Halloween in Australia

Halloween is not a big thing in Australia. Few people have parties and celebrate. They do not carve pumpkins. In fact, what we call squash they call "pumpkin". Our friend told us that she saw a real pumpkin at the market. Jim had to have it! Some people have never seen a Jack-o-lantern. So, Jim carved a nice pumpkin with kids at work. We took it home to our brick courtyard. A large huntsman spider greeted us as we entered the gate. What a spooky start to our Halloween evening! We lit the pumpkin, poured a glass of South Australian chardonnay, and listened to the noises of the night. The cathedral near us was ringing the church bells! We enjoyed the tintinabulation of the bells as the blue hour turned into darkness. No "trick-or-treaters" came to our door. We walked to a nearby cafe, Vagabondo's, shared a delicious squid dinner and split one piece of tiramisu chocolate with our 'flat white" coffees.