Spooky!

I generally walk through our local park on my way back home from work. By the time I get there it is dark and empty and especially spooky in the deep dark woods where it is hard to see even the path in front of you. I took this photo of the grand mansion last night as it gave me a Halloween feel with the moon and the fact I had just seen a bat whizz overhead.
The old me would have been too pissed coming back from work to risk walking through such a dark environment, I would have been an easy target for anyone wanting to take advantage of a drunk. Now I am still cautious but at least I am alert, able to handle myself thanks to karate training, and fit enough to run like crazy if need be. I am also awake to my surroundings whereas in my old drunken state I would have been blindly ambling along oblivious to who or what was watching me.
Mind you, if someone wearing a pumpkin head mask had jumped out at me I would probably have messed myself!