Haunted Humpday IV

 BOO!

Did I scare you??

I hope you're ready for our next installment of

 

It's been a strange week...

Friday started with the normal heat and sun

then around 4 in the afternoon

a huge clap of thunder 

scared us...

then the rain started, heavy then heavier...

but get this...other than a small grayish cloud the sky was clear!

See how weird the raindrops look?

the sun is hitting them cause it's shining!

I've never seen the rain come down so hard

from a relatively clear sky before.

The whole mood of the day changed for me after that.

 Once it got dark the lights flickered a few times then

went out.

We lit candles

and made cocoa..

aren't these cute?

I took out a few of my favorite books

They're really fun and kid friendly.

Of course as soon as the lights are off

my little one starts

asking me to tell spooky stories..

so I oblige, haha!

In the book I talked about last week

Baleful Beasts & Eerie Creatures,

there's another story in there that is really good.

It's called

It's about a little girl that 

moves into the neighborhood with her family.

While her mom and dad are running back and forth

between the old house and the new house,

She receives a package for the creepy old lady 

down the street.

All of the neighbors suspect that the old woman is evil.

There's a warning written on the box:

KEEP OUT OF SUNLIGHT!

her curiosity gets the better of her &

she opens up the package.

inside is a horrible, dead, dried up creature about an inch tall.

It's so ugly she can't tell if it's human or animal.

She is so repulsed she drops the opened box in the front hall.

In full sunlight.

After she recovers from the shock

of seeing something so disturbing

she returns to the package so she can

wrap it back up.

The creature is gone.

Just then, the old lady

knocks on the door asking for the parcel.

 The little girl lies and says 

she's not received anything.

After warning the girl

about how dangerous 

the package contents are,

she leaves.

 The little girl continues searching frantically for it

but it's nowhere to be found,

Then....

she sees a shadow in the living room,

thinking it's a cat that got in the house somehow

she runs to catch it..

it could, after all, find the 'thing' and rip to shreds.

But she comes face to face with the creature from the box..

it's about a foot tall and seems to be growing.

she runs upstairs, but then realizes that she needs to get out of the house,

while trying to escape out the back door

she is cornered by the monster

so she hides in the basment.

It follows her in there and she can hear it sniffing around the boxes and old furniture.

The creature has grown very large by this time, at least taller than her father!

Somehow she gets out through a loose window.

She can see the lights on in the neighbor's house since it has grown dark by now. 

 Her pounding on the front door and cries for help are answered

by the old woman...

She drags the girl inside and tells her that since she knows

about the monster she cannot be allowed to leave again.

The old lady throws her into a room and locks the door.

The creature which has grown to at least 9 feet tall

is waiting for her.

I guess the moral of the story is, don't open your neighbor's mail, haha!

Once the lights turned back on

we made a few little 

spooky buddies:)

The pumpkin and zombies

are pretty much just socks

stuffed and painted...

Helena had a lot of fun.

 

The bats are black socks

with stiff black felt wings

attached with a little hot glue.

Googly eyes and white felt teeth

complete the look.

you can hang them upside down

around your house.

If you get the socks at the dollar store

you can make a whole colony

to hang in the corner.

I bought this lithograph card at walmart

I thought you might like to see it.

Creepy right?

 

Oh look at how neat these are!!

$6.99 at Walgreens!

I'll make some for next week:)

I just completed this mixed media painting..

 

 

 

 

I'll put her in my very neglected shop soon.

 

As zombie filled as this post seems to be

I'm not as into them as some people are..

I don't read books on them or practice for the alleged Zombie apocalypse.

(some people really do that!)

But I have had some really ugly dreams.

This dream is pretty disturbing so if you don't want to read it,

please feel free to skip past it.

 

 

 

In this dream (I had it about 2 years ago) I was with my dad.

We were on our way to a wake.

The hallway that led to the viewing room was miles long...

The carpet was a deep maroon.

when we finally arrived my uncle

was lying on a table that was covered in red fabric.

He wasn't in a coffin, just on top of the table.

I was terrified.

Nothing was strange or odd..other than the missing coffin.

As we approached the corpse

my fear intensified.

We were behind a couple...a man and his mother, it looked like.

They stood in front of the body...

the man reached down and touched my uncle's arm.

Suddenly my uncle sat up and bit the man on the chest...

he wouldn't let go.

The man kept trying to pull away but he could not.

The sounds the corpse was making were horrifying.

I could see it's eyes...they were completely black, no whites at all.

I grabbed my dad and ran...knocking people down, stepping on whoever

was in our way.

Everyone in there seemed to be unaware of what had just happened.

once we got outside I started driving home as fast as I could.

We arrived at a bridge and I could see far over the town.

There was pandemonium.

Cars on fire, smoke everywhere, people staggering about with parts bitten off..

and we were trapped.

No way of moving through the town and no way back either..

As I began to panic I woke up.

 

Told you it was ugly.

 

Let's talk about the winner from last week's giveaway

It is....

 Calamitous Botanicus 

congratulations!

this week's give away includes:

Pumpkin glasses, glittery rats and a small original piece of art!

 

 

Well I held out long enough,

I've started decorating the yard for Halloween!!

 

Vampire wreath...

Headless horseman's skeleton...

 

Ring around the pumpkin

Pumpkin jester...

 This guy moves and makes spooky sounds..

 

Front door greeter...

I'm not finished yet...I have to add bats and lights!

ready for our story??

good.

My best friend in junior high 

had a brother-in-law that swore this happened.

He and his younger brother went to visit

his great grandmother in a small town in mexico.

They had been there a few days

when their cousin suggested they go into town and have a few drinks.

Their great grandmother

didn't like the sound of this...it was a Sunday

and she felt it was very disrespectful of them to go drinking.

she said it was inviting evil. 

Well nobody listened to her.

some more cousins dropped by & a few uncles and they

all got in his truck and took off.

They had a pretty good time..all twelve of them,

lot's of tequila, loud music and dancing girls.

Evening fell and soon the bar was closing.

They all piled into his truck ready to get home and sleep off the effects of the alcohol.

The truck would not start..not matter what they tried the engine wouldn't turn over.

They decided that walking home would be the best thing to do.

It would be easy to come by tomorrow and tow it to a mechanic.

The walk home proved to be lively and full of laughter...

they were, after all, pretty drunk.

All except his younger brother...he didn't drink as much as everyone else.

Since the walk back was through a very rural area with no lights around, they

depended on the light of the moon to see their way around rocks, trees and bushes.

About halfway home, they happened to see a lone donkey in the middle of the path.

 They clamored to get on it..knocking each other down and laughing hysterically.

one by one they got on the donkey..

before long they realized that they were ALL on the donkey

at the same time.

The younger brother cried out in fear..when he did that, they all landed on the ground.

The donkey was no where to be seen.

They began to run home, terrified by what had happened..

every once in a while they could hear thrashing and crazed laughter in the tree branches above them.

The next day when they towed the truck to get repaired

they found out that the particular path they had taken was locally known as 

"Tormenta de demonios"

which translates to storm of demons..

no one ever used this path, even during the day!

 

 

Well, I hope you are all feeling extra spooky now:)

I know I am!!!

Happy Haunted Humpday!

 

PS...you can post your HH until Friday night...I  know how hectic things can get:)

Comments can come in until the following Tuesday to be eligible to enter the giveaway.

 

See you soon!!!