It is October. One of the great months of the year. Ryan and I love this month. The first October he and I were together is one of my most magical and cherished times, and I'm always looking to get that change-of-season-crisp-colorful-slightly-spookie-warm-fall-time feeling.
So how do we celebrate the changing colors of the leaves and significantly shorter daylight hours?
First, we LOVE movies. We love Tim Burton and Henry Selick directed movies. We like to watch the things like Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie, Paranorman, Corpse Bride, etc. Very genre specific. Ryan loves actually scary movies... but me, not so much. So we stick with animated pseudo horror and it keeps us both happy.
How else do we embrace the season? Well, there's pumpkin steamers (SO, SO sweet but SO, SO yummy), pumpkin and autumn scented candles in our home, walks on the pipeline trail in Milcreek Canyon, runs through our tree-rich neighborhood, haunted 5k's (photos to come), and Witches Night Out at Gardner Village. That last one is for me and the women in my family. I can't WAIT.
There is also music. I was reading some autumn playlists on different blogs and it inspired me to think of mine. I decided to put together a more Halloween specific playlist. Music that gives me the Halloween vibe. So here it is:
Aliens Exist- Blink 182
Lonely Town- Brandon Flowers
Spaceman- The Killers
Skin of the Night- M83
Stay Young, Go Dancing- Death Cab for Cutie
The Shade- Metric
Grand Hotel- Regina Spektor
Running With the Boys- Lights
Nightlight- Silversun Pickups
So there you have it. I'll try to document this beautiful time as much as I can.
