Happy Halloween 2013!

From Ghoulies and Ghosties and long leggedy Beasties and things that go bump in the night...

It was a dark and stormy night.....

Well, not really ~ but that's how all the spooky stories start right? 

There I was in the fading evening light... admiring my hardly little  marigolds....

 

My Morning glories have drooped into sad little ghostly shapes.

The Zinnias have wizzled and mostly have fizzled ~ from the chillin' they got from the frost.

 I heard a rustle; and turn to see a blurry apparition behind me.

Hmmmmm I thought, must be my eyes playing tricks.

But I got the feeling SOMETHING was watching me...

with a cold glassy eyed stare.

 He looked pretty happy, but I decided I better go inside anyway.

and like after watching a tense scary movie, my nerves were a little on edge.... so I peep under my art table before I sat down, just in case.... 

plus, I'd recently heard about another lovely artist girl who found out she wasn't alone!

 ...you can go see what she found here -->  Catherine Constance

 

Low and behold.... I WASN'T alone.

And what to my wondering eyes did appear you ask?

..................

 

This Raggle Taggle band of Halloween Merry Makers!

This is Burble....

(his Mother was a Marshmallow Peep, and his Father was a Circus Peanut)

What a happy fellow his is ~  Gives great big soft hugs!

(he wears a belt bag, cuz he has no pockets to hold is Candy Corn.)

Pirate Pete was there next to him...

He wears a tennis ball on the end of his peg leg so he doesn't clomp so much when he walks.

And, one of his ears is a bit oversized... a side effect of wearing that big heavy gold earring for so long. But his best mate Soot the cat doesn't mind, and loves him anyway!

And then there's Wallace, he's a distant cousin to Sasquatch ~ but he's not as shy.

 He always wears his fancy socks with the pom poms on when the weather turns cold. 

He never goes anyplace with out Louisa the Mouse ~ best of friends they are. 

 (he named her after Louisa on Doc Martin, his favorite show from BBC)

                                                        And last but not least was Martin.
                                              He's a bit of a nervous fellow... and he's afraid of the dark.
                            So he carries a flashlight in his pocket to shed a little light in the dark corners.

I felt so much better after meeting them... that I decided to go have one more look around outside.
                                                and sure enough.... there in the underbrush....

                                                            Was a tiny little mouse...
                                             She raised her Pumpkin Lantern in greeting.

                                            and the Pumpkin Patch smiled up at me too.
                               Wonderful things can happen sometimes, given the chance,
                                                             and a little bit of bravery...

                                 Wishing you Happy Hauntings ~ and delightful discoveries!

Scary stories make me clutch  my heart in fright... glad this one had a happy ending!
signed, Pinchy T. Squirrel

and P.S ~ though I'm not into sports,

 I would give two thumbs up to our Red Sox baseball team for winning the World Series!!