So who am I to buck a trend? Pics taken last week while roving the aisles of Michael's searching for stuff for a project. The countdown observed by Halloween enthusiasts everywhere is now on everyone else's radar.
I love the little bats on the coffins! I just finished re-painting some platic chains for my stirring witch project. They look way better now. These didn't look too bad, either... Was this supposed to be "Snake Spleen" facial oil? Made in China, no doubt!
If I had the slightest interest in scrapbooking, I would love these papers. Especially the spiders! I'm not much for the miniature village thing, but I might make an exception for the House of Wax. Maybe I'll make a tiny little screaming victim, too.
After I left Michael's, I had to make a Cosco run. And there they were, just as I walked in the door: costumes for kids! I guess Iron man will be the big thing this year!
Hey, new anonymous follower... There's a contest going on and you could win something for following... If only I knew who you were. *sigh* (Let me know offline, if you want to maintain anonymity and want to win a something...)
Looks yummy! It could make a nice signature cocktail for Halloween night, if only we could figure out what's in the sour mix... I suppose you could look it up on the restaurant's web site.
Before Bill. Before Lestat. Before Spike and Angel, there was Nosferatu. Not conflicted. Not sexy. An unapologetic predator. Just a monster, afraid of the sun. And rightfully so.
Oh, and? I got a new laptop, thanks to Mr. ShellHawk's generosity! Now I need to figure out why "64-bit" (whatever that is) translates to meaning, "ShellHawk can't run her effing programs and needs Mr. ShellHawk to help set everything up. I'm hoping that Audacity will work with Vista, or I'm going to have to get our old pc out of the mothballs to record the next Haunt Cast segment.
We're going to attempt a cleanup of the old laptop soon, sans battery. It's al;ways good to have a spare lying around, just in case of martini storms!
*Sound of wolf howling somewhere off in the distance*
"Werewolf!"
"Werewolf?"
"There."
"What?"
"There wolf. There castle."
"Why are you talking that way?"
"I thought you wanted to."
"No, I don't want to."
"Suit yourself. I'm easy."
-Young Frankenstein
Last night, after securing the chains to my stirring witch's cauldron and giving the laboratory-I mean, Garage of Doom, of course-a good sweep and cleanup, I wandered outside. The radio said that we might have thunderstorms today, and the clouds should be rolling in overnight. It was after 11:00 p.m. It was quiet but for the crickets and the sound of the wind. It felt like Fall had come early.
I closed up the garage and went into the house, then back out through the front door. It had been a busy day in the Garage of Doom, and I felt good about the progress of the witch and that the shop was picked up and tidy so I could hit the ground running today. I looked up at the full moon and the clouds scudding by, listened to the wind and the crickets. I had hoped my little frog buddies would sing, too, but they were silent.
I admit that it's been far too long since I slowed down and taken time out to enjoy something as simple as a moonlit night. Life is only as busy as you make it, and I've made it very busy of late. Intellectually, I know I should be taking time for daily meditation and exercise, but somehow, it doesn't happen. I just get up in the morning and jump into the day with both feet. Someone I once knew told me I was a "human doing," rather than a "human being." Guilty as charged. I took a minute to rectify that last night.
Here's a video I took. You'll love it if you're the type of person who likes to watch paint dry. ;o)
Stewie has been chuckling nastily to himself as I've been working in the Garage of Doom. The stirring witch project is proving to be difficult for me, no reflection at all on the kind people who have tried to help me with it via e-mail. I've been having trouble with the linkage that makes the head turn back and forth. My hands are a bit bruised from all the bending of aluminum, and I tried to cut off my thumb with a Dremel. And that damn scarecrow just laughs, forgetting that it was he that was making me sweat last year, that birth is painful. (Jeez, I am SUCH a freakin' drama queen!)
"Dammit Jim! I'm an artist, not a mechanic!"
I suppose the positive part is that I've found a number of different ways NOT to make a linkage. I keep remembering about how Thomas Edison (not that I consider myself to be in the same class of genius-more like class that rides the short bus to school) made something like 1000 or so light bulbs that didn't work before he made the one that did. Here's what the linkage is supposed to look like when it 's turned on.
I'll get it. I will. Dammit! Because after this part is done, I can get on with the cool stuff that I'm actually good at. And like doing. Did I mention that after this, I have a cemetery fence to build, three papier mache pumpkins to finish, gravestones to make, a groundbreaker and a gravestone pop-up to finish? And we're now at 86 days to Halloween? Oh, and? My friend says she's going to see if she can get the local news out here to film. So everything has to be ready at least two to three weeks in advance. School starts August 22 (did I mention I was going back to college to get my AA, then a teaching degree so I can teach art to high schoolers?), and I'm still looking for work?
Jeez! Whine, whine, whine! I always do that when I'm bleeding from power-tool inflicted wounds. At least I didn't cut off anything with the Sawz-All!
So, just so I don't leave you with a pity party, I thought I'd post this, too. Was $34.95, now $14.88. Glow in the dark globe that may look pretty cool someplace in a haunt. From Gardener's Supply, which is having a big sale right now. Don't forget the end-of season statuary stuff should be on sale pretty soon, so it should be a great addition for the ol' graveyard!
UPDATE: Thank all the gods and goddesses! It's done and working. It's LOVELY to have a neighbor who used to be an engineer! Next: on to the good stuff!
I know you've been wondering to yourselves, "When is that cheap wench ShellHawk going to do a giveaway?"
First off, I'm not cheap. I'm reasonably priced.
Second, I didn't have anything to give away. Now I do, so I'm going to foist-I mean, gift-one of these two guys to you. These are among the first completed pottery works I've done, so if I become an insanely famous artist (just insane now, no fame yet), these might actually bring you the price of a Vente Latte.
Here's how you enter:
1) If you're not already a follower of my blog, become one. It's the "Join This Site" button on the right side of the page. 2) Leave me a comment on this post. If you're not on blogger, leave the comment as "Anonymous." Just make sure I can identify you later. 3) Follow me on Twitter by clicking the Twitter badge above and to the right, then click the "follow" button. Just let me know you are following because of this giveaway, so I can separate you from the Twitter spammers! 4) Those of you who ramble on-I mean, blog-like I do, please make a mention of my giveaway on your blog. (And thank you for spreading the word!) Come back here and leave me a second comment, and you'll get your name in the witch's hat a second time.
Of course, feel free to post pictures of these 3 1/2 inch tall jackos in your post about this contest. Just to add a bit of mystic atmosphere, the drawing will take place on the day of the New Moon, August 20. The winner will tell me which of these two guys will be grinning his flaming grin in their window this Halloween. Good luck!
In case you were wondering, no, cash bribes will not be accepted! But I appreciate the thought!
I love the little bats on the coffins!
I just finished re-painting some platic chains for my stirring witch project. They look way better now. These didn't look too bad, either...
Was this supposed to be "Snake Spleen" facial oil? Made in China, no doubt!
If I had the slightest interest in scrapbooking, I would love these papers. Especially the spiders!
I'm not much for the miniature village thing, but I might make an exception for the House of Wax. Maybe I'll make a tiny little screaming victim, too.
I guess Iron man will be the big thing this year!
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