Today, was Halloween.

I might have dressed up:

I might have dyed my hair:

When people asked, I told them I was “a riot of color.”

I might have a lifelong fondness for Halloween and its trappings:

(I’m the clown.)

This was nursery school, October 1978. I believe it’s my second Halloween costume ever. (Mum and Dad, feel free to correct me on that if I’m mistaken.) Mum made it, as she did all my costumes between this one and 4th grade (I think). Yes, I was really lucky.

While we were in New Orleans last week, we saw many beautiful flowering plants (they still were experiencing what I’d call summer temperatures, but which I’m sure they wouldn’t). Many I could identify, but not this one.

Do any of you know? (Julie and Amanda, I’m looking your way in particular…)