October 28, 2004

Trick or Treat?

Halloween comes but once a year and Almaden residents are geared for the annual event of treat hounds with some tricks of their own.

Giant size ghosts, ghouls, spiders and cemeteries accessorize the normally manicured yards. Carol and Allen Eckles even created their own graveyard with the help of their sons, Alex and Mathew.

“I always wanted to have one so we made it ourselves out of foam board,” Eckles said about the spooky scene in their front yard. “We all thought up what we would put on the gravestones. It was a lot of fun.”

And for the less faint of heart, check out the pair of perfect jack-o-lanterns... and a happy Halloween to all.

—By Jeanne C. Lewis