Happy Halloweiners!

Hope everyone has fun dressin up & makin trouble this year. I'm looking forward to visiting with old friends, going to a big ol costume party & then hosting a Dia De Los Muertos bash. Trick or treat ya'll!

Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery in the Autumn

Some pics I took on Saturday, strolling through the cemetery...

It's the MOST wonderful time of the year...

For thrift store shopping, that is! It's a certain kind of paradise for me to walk into a thrift store & find aisles chock full of discarded monsters, black cats, owls & other bizarre items that only seem to see the light of day in the month of Oct. I purchased both a ceramic AND rubber shark! And an animitronic blackula whose eyes light up green while he tells you "I vant to suck your blood!". That just rules. I've been absolutely covering my home with halloween decorations. I'll take some pics when I'm done & post em so ya'll can see the madness. My darling little cat, Loki, has proven that he is the ultimate halloween cat (he is black with yellow eyes, after all- EVIL!)- by pulling tricks on me at every opportunity. Knocking over pumpkins, pulling tacks out of the wall so decorations fall, chewing crepe paper banners into oblivion and making a permanent nest in a box half full of decorations yet to be unpacked. Sure- some of these high spirits could be due to his being kept indoors now that the weather is turning cold & wet- but I like to think he's getting into the halloween spirit in his own special diabolical way. Little rat bastard!!!

That looks a little like him- but it's not. He's far too wily to be caught by a some pumpkinhead.



Not a terribly effective rat trap, me thinks. But I love the idea of a hangman's noose on the crescent moon. Wacky kitty!



These 2 are just adorable. Though I do believe the cat has a bit more style than the owl. Perhaps the owl should consider a monocle? Cigarette holder?

Tricks and Treats

I simply love this time of year! I'll be posting some of my favorite pics & videos from the season...also, I've added some Monster Music to put you all in the mood!

Rocktober!!!

I frikkin LOVE Halloween- and the beginning of October marks the nearness of some of my favorite events of the year. Like the wonderful Greek Festival held at the Holy Trinity Church on NE Glisan every year. It starts on Fri & you can bet I'll be there stuffing my face full of olives, cheese, pastries, gyros, sausages & maybe some roasted lamb or chicken. Loukamades & strong sweet Greek coffee- here I come! I will also buy a raffle ticket in the hopes that one day I'll win that trip to Greece.
I also look forward to the annual Halloween party at Paul & Anina's- always the slickest and most interesting costumes in town. I've already begun work on this year's ensemble- should be a good one! Then there's always Wonder Woman Day at Excalibur Comics, too. Maybe I'll dress up & make an appearance this year. If I'm not too hungover...

While I deeply miss a true "fall" like I grew up with on the east coast (the lovely spectrum of colors in the leaves, the smell of fireplaces and leaf piles burning, sweet hot cider, the incessant whiff of cinnamon & pumpkin spice that seems to pervade everywhere)- I've learned to adapt to my NW climes this time of year. I'll be making stews, baking bread & snuggling down to read long neglected books in no time.