Early Sunset

It was carer's change day at my mother's. E arrived this morning at eight, R's bus left in the evening at seven, and I was on taxi duty.

As I drove to my mother's house to pick up R, it was already getting dark. I looked up the local sunset time: 5:05 p.m.

On our way back into town, we saw many ghostly children trick-or-treating in the villages. It still seems strange to me. When I was a child, Halloween only happened in American movies. Guess I am getting old…