Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Halloween DVD Countdown 2012



We begun our Halloween DVD countdown on the first beginning with the Harry Potter set 1 - 7 part 2 and we will continue through the rest of the month with the following:

Abbot and Costello Meets the Mummy
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Van Helsing
The Mummy (original)
Frankenstein (original)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Hocus Pocus
An American Werewolf in London
Young Frankenstein
Sweeney Todd (our yearly must watch)
Practical Magic
Nightmare Before Christmas
Sleepy Hallow
The Little Vampire
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Others
Monster House
Red Riding Hood
Addams Family
Interview with a Vampire
High Spirits
Beetle Juice

And to round it out Popcorn, popcorn, and more popcorn. Well maybe a few
 bits of chocolate with Beetle Juice after all it will be Halloween.



Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Halloween is Near



When whiches go riding and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers,
 'tis near halloween."   Author Unknown

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween Treat 2010


The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker ~ ah, yes, the things of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Well around here things have taken a rather deliciously morbid twist and there is no candlestick maker involved in this tale. We have the baker, the barber who become the butchers ~ ah, yes, the things of dark, dank and creepy and a whole lot of sinister smiles. For your Halloween pleasure come along on our journey with Mr. Sweeney Todd & Mrs. Nellie Lovett.



Last night we embarked on an adventure that gave everyone definite ooh and aw moments along with cringes and "How can they do that!" excitement as we watched Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter .What made this so different for us is that we don't care for musicals, however, this isn't your typical musical - our taste for the macabre and morbid far out weighted that problem. From the first we were drawn into the story of poor Mr. Todd. This is definitely our number one favorite for this years TV countdown. To be honest we have watched it twice!



One thing has lead to another in conversations of this mysterious serial killer of old London and we wanted to know more and here is what we found out-

Sweeney Todd was one of those morbid tales you tell your wicked children to keep them in line that became a full blown Urban Legend. As a matter of fact for about 150 years of London's history people thought he was in fact a real living person, however it has been long since proved to not the case. Sweeney Todd was in fact a character from The String of Pearls: A Romance by Thomas Perskett Prest in 1846. It was originally published in a Penny dreadful for its morbid thrills.



Now if you are interested in a non-human variety of delicious English meat pie recipe I would suggest you pop in on to The Brass Sisters and pass by Mrs. Lovett's shop altogether. I' just saying - know what I mean? Don't forget to click on the String of Pearls : A Romance above for a free download able copy of the the original book by Thomas Perskett Prest.

Be sure to pop over to A Fanciful Twist more Halloween delights.

HAVE A WICKED GOOD HALLOWEEN
 FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

2005 Pumpkin Carving

These are our pumpkin carvings that I found in a scrapbook album from 2005. If you compare these pumpkins to ones they did when they got older. You probably wonder what happened to their artistic carving talents. Well, the reason for that is - when they were younger I wasn't so keen on them wheeling a sharp knife about - they had different thoughts! There was a lot more adult involvement in the carving department when they were younger. The older the boys got the more work they did on their own.  Hope you enjoy.











Thursday, October 14, 2010

Theodosia's Magical Emporium


I heard the trailing garments of the night,
sweep through her marbled halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
from the celestial walls!


I felt her presence, by its spell of might.
swoop o'er me from above,
the calm majestic presence of the night...



Oh, hello. Isn't it lovely here along Witch Lake? Are you going to V's for tea? Me, too. I just thought I'd pop by Theodosia's Magical Emporium since it's along the way. Come along, dear heart, you might find that missing ingredient you are in desperate need of.


There is only one rule in this shop each item must be paid by services bartered or with a trade. I got this crazy broom here last year. Theodosia called it a Firebolt. I call it a wicked good ride. She acquired it from some young lad named Harry that lives across the pond. It seems he up graded his.



I come here to gaze and adore at all the wonderful objects from near and far shores. the enchanted jewelry and charms to protect one from harms - she found these in a buried chest at Pumpkin Hill Farm.



Freeze-dried spiders from Hell Hallow that really pack a punch. Dragon scales that if ground can protect from evil spirits that cause ill. Jars of graveyard dirt and even a book of spells from the faerie world.



Door knobs from a haunted house, a Chinese gryphon's spell egg, mermaid's hair and pure vampire's blood imported from Transylvania.


Theodosia's prised object- a Chinese Fireball Dragon's Egg. It's been decorated for outrageous magical powers.



Oh, you must give her book collection a look. Spells, herbs, brooms, beasts and ancient Egyptian scarabs to say the least. A pumpkin teapot that never runs dry is always handy to have near by.



Her best had items are the never ending money bags that are hand sewn by a sexy old hag. Dried white roses for the perfect love spell and green Banshee tears to mend a broken heart.



Let me tell you, the mushroom charts are might handy - never can have too many of those. Roses that came from a fresh grave down at Dead Woman's Crossing. Dangling dolls to tuck in slips of paper holding your wished and desires.



A bottle of Happiness Elixir for those with a sad disposition. the freeze-dried mice are nice for boiling up potions that chase away that unwanted guest. Isn't that hand sewn wish box just dandy? I often put in my wishes for candy.


 The shrunken skeleton of Captain Horace from a dark Caribbean island. It is rumored that he asked too many questions and stole the native tribes ritual jewels.


Bottles of Blue Dragon's Blood, a few drops can extend your life or make you well. Theodosia says there's ground bones of an Egyptian mummy's dust in those large white jars. I've never looked the idea gives me the creeps because the mummy walked off and was then found at Skull Creek.



Oh, my, it's getting late we must fly over to V's magically creepy place. And as I flew away
 from below I heard Theodosia say,  "Glad you came by for a spell and be sure to tell you friends to fly by as well."

Thursday, September 30, 2010

A Dragon's Tail

This morning I woke to a perfectly wonderful day that was draped in a thick vale of dragon's breath. How lucky can a girl get! My supplies in my magical cupboard are getting frightfully low and everyone knows the best hunting is done in the dragon's tail glow. Now where did I put that basket?


No, those are too small. Like a woman possessed
 I rush about the cottage.





Aw, there it is. Miss Ruby, scat and go chase mice.

With basket in had I hurry out the door to follow the beasties glow in search of many glorious delights.

Oh, my the fairy wood does look foreboding, however,
 I must keep on going.

Look,enchanted mushrooms. I must really have just a few.
These little beauties always pop up in the wake
 of the dragon's tail.
 I do hope I happen to find some dragon scales. What's that I smell? Smoke?

Hurry, hurry around the lake I must go.
 Dragon's fire makes things grow and glow.

Powdered ash of dragon's fire will cease
 even the most vicious liar.

My the woods are getting thick.


And wonders of wonders a fairy grapevine and...
Oh, it can not be...
but it is so...Banshee's tears to mend a broken heart!


As long as I'm here I'll grab a fistful or two of the
all-purpose graveyard dirt. I mean what can it hurt?


Ow, Ow stickers galore! It's a good thing I put on my boots to stomp through this prickly old grove.



What's that over there? Glittering, shiny and gold?



It's a green treasure to behold...
a dragon's scale to keep on from getting old.


But what's that sparkling beneath the leaves
 and ancient overgrowth? How curious it's a griffin's egg.


Oh, no, I've stumbled too far into this fairy wood. The creatures breath has done its magic. I must not linger any longer.


The day is almost done and I have no desire to stay
 the night in these enchanted woods.
 Must hasten, must rush, must fly back to my little domicile.