A Rollicking Band of Pirates

I had a unique opportunity recently to observe a band of pirates pillaging for treasure.

From my vantage point I was able to make some interesting observations.

Pirates don't mind pausing from their raiding to take a picture if you pay them for their time in chocolate or lollipops. Candy corn is iffy.

A random blue ninja doesn't stand a chance against pirates when they work together.

All pirates appoint a lookout whose job it is to stand near the loot and keep it safe. The lookout may also occasionally pilfer a Twix or two. Or twenty.

Pirates enjoy the wide open spaces of a parking lot nearly as much as the expanses of the sea.

I call this photographic study, "Piratry in Motion".

But, at then end of the day, all a pirate really needs is a bucket of edible loot, a patch of pavement, and their fellow buccaneers. (A friend in a jack-o-lantern shirt comes in handy, too.)

*Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours. We ended up winning the family costume theme. The pirates were very happy.

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