Figure 1 – Having your tarantula on a silver platter. Halloween, 2016. West Concord, MA. IPhone photograph. (c) DE Wolf 2016.

Well, we are deep into October, and you never know when you are going to encounter something delightfully frightening. As an example we have the ghoul of Figure1 serving up a silver platter of tarantula. He bears just a bit of a resemblance to the Harry Potter’s Gringotts Wizarding Bank. This is part of the great joy of a New England October. The air is crisp. The colors are emerging, there is apple cider and pumpkin pie, and Halloween is everywhere. We can, for a few moments, ignore the upcoming election and just be kids again.