Many families celebrating their second pandemic-era Halloween have upped the ante with their decorations, offering a little extra joy to kids who have sacrificed so much in the name of public health.
It’s not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament of restless spirits.
The hedges leading to her home are adorned with giant spiders, and zombie hands peek out from the mulch in her garden.