A line of children in simple ghost costumes, white sheets with two small oval eyes, walks single file along a dirt path through an autumn yard. All wear pointed black witch hats, some add rust-orange capes over the sheet, and two carry orange jack-o'-lantern candy pails with carved smiling faces.

A large, gnarled and mostly bare oak arches in from the left, its sparse clusters of amber and rust leaves forming a canopy. On the right sit a white two-story farmhouse with a black gabled roof, a porch awning and weathered brick chimneys, behind a white picket fence. Soft, hazy light, visible canvas grain and flat, primitive figure shapes give the scene a quaint, antiqued folk-art feel.