Happy Halloween

Isn't this little guy cute? My daughter, who is gifted at modeling clay made him for me when she was eight or nine years old. She has loved working with clay since she was quite young. I can't wait to show you some of the Christmas Santas she's made for me over the years. I promise to share them when I "unpack" Christmas.

Another gifted crafter in my family is Terry, my sister-in-law. When visiting her and my brother Rick in September, Terry was just finishing up several of her newest Fall projects, these spooky little trees. They are actually made from real tree branches, which she boils to clean, hand paints, glitters then embellishes.

Some of the embellishments are hand cut shapes from old books and decorated like this spider's web. Thanks Terry for the gift of one of your trees. It's been a fall decoration in my dining room for several weeks now.

And now, my little guy from Kate has a place to hang out after

trick-or-treating!

Happy Halloween!

A Good Read for Halloween

Google Images

Just this morning I finished this book and it occurred to me how timely it was to be reading it now.

I first read about Justin Cronin's THE PASSAGE at the beginning of the summer.

It was on some one's reading list as "the must-read" for the summer.

I usually choose the "slice of life" novels, but this one sounded like it was right up my daughter's alley.

She's a fantasy, LORD OF THE RINGS, HARRY POTTER, kind of girl.

So, I recommended it to her and she read it right away.

Her response was, "Mom, you've got to read it so we can discuss it."

Well, I couldn't let that pass me by.

I will admit, I listened to it as an audio book, rather than read it.

It's scary, dark, gory, and deals with vampires (not the romanticized ones we've come to know and love in the past few years).

In other words, the perfect read at Halloween time.

THE PASSAGE takes place in the not too distant future.

Multiple wars, coupled with government experiments which have gone horribly amuck, fast forwards life as we know it into an apocalyptic world where civilizations crumble and the survival of the human race is questionable.

I can't imagine this isn't going to be a blockbuster movie not too far in the future.

"Read this book and the ordinary world will disappear." Stephen King

Here's an interesting video I found to whet you appetite...

Google Images