Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween to all of my readers this year. This also means that October will be wrapped up from midnight tonight as we dive further into autumn and into November. The mornings and evenings have already started to become chilly, and I've been ill again. That's twice this month and once last month (for two weeks) that I have been ill. I had only recovered for a few days from a cold when I fall ill with another one this week. This one was even worse, and I actually had to take a day off of work in order to recover as I felt really bad. I had gone to a "Star Trek" convention last weekend, and I am sure that I picked it up from there as I started to get the symptoms on Tuesday morning. I feel much better today, but I have had coughing and nose-blowing marathons off and on today. I love autumn, but I don't love being ill. I have not had a great year for illness this year. I had a lingering cough and mucus following one bad episode in May. Autumn and spring illness is not fun at all. 

Covent Garden decorated for autumn and Halloween

On a happier note, I do love autumn and I enjoyed Halloween when I was a child. I enjoy seeing the autumn colours, pumpkin-flavoured treats, carving pumpkins, apples, dressing up as my favourite character, Halloween television, and everything else that came with it. In the UK, Halloween isn't quite as big, and this time of year blends Diwali, Halloween, and Bonfire Night into two weeks of fun. 

I love the autumn decorations, and London has actually started to decorate more for this time of the year. It hasn't been limited to holidays or florals for the past couple of years. One of the larger displays is in Covent Garden. Last year, they had a pumpkin display. This year, they have displayed a huge pumpkin with autumn-coloured plants on one of the carts. I preferred last year's display, which I did not get to see because I was in the states.

We still have a few weeks before winter and the dreaded C-word is upon us, but I am going to enjoy this time of year as much as I can, as soon as I've recovered fully from the autumn virus. I hope all of my readers are faring better and have had a Happy Halloween.