A Ghoulish Answer

While poking around in the online version of the Napa Register I found the following :

Like Stratton, Danielle Dulle of 2192 Penny Lane knows that her neighbors can’t wait to see the yield of her decorating labors. “Last year, we were out of town and the neighbors were disappointed because we didn’t to it. ... When we do it, they always come up and say ‘thank you’ and that makes it worth it,” she said.

Dulle, who has celebrated Halloween vigorously for 15 years, said her yard currently features ghosts, spider webs, crosses, skeleton bodies, skulls, black lights and more. “We left it up to the kids this year to decorate and they did a pretty good job,” she said. "

Don't ask me how I could have missed it for 15 years...LOL I have to drive right by it to get to my moms.. Penny Lane is a dead end street (no pun intended) Oh, and the Register had this wonderful interactive map... with the whopping 8, yes EIGHT, count them, spooky houses in town.... http://www.napavalleyregister.com/maps/halloween/ you see the Dulle's little skull and crossbones int he lower right!

Ghouly Dulle's

Last week I went to Napa and took my grandmother to the grocery store. My father generally does that but he had been out of commission. After taking grandma to the bank and to the grocery store, I stopped by my moms house on the way out of town... A large Halloween display at the Dulle's caught my eye as I was leaving moms. I wondered why I hadn't noticed in on my way in... The only thing I could think of was that it was still daylight when I came in and they generally have so much "stuff" on the street around their house I'm generally looking at that! I'm use to seeing the ever growing, garish Christmas display; but, for some reason this was the first time I can remember seeing a Halloween display there....

Credit:
papers and elements by Lei Fhung at Ztampf
frames by Melanie Willmann (melgen designs) at Pocket Pearls... ok pocket pearls seems to have vanished; but, you also find the frames at OScraps

Perfect (details)

that adorable pumpkin patch layout I posted the other day but couldn't say anything about?! Well, the secret is out! A new collaborative kit, "Bountiful Blessings", by Julie Mead, Doris Castle and Michelle Sheveland is now available at Cottage Arts!

Oh, and right now... all downloadable page paks are on sale at Cottage Arts. (sales ends November 5, 2007)

Perfect

On the way home from our "beach session" a couple of weeks ago, we stopped by the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and I snapped a couple....



I'm not suppose to post this yet but I wont be around when it is suppose to be posted... besides, I figure nobody reads my blog anyway... LOL. I'll post the credits when the word is out! (big secret)

So Sweet

Just one of the photos I took on Saturday... I love this photo!

The Problem With Mormons!

I dunno.... I found it funny!

Christmas Cards

The kids wanated me to take some photos of them at thebeach to put on their christmas cards, so Saturday we went to the beach. Here are a few of the pictures

Challenge

I did this today (instead of mopping floors) for the October Week 2 CT challenge over at Cottage Arts. The theme is nature.... These are pictures takenlast year at the pumpkin farm.... of course you recognize that adorable pumpkin in the middle!

Faux Pas

It's a funny thing about men... as they age, they grow hair from every orifice of their bodies. The well groomed man keeps these hairs trimmed... if not, the lady in his life generally makes sure extraneous hairs are kept in check. I'm not quite sure how this one slipped inspection... this man sat in front of mom and I at a concert last weekend. He had a small pet growing in his ears and I'm not even going to discuss the stuff stuck in his nose... Come on ladies.. for heavens sake... check your men... get rid of that hair... at least in the nose and ears... other defurring or waxing is entirely optional!

Say What?

I don't know, this is such a silly thing... It shouldn't bother me... could be the stress I have put myself under lately... I'm sure I'm making something out of nothing... with my weight issues of the past few years I have become sooo self conscious... So the thing is... My mom who has often commented on how shiny my hair is... and has even asked how I keep it that way... on Friday, told me that if I plan on washing my hair every day (have for the past 40 years) that I should use one of those "shine products"... because my hair is always "dull" So now I'm second guessing everything about myself... argh!