Well, October in South Africa is a bit different than October in America. First of all, there are no fall leaves. It is actually spring here now and the Jacarandas are blooming in radiant PURPLE. You will also not find any pumpkin patches here. In fact, orange pumpkins are very uncommon here. They generally grow white pumpkins. So we have learned to improvise and painted ours just as we did last year. This year we actually lucked out and found some orange "Halloween" pumpkins to carve at Woolworths. Unfortunately, they rotten to the ground and were infested with fruit flies within four days due to the heat. Halloween is not a holiday in South Africa, but luckily with so many Americans where we live I believe we have started a trend.Our estate did do a Trick or Treating night and we noticed a BIG increase versus last year. Us Americans also held our own "Trunk or Treat", which is an excellent way to celebrate. We all had a great time decorating our cars and getting into the Halloween spirit. So just as always, we are just trying to make best out of what we have :)
