I had green glitter,

but if I had Swarovski crystals...

These are designed by Fabien Baron and aren't they deliciously spooky?

Architectural Shadow Shot

Fab Five

Yes, this is one of Martha's ideas, she did glittered skulls and bones under glass. Of course Martha's are perfect and mine are kind of moldly looking with patchy glitter (that wouldn't stick in some spots), which only reinforces the fact that I am definitely not Martha. I've used miscellaneous candleholders, green spanish moss and really cheap skulls with green glitter. I like it. My kids are always afraid I will use something like this year round....now there's an idea.

I have a very special friend...

who always is thinking of me and doing sweet thoughtful things. After I had a not very great week, my friend came in with this wonderful bag for me and a cute little sugar skull key cover. So very thoughtful, from someone who is always calling me the "sugar skull queen". She is such a beautiful, funny, thoughtful person, I am so lucky to have her for a daughter. She blogs too, at Shirley Clifford at tumblr .

Chickens in the Shadows of Autumn Trees

October

"...that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal bins closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain..." Ray Bradbury 1955 October Country

"Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten rooms gathering dust behind doors bolted years ago to keep strangers locked out.. and secrets locked in. The nights are longer in this country. The cold hours of darkness move like autumn mists deeper and deeper toward winter. But the moonlight reveals great magic here--and a breathtaking vista."