Salem and Halloween

It's been almost three weeks since I've updated I just realized. Sorry about that. But Halloween happened! And two days before that Susan and Jason and I went to Salem! It was incredibly crowded. I guess we weren't the only people who thought it would be fun to go to Salem, Massachusetts two days before Halloween. This is the Salem Witch Museum, which we didn't go to because the line was around the block.

And here is a big cemetery.

And see? You can tell I'm in Salem because I turned into a witch.

We walked down to look at the harbor.

And then walked by this woman being a statue. She was amazing.

We toured through the Salem Witch House. It's a house built in the 1600s and was the home of one of the judges in the witch trials.

We didn't go to the Salem Witch Dungeon (though we heard it was scary).

But we did see a living history portrayal of one witch trial. There were folks dressed up in the street and they arrested one woman and dragged her to the town hall.

Once we were all up there they re-enacted her trial with people's documented testimony. Then, we in the audience got to decide whether or not she was guilty. We voted her innocent, even though I totally thought she did it. Witchcraft was really the only explanation for what these villagers were describing.

By the way, the actual woman, Bridget Bishop, was found guilty and became the first person to be put to death for witchcraft. And contrary to popular belief, no one in this country was actually burned at the stake; they were all hanged. And there were only 19 people actually convicted and sentenced for witchcraft in Salem, 14 women and 5 men, one of whom was the husband of one of the women, and he got accused of witchcraft during his wife's trial.

And that, pretty much, was Salem. On Halloween we all dressed up like different animals or vegetables from the farm. I made these cakes. They were delicious and just happened to be vegan.

Liz Jo was a carrot.

Elizabeth was Scruples, the bull.

Sarah was Beatrice, the queen of one of our bee hives.

Susan was Petunia the pig (with a candy cigarette).

Jason was Pudge, the farm dog (with another candy cigarette).

Sam was Rumpelstiltskin, a goat I don't have a picture of. His fabulous beard was made of llama wool.

And Ivy and I were Ruth and Jessie, two adorable BFF goats.

And here we all are! Ashley, by the way, (on the far left) was a leek, holding a leek; Emily S. was a raccoon; Nic was Evander the ram; and JP was JP.

That was Halloween! Sorry it's a week late. I hope all of y'all had a wonderfully spooky time!