Turn the past into sheaves of silver and gently let the harvest in

[sovay]

As promised, pictures from Saturday's Halloween party. Photographs courtesy of my mother, nineweaving, and my brother.



Left to right: a pumpkin, a guiser, sushi, two vampires, an allohistorical student, and an elementally furtive raccoon. Otherwise known as lesser_celery, nineweaving, eredien, my brother and his fiancée, me, and fleurdelis28. They have begun to arrive already.


Vampires in their natural habitat: modern art. The painting behind them is actually my brother's, done three or four years ago.


I think they should put this one on the wedding invitations.


Sushi!


The Raccoon of Furtiveness. This is why your library books are missing.


shmeislin and friend. lesser_celery is surreptitiously visible behind them.


The nereid in seaspray.


The nereid in seaspray, perspective #2. Without the weird people in the background. I have no idea what I was saying to Eric.


Me and lesser_celery, with glowstick.


Eric as Endymion.


shmeislin and the bat. He declared that he felt like a vampire pirate, leading to the self-evident conclusion that his natural enemy was the zombie ninja.


The bat and the nereid. Not piracy, but possibly demon samurai.


The nereid, bioluminescent.


After the ball was over.


The bat and me.


Jack o'lanterns.

Happy upcoming Halloween.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wonderful--love your jack o'lanterns--all of them.

And, in costume, you make a smashing young man :-)

[sovay]

Wonderful--love your jack o'lanterns--all of them.

There were more; possibly as many as seven, but the guests took theirs home with them. I don't have a photograph of the full lineup, but nineweaving might.

Speaking of autumn: Lawrence Raab, "Hawthorne on His Way Home. I just discovered this poem and it inclines me very much to look up the poet's other work.

And, in costume, you make a smashing young man

Thank you! I am no Tilda Swinton, but I'm honored.

[darcydodo]

He declared that he felt like a vampire pirate, leading to the self-evident conclusion that his natural enemy was the zombie ninja.

Vampire pirate is definitely my corner of that particular compass rose. My housemate tigupine certainly gravitates towards the ninja side of the spectrum — I wonder where he falls along the vampire/zombie axis?

(I was delighted to receive some piratical magnets as part of my Halloween costume prize — although the other part was a zombie devil duck! — I really should go put them up on the fridge. On the other hand, he's not home at the moment, so I might be far too ninja-like in doing so right now.)

[sovay]

(I was delighted to receive some piratical magnets as part of my Halloween costume prize — although the other part was a zombie devil duck! —

Any competition for which you win piratical magnets and a zombie devil duck is totally something to be proud of.

I really should go put them up on the fridge. On the other hand, he's not home at the moment, so I might be far too ninja-like in doing so right now.)

You could drink rum while doing it . . .

[zdenka]

Great pictures! (And a fun party, too.)

[sovay]

Great pictures!

I can take no credit for any of them! The artists and their subjects are entirely responsible.

(And a fun party, too.)

Awesome. I'm very glad you were there for it!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Nice photographs. Looks like a very fun party.

[sovay]

Looks like a very fun party.

It was good. Not as many pumpkins (or guests) this year as in some past, but extremely fun nonetheless.

[erzebet.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures! You are every bit as beautiful as I remember you. :)

[sovay]

Lovely pictures!

Blame nineweaving and members of my family!

You are every bit as beautiful as I remember you.

*in which there would be a photograph of me blushing*

Thank you.

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

Sushi is the BEST COSTUME EVER.

I am still trying to come up with something for Saturday night. I believe you have inspired me.

(My kid is going to be... a taco. Which is also brilliant. But cost far more than my non-working ass can afford.)

[sovay]

Sushi is the BEST COSTUME EVER.

You should tell eredien. We thought it was pretty awesome.

I am still trying to come up with something for Saturday night. I believe you have inspired me.

I'm curious. I'll want photographs.

My kid is going to be... a taco.

Your kid rocks.