October Haunted Humpday!

It's the first Haunted Humpday of October!!!

It's a bit sad and exciting

don't you think?

You look forward to this time of year all year

and it's finally arrived...

and there's fun and parties and treats...

then it slips right by.

That's why I want to make the most 

of it

 & 

s-q-u-e-e-z-e 

the Spooky/Scary/Thrills

out of October.

Now, I have some neat Halloween things to share.

This ghostly guy

is actually a pencil sharpener

whenever I misplace him, I turn out the light

and there he is!

This is another gift I received

the other day..

I wanted to save it for today to show you.

It's a latex baby gargoyle.

I like how it looks like stone.

Found this at the thrift store for a quarter.

it just needs a little paint, 

It's about as big as a grapefruit.

I made this spider fascinator...

Helena was willing to model it for me.

(It will be available in my shop later today)

All of October last year

and most of this summer

I worked at a local haunted house making zombies.

LOL, putting makeup on people

so they look like zombies.

 It's at an old slaughterhouse

that is haunted by

 two children that were

murdered there.

(allegedly)

You can read the story 

here.

This is an example of what I do.

( this might look super gross,

but it's just latex and face paint)

Zombies aren't the only creatures

that roam the attraction..

there's many other 'undead' things there...

It's funny how scared

some of the people get..

Including me, lol

So, speaking of being scared and the undead.....

I got to thinking about all the creepy things that

happen...signs of mortality...

Do you know any?

 a week before my mom 

passed away

she mentioned that she wasn't getting  much sleep

because the owl outside her window

made too much noise..pecking and hooting.

The night she died, the candle I lit for her

sparked,  popped and turned green and blue

all night.

there's lot's of portents of death....

a clock that stops or chimes

between the hours,

large numbers of bees flying into houses.

ravens, owls, large black dogs...

a rooster that crows in the night.

eeek, so creepy...

let's lighten up with a sweet recipe shall we?

This Mexican hot chocolate is amazing!

I can't explain how

delicious this tastes!

The aroma takes me back to 

my childhood.

It's a little bit bitter

but there's cinnamon and sweetness

thrown in.

  Drinking it

immediately makes me feel

 five years old!

It comes in these disks

and you have to melt it in hot milk.

my mom used to put cinnamon sticks in the milk 

so it was especially tasty.

you can have cookies with this or pie..

which is what we made.

 The house smelled awesome 

with this baking and the chocolate simmering.

 This is the recipe we used:

2 pkg.  (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup  canned pumpkin

1/2 cup  sugar

1/2 tsp.  vanilla

1/2 tsp.  ground cinnamon

Dash  ground cloves

Dash  ground nutmeg

2 eggs

1

Graham cracker Pie Crust (6 oz.)

1 cup  thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Pre-heat oven to 350°F.  Beat cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar, vanilla
and spices in large bowl with electric mixer
on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; beat just until blended.
POUR into crust.
BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set.
 Cool.
 Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
Top with whipped topping just before serving.

 We used to visit my aunt quite a bit when I was

a child...we'd all go over and sometimes stay the night.

she and her family lived in an old rambling ranch house

in the middle of about 60 acres

 of a pecan orchard and cotton fields.

Being out there was fun, during the day....

at night there was not a speck of light outside..

just hulking mountains of hay bales

and the dark forest of orchards.

weird things happened here all the time...

one of the most memorable was when

evening had arrived,
it being a Saturday, there was no rush to leave..

all the kids were in the TV room

the adults in the kitchen having coffee

all of a sudden there was a scream right at the kitchen window..

I still remember it and I have chills as I type.

It was long, nasty and filled us with horror,

we didn't know what had happened,

it was so close we thought it was coming

from the kitchen!

My dad ran outside...he thought someone was hurt or dying

(no one attempted to accompany him)

there wasn't anybody out there...

 the ride home through the deep trees

and the winding dirt road was torture for me!

I already had a deep seated fear of this house..

staying the night was not fun for me ever.

I'd spend the night with my head under the covers

knowing there was something right in front of me  just waiting

for the blanket to move, so it could pounce.

one of the main reasons i was so afraid

was because at night when everyone would 

go to bed, you could hear loud stomping footfalls

in the living room and hallway...

my aunt said it was the wood floors settling

and creaking..

but I knew, in all my childish knowledge

that it was the sound of an animal in there,

 an animal with hooves,

 up on it's hind legs.

 

okay, the winner of the tea house is Lynnie!

I have a little witch that wants to come stay with

someone...

you know the drill,

leave me a comment

and she could be yours!

hope you enjoyed this extra long welcome October Haunted Humpday!!!

see you!!