* On My Way * Anna's Tea Party Under a Halloween Moon Blog Party

Time, there just isn't enough time in a day to do what one needs to get done and what one wants to get done.

Priorities are foremost and the LADIDA as hubby calls it, is, well comes last. So I did get a few things checked off the list but not everything I had hoped for; I guess for a later date, always a good thing for future posts.

Vanessa's Halloween Party....Well you wouldn't believe it...still have fifty some blogs to visit....hehehe....VERY SLOW...AT A SNAIL'S PACE; but so far the blogs I visited were worth it, full of inspiration and could never pass them by. I really don't know how everyone gets through them all and so quickly; am I missing something? 

 Anyway, Tomorrow is Anna's Under A Halloween Moon Blog Party, so I am going to be Ladida- ing for some time to come....hehehe! But seriously I also need the time to create or I'm not happy and I also want  to do some research on  possible homes for the family to move to next Spring/summer, so again, pressed by Time. Oh well, we all know how precious it is , so use it wisely gals!

The draw  for Vanessa's Halloween Blog Party will take place Saturday Night and the winner's names will be posted on Sunday. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow to read my party post for Anna's Under a Halloween Moon Blog Party and for another chance at a secret surprise give-away. Will reveal the contents tomorrow evening. 

Well , I better be off and get some work done. See you tomorrow at the Ball.

Have a little case of broom lag I'm 


afraid...hehehe....EEK....and IT IS SNOWING , so yes, definitely will be travelling by coach! 

*Anna's Frosted Petunias  ~ Tea Party Under a Halloween Moon Blog Party....See you there *

* LOOK WITHIN *

A little post I did last Halloween on Pastoral Dreams 


http://pastoraldreams.blogspot.com/ 


UPDATE:....STILL FLYING ON MY BROOM VISITING EVERYONE....IN THE N'S OF THE LIST AT THE MOMENT....PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE DONE TILL FRIDAY AND THEN THERE'S ANNA'S HALLOWEEN TEA PARTY UNDER A HALLOWEEN MOON ON SATURDAY..........


LOOK FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE OCTOBER 16TH POST CELEBRATING VANESSA'S HALLOWEEN BLOG PARTY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN SOME HALLOWEEN ART.

" Look Within and See

What Loveliness or Horror

You be the owner of!

It’s not the dead you must be afraid of....

but the living!!!"

Annabelle ~^..^~

....Just a Little reflection of the day!

~^..^~ HAPPY HALLOWS’ EVE ~^..^~

* EVERY SILVER LINING'S GOT A TOUCH OF GREY *

STRANGE AND CURIOUS  IS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
SPOOKY DARK ARE IT'S NIGHTS , 
LUMINOUS AND BRIGHT
WHEN THE FULL MOON DROPS DOWN 
TO OUR GARDEN BELOW

SPOOKY artists know the magical allure of October and it's extravagant Ball in it's final farewell.
Much is accomplished in the mystical 31 days of it's life; many times, our piece de resistance is created.
And then again, strange, very weird and unexpected occurrences happen, some faintly disappearing into thin air, making you wonder if they really did happen at all, while others etched in our minds for eternity wishing we could bury them ten feet under the ground.


I knew for some time now hubby was going in for a triennium eye surgery operation October 18th, today, so it wasn't a surprise or a strange event of the sort but definitely an unpleasant part of life he had to deal with to get better and something that the kids and I didn't look forward to as well. We must always remember ,with life , "every silver lining's , got a touch of grey"....nothin is purrrfect.
There is always apprehension and anxiety when one of your loved ones goes in for surgery....not a nice  feeling and we have become quite familiar with the usual routine associated in entering hospitals, one we never get used to,but all the same I was prepared for it , but not for what was to occur yesterday afternoon.


You never know the events to follow when one leaves home and says goodbye. I am not a Witch or a fortune teller but I think most of us do have what is called a sixth sense and yesterday was one day I felt a bit weird when my son left with his friends to go skating. I missed seeing him off and all I heard from the computer room was hubby teasing him if he needed some bread, at that point I felt unwell in my stomach that I had not seen him off as I usually do.That's it...just a bad feeling I didn't see him off. 


Long story short he returned to us but with a very unpleasant story to tell. He had suffered a concussion upon falling and hitting his head on the ice. Two gentlemen appeared to him when he woke up but he didn't recall anything after his fall. When he retold us the story, I felt terrible that I wasn't there when he needed me most, but we all know too well that we could never consistently be there by their side, especially parents, who eventually will need adjustments once their kids fly the roost.


 In summing up the events of the last few days, poor old dad ended up visiting two hospitals in less than 24 hours , first seeing our son through his testing and once again today for his operation; talk about creating anxiety before a surgery procedure....hehehe!


Anyway, I'm relieved to say the tests on my son turned out okay and hubby's surgery went well only he is suffering some pain now.
Under a mysterious moon, October never seems to disappear without leaving me some inspiration, strange curiosities of Witch I will later tell and a Spooky foreboding of Witch I quickly dismissed. Next time I feel the turning tummy I will listen.


So, I'm afraid I will be detained from my visits to your blogs for the next few days while I attend to my two boys.

iT'S Been a little too sPOOKY..........remember ...

*EVERY SILVER LINING'S GOT A TOUCH OF GREY *

READ PREVIOUS POST FOR VANESSA'S HALLOWEEN BLOG PARTY AND A CHANCE TO WIN SOME ORIGINAL ART PRINTS.

* A ~ HAUNTING WE WILL GO * VANESSA'S HALLOWEEN BLOG PARTY

^..^~ ~^..^~ ~^..^~ ~^..^~

A ~ Haunting we will go

Into the valley down below

Where ghouls and witches own the night 

Goblins, Spooks and Ghosts alike !

                                                                    Annabelle ~ Stan

                                                  

*A ~ HAUNTING WE WILL GO *

HALLOWEEN TREATS TODAY! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LEAVE A COMMENT ON TODAY'S POST. 


~^..^~ 1ST PRIZE WILL BE 
* A ~ HAUNTING WE WILL GO *


A HAUNTED TREE I MADE IN 1989, THEN  PHOTOGRAPHED ONE  HALLOWEEN AND  MANIPULATED IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM INCORPORATING INTO THE DESIGN TWO ELLY CATS DRAWN BY MY DAUGHTER EMMA ~M. 


 A  5 x 7 ORIGINAL ART PHOTOGRAPH /DIGITAL GRAPHIC/ PRINT SIGNED AND DATED BY ARTISTS OR ARTIST ; WINNER WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE THE TWO ELLY CATS REMOVED FROM PRINT IF THEY WISH.


~^..^~ 2ND AND 3RD PRIZES WILL BE TWO ORIGINAL ACEOS OF  
* GOIN' UP TO THE SPIRIT IN THE SKY * ALSO SIGNED AND DATED BY ARTIST...EMMA ~M.


GOOD LUCK!

 *This is Karson our Church Cat *

There was a annual Bless the Creatures Service at the local church and everyone's pet was invited , including the vet with a basket full of kittens who decided to sit right in front of us....What would you have done if you sat there with two little girls? Well as they say, the rest is history.

OUR SKINNY CHURCH CAT 'KARSON BOY' WILL DRAW THE THREE LUCKY WINNERS FROM MY WITCHES HAT NEXT SATURDAY OCTOBER 23RD /2010.

FROM PAST BLOG PARTIES, IF YOU DO VISIT ALL THE PARTICIPANTS TAKING PART IN THE EVENT IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR YOU TO DO THE ROUNDS,  A WEEK IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH TIME TO SEE AND COMMENT ON EVERYONE'S SITE, ESPECIALLY SO WHEN THE NUMBERS RUN IN THE HUNDREDS AS IN MOST CASES AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT EVERY BLOGGER DOES APPRECIATE A VISIT AND EVEN MORE A SWEET NOTE FROM GUESTS VISITING.

GOOD LUCK ****


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THANK YOU VANESSA FOR HOSTING THIS HALLOWEEN BLOG PARTY....I'M TOTALLY HOOKED....ADORE PLAYING....WHAT CAN I SAY, I WILL FOREVER BE A LITTLE KID INSIDE AND ON THE OUTSIDE....HEHEHE!


Visit Vanessa from *A Fanciful Twist * to see who is on the list of participants and their links.


I'm sure there are quite a lot of treats out there  for the Happy Halloween Visitor. ~^..^~


http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/


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~^..^~ HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~^..^~

* Goin' Up To The Spirit in The Sky * ACEO

GIVING TWO AWAY THIS SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE VANESSA'S HALLOWEEN PARTY.


COME OVER FOR A VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT...THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO AND I WILL GET 


KARSON ( OUR CHURCH CAT ) TO PICK THE TWO LUCKY WINNERS.


~~^..^~~  GOOD LUCK!  ~~^..^~~

If you have followed me on my two blogs or Flickr stream you no doubt have seen Elly Angel before now but not in this format. This is an original ACEO... Artist Card Editions and Originals which measure 2.5 x 3.5 in size.

Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky"  by Norman Greenbaum at #333 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

This 1st ACEO was a combined effort between M and myself in having a little Halloween fun; after all the song is purrfect for this kitty cat, don't you think?

 Atta boy Elly...you were always a good cat!  oooxxx ~^..^~ oooxxx

 

 Elly Angel's ~ ^..^ ~  guest appearance in.....


"Goni' Up To The Spirit in The Sky" ~ ACEO For Sale on Ebay 


LIMITED EDITION OF 500

Will-O'-The-Wisp * Ignis Fatuus •*´¨*

Oh , foolish ephemeral fire, do tell who you are.

Although it is said that the ghostly lights are "sometimes seen at night or twilight
Over bogs, swamps and marshes", these Spirit Wisps were seen by me 

in the early morning light....Right inside this room! Maybe these ghost,
fairy,elemental flaming wisps maybe the workings of the black cat
obscure from view, silently still in the dark shadows of this photograph.

Can you see The Bremen Musicians standing behind the Corpse Candle?

Elly ......? Artwork by Em

*Ephemeral Fire*

Lucky for a moment to catch this glowing light......

Could it be Will the Smith or is it Stingy Drunk Jack?

*Moon Spirits *

Can you see two moon faces above the Magic Orb?

Oh, and there is Luna peeking from under the button flower.

* The Spirits are Leaving *

And then the light, faintly dancing on the walls,
receded into the garden frosted in white.

Below Information taken from Wiki....

In 1891, JG Owens wrote in the Journal of American 

Folklore this:" As you approach it, it will move on, keeping 

just beyond your reach, if you 

retire it will follow you."

"But now a light produced from burning gas could have the 

form described, advancing as you

advance, reaching as you reach, and all other times remaining

stationary without having any visible connection with the 

earth, is not clear to me!!"

"Barn Owls also have luminescent plumage with a high albedo

that can reflect enough light from sources such as the Moon 

to appear as a Will-O'-the-Wisp."

Whatever it is, it is quite Strange, for I never intended to write about Will-O'-the-Wisp,

never even hear of it until now but while admiring the Wispy filigree strands of light,

I wondered at how to describe them...

Wisp came to mind.

*BEWITCHED BY THE BLOOD ORCHID*

Born under the sign of Pisces I am not at all surprised to the sort of gal that I am…… a puzzle to everyone and sometimes even to me! An eternal dreamer, always an actor of many disguises, constantly searching and seeking the magic of everyday life. My symbol of two fishes swimming in opposite directions typifies the contradictory nature that at times I seem to take; one moment I long to be near the sea and the next, quite content to live in the wood.But one constant for sure is the fact of how much I adore the creation of art, no matter the kind.

  *Magic Flower Potion Bottles*.... A little different in name but basically the same in nature to *The Old Hag Weed Bottles* both containing Magic of all sorts;It all depends on the particular bottle.

 *** The Blood Orchid of WychWood ***

Materials used in this Witch's Magic Flower Potion Bottle

Vintage 1887 Hiram Walker and Son Amber Whiskey Bottle, Vintage Key,Rose Jewel,Vintage Brass Orchid,Vintage rose drop jewels, rusted stars,metal orbs,copper wire,solder, patina. 

While in making this bottle my daughter Emma asked me:"And what do you call this flower"? I replied: It's an Orchid, just not sure " and she interrupted : "you mean the " Blood Orchid ". 

Completely captivated , entranced and just plain curious, I implored her to continue on telling of where she came upon the name. As it so happens , it derived from the movie "Anancondas -The Hunt for The Blood Orchid", a movie I once again ran away from in the opposite direction. I am a total Ophidiophobia , have a terrible fear of snakes and so it was a movie that I gladly skipped, but apparently missed a most  interesting story; sometimes I  wish I wasn't such a scary cat. 

In that moment, suddenly we both realized we were enveloped in the magical evolution and birth of …… " The Blood Orchid of WychWood ".

*** The Blood Orchid of WychWood *** Magic Flower Potion Bottle

Entangled in stars, the Blood Orchid blooms . A strange vine slowly creeps it's way up the lovely bloom, embracing and twisting the flower ,capturing tiny blood drops that have escaped from within their confines and hoping to catch a little bit of that magical potion that contains the power of  youth. 

It's Magic lies still inside it's chamber walls of amber hue, a prismatic jewel glows the power it holds within and the orbs dance about, way up high capturing light and holding all good dreams belonging to you.

•*´¨***..¸.•*´¨*..¸*´¨*.

I WAS BEWITCHED BY A NAME, BOTHERED BY FEAR AND 
TOTALLY BEWILDERED OF MY CHANCE MEETING MAGIC ONCE MORE.•


*´¨***..¸.•*´¨*..¸*´¨*. 

And....I was able to capture some of the Magic these bottles  cast on the walls.

*VERBENA CAUGHT IN THE SUNLIGHT*

I truly Believe this epitomizes 

a MAGICAL POTION BOTTLE BELONGING TO A

 BEAUTIFUL WITCH....HEY THAT'S ME......

I WISH.... •*´¨***..¸.•*´¨*.