You have to approach this clearing in the woods silently, moving from behind one tree to another. It’s a special place where young ghosts practice the dances that they’ll do on Halloween night. If they catch a glimpse of you, they disappear. POOF!

On the other hand, there’s one ghost in the area who doesn’t care who sees him taking trial runs in his ghost boat, in preparation for a night sail on Halloween. The boat’s built to sail in water or anything else, including grass and we assume air. The only problem: It attracts large, hairy spiders to its sail.

(Images taken in Maine at Blue Hill [dancing at Mainescape Nursery; ghost-supporting stakes deleted] on October 11 and at Brooklin [sailing] on October 15, 2024.)

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