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Happy Halloween!

Foam core + exacto knife + square cutout = photo hilarity.

Funny glasses optional.

what's blooming wednesday...and thursday...and friday...and every day

I know, I know. I've been radio silence for a long time. Again. I have had major computer issues, dear reader(s). Work blocks blogspot, so I had to blog at home. But I couldn't get my pictures on my Mac b/c the camera cord doesn't work. Then, work UNblocked blogspot for, like, five minutes but did block Flickr. It was a perfect storm of stupid computers.

On the upside, I have lots of these:


I bought the seeds from RareSeeds.com, which says they are a white scallop, "A very ancient native American heirloom squash, grown by the Northern Indians for hundreds of years, this type was depicted by Europeans back to 1591, and one of the best tasting and yielding varieties still around today!"

They were not kidding. I got about five zukes out of my zucchini plants, one creepy looking cuke, a smattering of tomatoes but a metric TON of these. There are about a dozen STILL on the plant right now. I have no idea how to cook them, either! They didn't seem to bake up well, and they look pretty bland and smell like pumpkin.

Maybe I can carve them for Halloween??

happy halloween!

I won our office's Halloween costume contest :) I've been doling out finger guns ALL day. Plus, since I won, I get to mark that off my 101 Things list too!

dia de los muertos

I was at the Indianapolis Art Center last week for my running club, and took several pictures of their Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead exhibit. I loved their decorations, including those made by local school children. Then, last night at the Dollar Store, in search of a flag lapel pin for my Halloween costume (which I cannot find ANYWHERE), I found these:

Felt shapes, five for a dollar, in bright colors. It reminded me of this:

I love the bright shapes and different sizes of the felt shapes. Plus, I can use them again for birthdays or come springtime! I'm going to join them with a needle and thread, strung through the tops of all of the shapes, and hung from my stairway.


ETA: The Felt Mouse had a similar idea, and added fabric skull accents too. Too cute!

trick or treat

I'll admit it. I'm that house on the block. I don't give out candy on Halloween, I give out other stuff. Goldfish crackers, candy bars, pretzels. This year I've purchased Halloween pencils and am trying to decide what else to add to it. I only get about 40 trick-or-treaters, so I don't have to buy a lot of stuff, but I still don't like giving out candy. It's bad for the kids, and I know I'll eat a ton of it no matter what. But then today I saw this on BHG.com, and love the idea. It's crafts + candy, so it's something fun for me to do and suckers aren't too horrible as far as candy goes. Although, truth be told, I have no idea when I'll find the time to do yet another craft!

ETA: Several of my friends sent me this link from Yahoo!- 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters

halloween decorating

I finally got my fall decorations out yesterday. I put all the leaves into assorted vases, strung up some "Boo" silver garland, and did up my chandelier. The spiders were made by my mother, probably back when I was in 2nd grade or so. She used to help run the Halloween party at school (back when we could celebrate Halloween at school!), and she could do a killer Haunted Laboratory, complete with brains, eyeballs, and other assorted grossness!