A ghost in a white sheet, a witch in a black hat and cloak, and a child in a round orange pumpkin-head costume over a white dress walk away from the viewer down a dirt lane, a small black cat padding along at the front of the group. Seen from behind and small within the scene, they show no facial detail.

A weathered white picket fence and overgrown shrubs line the left side of the road, with rust-orange autumn trees framing the view and white clapboard houses in the hazy middle distance. Thick, confident impasto and palette-knife strokes build up the costumes and foliage, while looser wet-into-wet blending softens the distant trees and sky into a warm, nostalgic glow.