Transformed tradition

So, I know it's only October 6th, but Halloween sure has taken up permanent residence in my mind.  Actually...all the exciting holidays have been in my thoughts lately.  I'm especially anxious to start playing Christmas music, and I'm already planning out where the Christmas tree can go in my new apartment.  

Why is it that Christmas is the only festival deserving of a tree?  I wonder if the other holidays feel left out.  I began feeling sorry for the fast-approaching Halloween...until I ran across this amazing Halloween tree.  It's so adorable; I almost want to go out and track down a fake tree so that I can have one of my own to decorate!

Pure beauty

If I had to imagine the ideal happy place right now, this would surely be it.  The weather would be a perfect Fall day - light sweater, jeans and nothing more.  The only thing I'd possibly add would be a couch or hammock instead of the park benches.  Then, I would lay down and read for hours on end in my little pink paradise.  How peaceful that would be.