I've had my porch decorated with basic Fall/Hallowe'en for a couple of weeks now.  Here are a few pictures of the early progress.  Since these pictures were taken, I added a few real pumpkins to help fill things out.  I tried to keep things very "un-fussy" and classic this year.  We have a big party every Autumn and everyone is always so complimentary of my decorations. Our party this year was October 28th, which gave us the whole weekend to put the finishing touches on additional decorations/props to round out our Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire theme (more pics to be added later!). 

I'm really happy with the way this year's wreath turned out.  The owl is now accompanied by several other life-sized ones that I perched on the pumpkins and on the spooky branch.  The last picture is of my niece, Morgan the WonderMutt, Salem the Cute-and mischeivous-tailless-black-kitten, and myself enjoying the front porch.  The mums flanking the steps are HUGE--the picture does not do them justice!  I'll be taking more pictures of our Harry Potter-inspired props tonight and will get them posted ASAP along with some interior shots.