McHenry County Blog

Keely Cat has been “bagged.”

“Who says I even want a Halloween costume?” he asks. “And nobody but you has those tasty fish-flavored treats anyway.”

Whose imagination should I write of today?

My son’s with his insistence that he wanted to be a yellow airport rescue truck just like he saw on the fire truck video?

Or my wife’s, who put together this Halloween costume when our now 12-year old was 3?

You will notice that the Styrofoam bumpers, spray painted black, come from a computer box and the hose is a clothes dryer hose.

My son loved it.

In Wonder Lake yesterday, I found a front yard full of signs on the street side of a lakefront property.

They were to promote McHenry’s Peterson Park’s Haunted Hayride.

I see dates of October 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, as well as October 30th.

7-10:30 PM.

Volunteers were repainting parts.

After South Elementary School’s annual Halloween Parade, one of the grownups pretended to be chasing some girls who appeared to be junior high school.

He was dressed as the chain saw massacre guy, fake heads hanging from his belt.

He turned on the motor of his fake chain saw and started to run after the girls.

You see the photo I got.

Click the photo and enlarge it to get the full impact.

This 20-month old giraffe was fascinated with the Kaiser’s greyhound before Crystal Lake South Elementary School’s Halloween Parade yesterday.

There were so many cute costumes.

Here’s a boy dressed as a gladiator. He was also enchanted by the dog with her witch hat.

And, how about the cute little black cat?

Superman and a girl clad in a kimono passed by next.

Our little alien made an appearance.

After South Elementary School’s annual Halloween Parade, one of the grownups pretended to be chasing some girls who appeared to be junior high school.

He was dressed as the chain saw massacre guy, fake heads hanging from his belt.

He turned on the motor of his fake chain saw and started to run after the girls.

You see the photo I got.

Click the photo and enlarge it to get the full impact.

This 20-month old giraffe was fascinated with the Kaiser’s greyhound before Crystal Lake South Elementary School’s Halloween Parade yesterday.

There were so many cute costumes.

Here’s a boy dressed as a gladiator. He was also enchanted by the dog with her witch hat.

And, how about the cute little black cat?

Superman and a girl clad in a kimono passed by next.

Our little alien made an appearance.

Just got an email from 26th state senate district candidate Bill Gentes’ campaign.

His people are urging potential constituents to take Democratic Party literature to hand out in the neighborhood while they go trick or treating with their children.

Excellent idea, I would say.

I’ll bet Republicans could do it, too.

Gentes and Republican Dan Duffy are facing off for the privilege of replacing Bill Peterson in the eastern McHenry, western Lake and northwestern Cook County district.

Just got an email from 26th state senate district candidate Bill Gentes’ campaign.

His people are urging potential constituents to take Democratic Party literature to hand out in the neighborhood while they go trick or treating with their children.

Excellent idea, I would say.

I’ll bet Republicans could do it, too.

Gentes and Republican Dan Duffy are facing off for the privilege of replacing Bill Peterson in the eastern McHenry, western Lake and northwestern Cook County district.

This is a deflated balloon toy for Halloween.

A friend has an inexplicable attraction for inflatable toys.

It doesn’t matter whether they are used in hotel pools or for the yard.

This Halloween there was an inflated funeral coach in the front yard.

I thought kids were playing in as they would in a moon walk.

But, no.

The figure moving was a “man” rising from his coffin.

Halloween was over when this picture was taken.