Here are some free wallpapers I downloaded through my iPhone for today’s event. Granted, I should have taken my own photos of the local pumpkin patches, but I am finding that my life is so busy now, and with Halloween, the holiday season is approaching, which means even more “life” in my life!
It is a holiday I have always enjoyed, not the trick or treating as much as the story behind this event. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day.
Samhain is a Gaelic festival held on October 31–November 1. The Irish name Samhain is derived from Old Irish and means roughly “summer’s end”. A harvest festival with ancient roots in Celtic polytheism, it was linked to festivals held around the same time in other Celtic cultures, and continued to be celebrated in late medieval times. Due to its date it became associated with the Christian festival All Saints’ Day, and greatly influenced modern celebration of Halloween.
Many scholars believe that it was the beginning of the Celtic year. It has some elements of a festival of the dead. The Gaels believed that the border between this world and the otherworld became thin on Samhain; because some animals and plants were dying, it thus allowed the dead to reach back through the veil that separated them from the living.
(Information from Wikipedia)
For us, here in Big Sur, it means the traditional Bal Masque at Nepenthe to benefit our local Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade. It is a wonderful time with incredible costumes, so enjoy, if you have a ticket, and if not – be quicker next year!
Please be safe tonight but also enjoy the evening with friends. Bal Masque is a delightful experience. I haven’t gone in a few years, and the last year I did, I got a room at Deetjen’s which just made the experience even more delightful!
Great cause, I hope it is a big success.
Fabulously inventive pictures, Kate. Thanks for the colorful holiday greeting, back atcha. You’ll be so close, pop in at the Hawks Perch. If closed ring the bell or just come upstairs. I never leave (sigh) would love to see you. Many new adventures afoot. My pen & ink classes Tuesdays 5-6 in the gallery, if you’d like to join in.