 2025 Steve Hunt Creations

 Halloween, Friday October 31, 2025

Steve Hunt house, Main St, Chaumont, NY, Halloween 2025

My neighbor down the street from me, Steve Hunt, has been creating some interesting sculptures. The photos I present here are of his home decorated for Halloween. 

As for us, we had our usual array of Jacko' Lantern string lights and inflatable. Nothing too elaborate. 

Halloween itself was rainy, windy and temperature in the high 40's. This put a damper on number of trick or treaters, even though the rain subsided for most of the evening. Last year we had 163 trick or treaters, a record number. This year we had 75. We bought 4 boxes of full size candy bars totaling 138 pieces. Bought at Sam's Club for about $150.00 Heather & Dave and their sons and girlfriends came over. Had some food and couple of beers. 

Steve Hunt house, Main St, Chaumont, NY, Halloween 2025

Steve Hunt house, Main St, Chaumont, NY, Halloween 2025

Steve Hunt house, Main St, Chaumont, NY, Halloween 2025

Steve Hunt house, Main St, Chaumont, NY, Halloween 2025