Room for a little more Spooky Ooky 

In my last post I told you Sharon was the 

Queen of Halloween here at the Vintage Garden...

well she's just proving that point with this little beauty.

I think I'll call her Samantha,

because she's just the most bewitching combination

 of russet orange and light teal...

Perfect for any time of year...

 but of course it blends magically with any Halloween Decor.

The handles even have a little pumpkin like effect 

for this time of year,

 

 but in the spring they will seem like little budding flowers...

A dresser for all seasons!

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 And another shameless plug for the Witches Night Out.

We must all work together to fight the 

Wicked Destruction of Breast Cancer. 

If you're in the area, come out and join the fun...

and don't forget to bring your 

Magic Coins for the Caldron-for-Cure. 

 

"Deck the Halls" for Halloween?

Deck the hall with boughs of horror

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Gore & Gloom of every order,

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,


  Don we now our grey apparel

    Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah 

 

 Feed the crows at your own peril,
 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
 

See the creepy bones before us,

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

It makes us stay out of the forest.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

   But still we go in seek of treasure,

   Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Goodies passed beyond all measure, 
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah  

(Now that's a Candy Dish!)

Sharon Porter is the
 Queen of Halloween 
at my shop,
  Vintage Garden in Enumclaw. 
She gets credit for most of these displays.

Sharon is quite the artist!

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This is one of the shop windows displays.

Although our halloween decorations are all in jest,

 this lovely lady is no joke. 

 

 She's regal...

 

...with the jewels to prove it,

 

and a family crest to show her lineage.

...and she fit so nicely into our Halloween Display!

The Harvest Moon has come and gone --

and it's time for the 2nd Annual

Witches Night Out

In Enumclaw

Even though I can't fathom it being summers' end,
and yet October lurks around the corner.
We've been planning our

 Witches Night Out.

 Last year's event was a thrilling good time 
and we are looking forward to an equally chilling event this year.  
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 (Sorry for the picture quality...It's a picture of a flyer, the document won't load.)
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 Gather at dusk for
wicked good fun,
Contests and prizes to be won,
Inviting all witches to come and meet
Parade to the music along Cole Street.
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Join the Magic of the Night to help fight Breast Cancer.

The Good Witch Hope will be collecting your Magic Coins in her
Caldron-for-Cure to fight the Wicked Destruction of Breast Cancer.

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The Cats will be howling in Enumclaw

Octber 12th 4-8PM

Costumes not required bu encouraged!

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The Witches Night Out will be a Scream!

(Broomstick Parking Only)

Shool Days

  Summer into Autumn

 

July & June let us frolic and play

but August brings the heat of day.

She leaves us want of slumber deep

and our hearts wishing these days to keep.

Then comes September...

 Patiently waiting beyond summer shores

with a clean crisp touch for the air outdoors,

Soon bells will ring and books will call

as school begins in the blush of fall. 

School Days:  

I want you to close your eyes 

and imagine the first day of school...

what do you see?

When I closed my eyes, 

this is the classroom I imagined

for our Vintage Garden Grammar School.

The fundamentals:

Some more challenging subjects:  

 

A place to sit and learn: 

 Supplies for the Classoom:

  

Something to make learning fun:

Lessons for getting along in the classroom:

 

Of course there may be a need for some discipline:

 

Would you feel 'Welcome' in our little classroom?

 Can you hear "School Days" playing in the background?

We can, 'cause it plays in our interactive shop window.

If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!

My cup runneth over...

Today I am home, planning to spend this holiday with family...

a gift indeed.

This fall I had a chance to spend a week in North Carolina,

helping with and attending my niece's wedding...

treasured memories.

This summer a small group of old 'chums' gathered for 

an evening to dine and talk and remember.

We caught up on our own lives, and the lives of the children that 

have been born and grown and are now older than when we

first started 'hanging out'...

a rare and wonderful chance to reach back to old

treasured memories and build new ones.

 

Last spring I spent another week between North Carolina

and Florida with family and 'the nephew to be',

getting to meet some of his family,

playing at Disneyworld,

Para-sailing for the first time...

experiences and shared moments

 that are filled with immeasurable value.

At different times in the year, I have been afforded opportunities

 to talk with friends and family 

far and near, all as close as a cell phone away...

sharing a connection that time and distance does not challenge.

A little over a year ago I started this blog and

 in spite of my lack of faithful entry, 

I have family and friends who ask me to write more....

a support that comforts me and sustains me.

A little before that I opened my little 'booth' 

where sell my little 'wares'.

In so doing, I have met wonderful people and made new friends...

they are new silver in my treasure trove.

I have had the gift of time to chat and share with friends;

shopping trips to favorite haunts with those who share

my penchant for 'old';

 an adventurous scavenger hunt 

to the coast where rust was the treasure of the day;

we have had morning coffee, afternoon tea, ice cream in the sun;

some have cooked for me, we have dined out together...

I have been sated by the pleasure of good company.

I have a job that sustains me financially

 and in so many other ways...

I see the strength of the human spirit facing

the challenges of compromised health, a damaged body, 

loss of a loved one, or a life envisioned.

I see the power of the human connection in my

co-workers who continually surprise me

with the breadth of the ability to give of themselves...

At the end of the day,

 I know it is a blessing to just be able to go home.

I sit here in the comfort of my warm and quiet living room while

 others struggle against great challenges such as the destruction of

hurricane Sandy, or the bombing in the middle east

 and countless other personal, social, or environmental events

that are beyond my ken.

This evening I will enjoy the blessing of home and hearth

and for this  and all that I have been given through this year, 

I give heartfelt thanks to Heaven...

and lift up those who are facing challenges on this day of 

Thanksgiving.