The Princess and the Owl

I was pleased to accompany a beautiful princess and her trusty companion, Owl, on a trick-or-treating adventure around the neighborhood last evening! This was their first time on such an adventure, and the princess was a bit skeptical about the idea of knocking on various doors and asking for candy and actually having that request granted quite willingly. She thought that surely such a possibility was something that could only happen in her dreams (definitely in my nightmares!!).

The princess chose to wear her grandmother's gown for the evening's festivities. The gown was actually sewn by her great-grandmother 40 years ago for a high school Latin Club event (my grandmother sewed this for my mother) - of course, the hat was not part of the original ensemble.

Notice the HUGE hem!! The dress was obviously worn by other little girls in years gone by!

Owl flew in from her perch in the woods just in time to join us. What pleasant company she was - of course, the evening has always been her favorite time of the day.

She has such beautiful feathers!