The Witch and the Reluctant Ghost

The witch (or warlock, to use the more gender-appropriate term, I guess) costume is from 2003 or 2004. Gilligan put up with my hijinks for a moment or two and then with a quick shake of the head, the hat was dispatched.

Oh, poor ghost. This was just days ago. He let me put his ears through the ear slots, but then he sat very still with his eyes closed. He was in his happy place, I suppose. The costume was then removed. He tends to stand a lot, so I had thought that he would make a good ghost. I was wrong, and Shiner, I promise not to do it again.

I cannot claim responsibility for this jolly fellow, but he sure makes me laugh.

Just in Time for Hallow'een!

A little cleaning, decorating and baking went on this weekend in the house. A Zip car helped with the usual trip to the farmer's market and we came home with these gourds and a giant pumpkin for our carving pleasure. The object at the right is a miniature fence post (made of limestone from my Grandmother's childhood home) that we got as a wedding gift, but I like that it looks all tombstone-y in this photo.



And then came the baking! I'm not sure of the variety, but I have fallen in love with a squash. It's a little pumpkin-ish, but a little pointier on top. And the color? The most beautiful orange-red color. Unbelievably autumn. And what else? It is delicious!



So out came the pumpkin spice cake recipe from the Halloween mail order and my inner Martha was released. I used the above-mentioned squash mixed with butternut squash (again, yum) and added some crystallized ginger.



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Beware!
They went to work with me to keep us from eating the entire batch. Yum!

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Originally uploaded by Luck(x8).

Today my boss made a really cool paper monster that wrapped around her office door and "protected" her candy bucket outside.
All I could come up with was bond-paper ghosts, hiding behind the frosted glass. In person they looked better from outside my office, but the photo from the inside turned out better.
Spooky, no?

Three Years and Counting...

Zombie Rabbit with Carrot

Stayed up late to finish...was it worth it?
He is made from a repurposed smiley face pillow.
And he wants your (plush) veggie's brains!




CAAAAAAAAARROTTSSS