halloween 2001 mom as the wicked witch of the west "aunt dodie has just passed away, and mom went to revelstoke for the funeral.  there were people there who remembered aunt dodie best from halloween, because she always dressed as a witch.  so mom said that she planned to dress as a witch this year.  she took a hiking trip to utah in september, and i went to work on making her a wicked witch of the west costume from the wizard of oz patterns i bought in 1998.  she made a broom from the broom plant glen planted in the front yard, but the green skin paint i'd originally purchased didn't work very well.  i should have bought some professional product for this photo shoot, but i never even thought about it." "mom wasn't happy that i wanted a picture of just her, so she threw her head back, yanking her skirt up, and said, 'how's this?'  ingrid was fast enough to snap the picture."