I've been trying to create and bake and just savor
the delicious moments and memories that this season brings with it..
but it moves so fast!!
This weekend we made pizza and started watching
the exorcist..during the first half hour of the movie
half the string of orange lights one the mantle blew out and made our living room just a little bit darker.
let's just say we didn't finish the movie, lol
We are back up to 80's again..not surprising though.
But our nights are lovely, so I won't complain.
Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?
I had one in high school..
my mother had no knowledge of it btw:)
my friends would come over and we would play with it..
ask it the usual stuff..
Anybody here?
Does (whoever it was) like me?
Am I going to have children?
Am I going to get married? (I never was the one that asked that question)
Eventually I threw it out..
I had more fear of my mom finding out
than anything else, haha!
It did scare us a few times, don't get me wrong..
& it would threaten and curse at one of my friends in such a terrible way,
he vowed never to play it again.
This next story is about a person I've known for a while..
Joshua and his best friend, Ed were on their way home from school one rainy afternoon.
As they walked by a pile of trash cans they saw a Ouija board and planchette sticking out.
They dug it out and raced over to Josh's house..his mom worked until late,
so there wouldn't be any interference from a parent.
When they walked in the rain really started to come down hard..
They were very excited because it added a creepy element to an already creepy situation.
Josh grabbed some candles,
including a heavy vanilla candle that had belonged to his grandmother.
The lights were off, the candles were lit and the session began..
The board did not answer their inane questions,
instead it spoke of the future and it told each boy one specific thing.
after a short while the boys became very frightened.
They decided to put it away,
suddenly a huge flame shot up out of the vanilla candle,
before they had a chance to put it out, the entire candle had melted down to the table.
He said it took about 10 seconds.
They looked where the candle had been..trying to figure out how they were
going to hide scorch marks from Josh's mom.
Instead of burns on the table they found a oddly shaped puddle of wax..
It was shaped like an angel with a crying face.
He said it was intricate..delicate, even.
It looked carved.
When they saw the face they became more frightened than they had ever been before..
Chills were running up and down their backs as they ran outside to throw the board away immediately.
The next day everything seemed normal until Josh
arrived home and found his youngest sister playing with the Ouija board that he had thrown out.
She claimed to have found it on her bed the night before.
Josh tried to take the board from her but she
very uncharacteristically attacked him.
She screamed hysterically and raked her fingernails down his face.
His mother pulled her off of him and took her out of the room.
He then he ran outside and burned the board.
His sister never recovered..
she began to waste away.
The doctors claimed it was an infection, but could never find a cure.
she was put in hospice and eventually she passed away.
He still has the scars on his face..he said the night he and Ed played with the
board, it told him that his sister was going to die before the month was over.
Well, I'm about ready to go to bed...Helena and I went out just now and bought
hot cocoa and drove through one of the creepy neighborhoods, looking at the decorations..
we had so much fun!
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I hope this coming week is spooky and full of happy surprises for you!!
We had a pretty quiet one, only six trick or treaters showed up!
It's okay...
We watched The Amityville Horror, ate candy and snuggled up under a blanket on the sofa.
Look at this!
I won this adorable wreath from Lady Caer Morganna at The Wiccan Life
She also sent a pumpkin dish towel and a super cute Halloween card!!
Thank you so much!!
I also participated in an artcard swap with an instagram friend.
She sent me this..
I sent her these..
It was fun..I hadn't done a swap in a long time and I'm hoping to do more in the future.
I've always felt it centered closely around the seven deadly sins....
(spoilers included)
The first segment is a Christmas one, in which the wife murders her husband to get the insurance money:
'And all through the house' (greed)
The second one is about a man that leaves his wife and family to be with another woman:
'Reflection of Death'( lust)
The third
has a father and son bullying an old widower to suicide, just because they don't think he's good enough to live in that neighborhood and because they want his property:
'Poetic Justice' (envy)(wrath)
The next one (another favorite) is a version of the 'Monkey's Paw'
A man with a failing business and his wife find a statue that will grant them three wishes.
'Wish you were here' (gluttony)
The new director of a home for the blind makes financial cuts that leave the residents hungry and cold,
while he lives comfortably...
the residents don't take this abuse for long.
'Blind Alleys'(pride)
If you have not watched them, I hope you get a chance to soon.
I made these on Friday the 13th,
Did you do anything fun?
Then, the other night I made s'mores cocoa again..
before you add the marshmallow toast it, then add graham crackers.
(sugar bones are optional)
It's SO good!
I found some cute little decorations at the 99 cents store:
This spider web candle holder..
It throws the prettiest shadows..
more candle holders..
This little sign that says
Cuidado con las brujas /Watch out for witches
Have you ever seen a captured ghost??
Not only have we seen them..we've got a couple to show you!!
This is the one I caught...
This is the one Helena caught....
To make these you need
cheesecloth
ping pong ball (for the small one)
ornament ( for the large one)
paper towel rolls for the bodies
and wire if you want to add arms.
I used an empty cookie container (about 14 inches)
Helena used an empty coffee jar
hot glue the ping pong ball, or ornament to a piece of towel tube
paint it white
add eyes and mouth with black paint
glue to lid of jar
glue on cheese cloth
sprinkle with iridescent glitter
place decorative tape or trim around jar lid
put lid on jar
Done!
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I also made a large art card..
Helena is under the weather so she didn't make one.
For the past few years
I sit down and write a story for HH and it never fails..
I hear a strange noise or I see something odd.
It makes sense though,
I'm usually a bit freaked out being the only
one awake.
But, things have been happening here..
things that cannot be explianed,
like doors opening on their own
or finding the faucet on.
Hearing voices in another room when no one else is home...
how do you explain it?
If you hear something behind you right now..
what do you tell yourself?
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Here's a story my Aunt would tell
about a girl that didn't believe in anything paranormal.
She lived her life and did what she wanted to.
She was calm and pretty level headed.
one night her friends invited her to accompany them to an abandoned house at the edge of town
that was rumored to have a demon living in it's cellar.
If you were brave enough to go down the stairs and ask for it to show itself,
it would reward you with answers to any questions you asked it.
She did not believe, but she went along with them..making jokes and laughing at
their silly beliefs.
Once there, her friends chickened out, refusing to go passed the kitchen door.
Exasperated, she stomped down the stairs and demanded the demon show itself. Nothing happened.
She came back upstairs and they soon left.
She mocked her friends relentlessly the rest of the night.
A few weeks later she was taken away from her home in an ambulance.
She'd attacked her little sister and her mother with a large kitchen knife after mutilating herself and trying to stab out her own eyes.
it took several paramedics to restrain her.
As they were putting her in the ambulance she broke away, ran to the house and pointed at each of her siblings in turn..
Her face was covered in gore and her eyes were gushing large amounts of blood, yet she spoke calmly.
She told her brother he would die in a car wreck that year
of her sisters..she claimed one would have a miscarriage,
the other would marry and become a widow within 6 months.
(Eventually, all of her predictions came true)
That night, she got away from the paramedics somehow and ran off into the large apartment
complexes that were under construction near their home.. beyond that was a lot of empty desert.
They could hear her wild screams growing fainter and fainter,
She was never found.
I always thought that story was just a story my aunt would tell, to pass the time..but
Every time we go driving and pass an apartment building that is being built, I imagine I can hear her shrieking in the night.
Well, that's it for this week.
May your week be filled with magic,chocolate and spooky stuff!
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