Silly fun stuff..

I hope your weekend has been happy.

It's been amazing here lately...

warm days, nights in the high 50's

it's getting there!!

my daughter and my niece

 bought me some gifts the other night.

totally unexpected! very welcome

& perfect for bundling up under the covers with.

that little pumpkin is a flashlight too, 

just in case the lights were to go out!!!

We celebrated the first cool night

with cocoa, warm doughnuts

and ghost stories,

of course.

We gather in the living room...

light some yummy scented candles

set out the carved pumpkin 

get our 

warmest throw blankets

 and turn out the light...

 I started with a short story..

do you want to hear it?

Many years ago, at least 60, 

everything was pretty much rural

around here.

My mom was a little girl

living in an area where you could

 go outside and see every star

on a pure dark night.

On some nights

bright lights could be seen far off in the distance

where no one lived.

There was never any evidence of fire.

A group of four men decided to investigate this strangeness..

they saddled up their horses one stormy evening

and as soon as they spotted the lights

they headed out.

Now, the legend behind the lights

is, of course, buried gold...

They were prepared though

bringing shovels and cloth sacks

to carry home their treasure.

Sure enough, they found a glowing light emanating 

from a crevice in the ground.
It took many hours for their shovels
to hit something hollow.
Imagine their delight
when they pulled a very heavy trunk
out of the ground
 and it made the unmistakable
sound of coins
clinking against each other?!

after breaking the lock
they threw the lid open.
Gold..
gold coins, more gold coins than they
ever imagined.

But also....a head
a devil head,
whose jaw jiggled and teeth chattered.
whose extra long tongue whipped around.
whose lips curled back in a wicked sneer.

three of the men dropped dead instantly.
the fourth man mounted his horse
and rode back home frantically .
He lived long enough to tell the tale
then he too, passed away
an expression of horror on his face.

when some of the townsfolk went out
to the area where the unfortunate men met their fate..
they found loose dirt that had been thrown back
over a hole in the ground.
but no one ever attempted
to dig it out again.
mwah ha ha ha!!!

needless to say..
I scared the heck out of my girls, lol
it really helps when the lights are off!

oh, I also wanted to show you this
mixed media painting in my little shop:)
It's called
Witching Time.

ok
time to get dinner started
I got carried away here!
See you soon.