Haunted Humpday #10

Hello!

Welcome to our last 

 

I have had so much fun.

Each and every one of you has

inspired me tremendously!

I'd like to share some goodies I received this week

from Ms.Lilypads

She made this beautiful magnet!

 She also sent me some white sage.

Thank you so much!!

I have a few things to
announce now, and by things, I mean 

winners, lol

last week's winner is

beverly e 

I didn't have a chance to upload

the photo of last week's prize..

so here it is:

 

Okay, now the winners of the 

Broomsticks on the Bayou giveaways:

#13 Frosted Petunias won the mask. 

#5 Autumn Wind a mini voodoo doll

#26 Glitter Tart Designs a mini voodoo doll

I need your details please:)

I don't know if you know

but Lisa Kettel is having a blog hop event!

It's going on until the 2nd..

Be sure and visit,

there's lots of prizes!

I created a Dia De Los Muertos dolly

out of one of her Lulu Dolls:) 

I love how she turned out!!

she reminds me of a cookie.

speaking of cookies...aren't these cute!

They're from the grocery store..

We're going to do some baking tonight though...

Lot's of gingerbread skeletons are getting prepped 

at the moment....

we're also going to be using this to make some candy critters.

We also made Salted Caramel apples...!!!

These are SO good!

you make them just like regular caramel apples

but you add sea salt to them afterwards.

You want to know why there's so many goodies?

Well, tomorrow is Great Pumpkin night!!

 (google image)

Ever since my daughter was 3 years old, we've been 

celebrating Great Pumpkin Night 

on the 30th of  October.

It's kind of like Christmas for us.

It started out with a a treat bag full of

candy, a toy and a letter from GP himself.

 Now...

We have a 'party' starting at around 7pm on the 30th

with food, sweets, scary music and games.

at around eleven pm 

we put out the lights out, save for a few candles

in jack-o-lanterns,

and then the stories begin...

At midnight

Great Pumpkin will leave the treats by the front door.

it's usually a cauldron full of candy & magic...

...think of

grandma Aggie's bag in Halloweentown.

Yeah, like that:)

We all dress up too!

Even Magnus has been trying on costumes..

We can't wait!

 I have a couple book suggestions for these long chilly nights!

This one is good for children and adults..

The Young One

The Desrick on Yandro

and Henry Martindale, Great Dane 

are my favorites.

This one has been in my bookshelf for decades I'm sure.

It belonged to older siblings at one point

but I ended up keeping it.

Maybe it's a little silly, but I enjoyed it.

It's all the apocalyptic drama that I like.

 Are you ready?

let's gather one last time.

 I've mentioned that we have an old tool shed in the back yard.

A lot of 'odd' things have happened in and around it.

Sometimes it was unlocked

even after my dad would lock it up.

(maybe he forgot to lock it..maybe not)

I hated when my mom would say

Let's go lock up Pappa's casita

There was a chain leading from inside the shed

that would lead back out and a padlock was put on it.

there used to be another door and the hole where the

chain came through was bigger.

big enough to stick your hand through and pull the chain out.

I had to do that a couple of times...

and I was very sure some cold clammy claw was

going to grab my hand and pull me into the shed through that 

little opening! 

Anyhow..one night we went out

to put the darn lock on the door.

When we got out there, the smell of sulphur

was overpowering. 

My mom uttered some prayer or another, locked the door

and yanked me into the house.

When I asked her what was wrong

she told me that the smell of sulfur meant the

devil was about, and bad things were going to happen.

It was all in Spanish, which somehow sounds way creepier. lol

The next day we had to go to my cousin's baby shower.

I was just a little kid

so everything was super boring for me there.

That is until my cousin brought out a Ouija board

she'd had in her attic (really!) for years.

They asked it silly things, I remember laughter..and my mom's

disapproving look, she refused to touch it and was upset that my

aunt , her sister, was actually playing.

All of a sudden, someone picked up the board 

and threw it across the room.

I guess the board was telling them

horrible things about my aunt..

calling her a widow and asking how

it felt to lose her husband.

We left soon afterwards and I forgot all about it.

I spent that night at my aunt's house..

it was summer vacation

and I usually stayed with her because she was

a teacher and had the same time off as I did.

The ringing phone woke me up at six am.

I remember she ran in and got me to get my shoes on.

We then we went outside to

 wait for my mom to come pick us up.

My uncle had had a heart attack on the way to work.

she got to speak to him, but he passed away late that night .

I never forgot the smell of sulfur in the shed & 

that the board had called her a widow the day before.

 

Our kitchen counter is notorious for dropping bread.

you set a loaf of bread up there and you'll hear a noise

and the bread's on the floor!

Or worse, you don't hear it fall

and then see a certain dog walk passed with 

a bag of bread, thinking it's his lucky day!

It's not just bread either..

we used to keep the fruit bowl there

but oranges and apples would be found under the table

all the time.

There's no real way of explaining it.

My dad, said there must be a damn rat

throwing sheet (that's how he said it) around.

Well we don't have rats, or mice...

what else could it be?

The foundation is even too.

behind our kitchen is a spare room..

the closet lines up with the kitchen counter.

So the back of the closet wall is also the same wall as the kitchen counter.

(I hope I'm making sense)

that closet has always giving me the heebie jeebies.

(My grandfather passed away in that room but that's never bothered me)

One night in 2005, I put a tape recorder by the closet,

turned it on and left for 4hours.

No one else was in our house that night.

The next day I listened to the recording and

I heard a sound...it was after about an hour of

not much..

It was a low moan...deep and full of pain..

I have the recording still, but I couldn't figure out

how to transfer it on here.

I'm also never going to do that again haha!

Maybe our home really is haunted...;)

who knows...the graveyard,

the weird creatures, the noises..

maybe there's no other way to explain it.

The 'Spirits" seem to have moved the giveaway gift

so I can't take a photo of it...

it's a pair of earrings with skeleton girls on them

I know I set them down right here by my laptop!!.

Thank you all for visiting, commenting and being

so enthusiastic about Haunted Humpday.

I'm going to miss it...but rest assured...

I'll be digging it back up next year.

I'll have more stories and goodies for you.

Hope you will join me on the second to celebrate

Dia De Los Muertos.

 

And all of November 

I'm going to host 

a book and a blanket event!

Come back soon to get more details

Big Halloween hugs to everyone!

Marfi