Happy Sleepy Holloween 2017

It isn't like decades past, when Sleepy Hollow residents, led by the Carbon Canyon Women's Club, would have a community event including the famed Ride of the Headless Horseman from Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

It's not even ten or so years ago when the women's club hosted a Halloween party at the Sleepy Hollow Community Center.

Now my kids are too old to trick or treat, so there's not even that.

But, there are still folks in the neighborhood who get into the spirits of the holiday and put up creative, eye-catching, and creepy decorations--so there is something about upholding tradition that way.

For example, check out a neighbor's fence and the wish for a "Happy Sleepy Holloween" along with a witch making her brew for All Souls Eve.

Or, the one with the scary clown--after all, clowns are generally creepy.

Then, there's the ghostly lady gently swaying with the breeze as she hangs from an oak tree.

One of the coolest (yup, pun intended) decorations is a neighbor who created a 5-foot tall volcano in the yard.  Lavalicious!

And, check out the neighbor who carved this year into their pumpkin!

So, we'll see how many trick-or-treaters there'll be tonight--lately, it's been only a few kids plying the neighborhood.  But, they tend to do really well in terms of amount of candy per house!

It's getting dark, so time to see who will be coming to get their treats.  Happy Sleepy Holloween 2017!