Step right into a haunted school...

Now is this cool or what??

A haunted house made by our 2nd graders and set up by yours truly.


The wishing well I lent to the scene, the tree was made by me as was the ghost with the top hat :)

Step in.. there's something watching your every step..


A skeleton with an axe climbing in the bathroom window.. eeekk!

Something fun going on inside I think...

Trick or treat!

Lots of goodies in the kitchen.

The bathroom cracks me up.

It's disco time!

I wonder what's on tv?

The entry hall.

Nightmares in the bedroom.

A pretty wicked house, right?

Sooo... the big question..

What was I dressed up as?
A tree :)

I got stuck many times, but it was well worth it.
Our cook ( a funny American guy) saw me and the puns never ended...

You're branching out?
Turning a new leaf in your life?
Planning on uprooting yourself?

Heheheee...

I had some strange looking co-workers.

With serious teeth issues... (click to see the photo bigger)

This one was all backwards.

(he's deflating the sun, if you're wondering)

Then there was the pixie :)

Speaking of having an American cook in the lunchroom... made for an interesting lunch.

Green milk and blue rice.. (the chicken was yummy)

I saw the kids getting green milk from the automat and opted for the cartoned milk...
The joke was on me..!

The best part waited for us staff during our coffee break.

Heavenly pumpkin pie straight from the oven.

I've never tasted pumpkin pie this good.

Mmmmm....

Did you have a good Halloween?

Happy Haunting!

I'm sending you trick or treating to fabulous Flickrland :)

1. July G&G Pieces Haunted Ornies 003, 2. skull, 3. 淳 Kiyoshi, needle felted umbrella bat, 4. July G&G Pieces Haunted Ornies 009, 5. Ribbbbbbons for Halllloooooooweeen, 6. Ghost Cake, 7. Ghibeline Ghost Front, 8. Kooky Skelly Clown Ornie, 9. Halloween Haunted House, 10. Halloween has come to visit..., 11. nominal comfort, 12. horrible harold two, 13. Griselda (sold), 14. The Nightmare Before Christmas, 15. Miniature Witch/Wizard Book, 16. Halloween Cupcake: II

I'll come back tomorrow with photos of my school Halloween.

Rainy stormy election day

Here finally is the family photo taken at the Bollywood party.

It is one stormy day.
Wind and rain.
And a tree down...

Well.. halfway down.. heh..
It's a tree that has been leaning towards our neighbors cars for a while now. About a year ago we made the precaution of tying a rope to it to guide it away of the parking space if it fell down. What do you know.. it worked.
It is now leaning on our other neighbors' woodpile. It has a meeting with teh motorsaw tomorrow, once the rain stops.

It's local (city) elections today. Braving the weather in thirty minutes.

Now dwell into the fun world of some of my Flickr faves:

1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Cake cookies, 4. recycled message board, 5. Blue Berry Cream Pie, 6. Lace Tree, 7. Robin's Egg Kitchen, 8. Flamingo Diner, 9. fabric pompom, 10. Mini newsagency 1, 11. Radio house interior, 12. The Red Brick Orchid, 13. Flowers, 14. Springcleaning, 15. Miniarc Bed No. 1 as Table Top Art, 16. Architecture in Miniature: Crystal Arcade East Wing 1

I'll be giving you a Halloween version later this week too!

...drrrrrummmrrrroollll, please!

I finally have the two lucky winners of my Halloween give-away (courtesy of Random.org ).

The little bitty items go to
dragonflyreflections!


The mini album goes to
KathrynAntyr!

Hip hip Halloween!

Extending the deadline

Since there still are several Halloween blog partygoers arriving (I have to admit I haven't gotten through all the blogs yet either!), I'm extending the give away until Wednesday :)

Party on...

Welcome my pretties...

Time for a witchy party.
I've got my orange stripey socks on, have you?
(mind you I also have on wool socks.. getting chilly here)

Not so witchy outside.
Except maybe for the wind. Gusting.
My rose manages to look pretty still.
With those yellow leaves.


And red berries against the pale blue sky.


Some last flowers reaching for the sun.


Lots of yellow up those silver birches...


..and lots of birch leaves in piles.


This I love.


I do believe fairies use these for drinking cups.

They must.

Outside is non-witchy.
This we've established.
Finland is quite non-Halloweeny in general.
Alas.

But indoors... in my house, now that's a different matter.
Altogether.

Last Halloween I found this foyer.
In my kitchen surprisingly enough.

Musty wallpaper.
A broom.
A pointed hat.
Ginger snaps...

..ooohh....

Could it be?
Shall we have a closer look?
Hold my hand?
I'm not sure of this place...


Is that a painting?
Is it alive..?

I don't think I want to ask...


I do like this plant though.. 100 euro bills!
Wonder if I could get a seedling?
If I asked nicely?


Lingonberry juice?
I hope.


And a cute little kitty cat.
She's not scary at all.
But who lives here?
There was no clue.

Except for the broom and pointy hat, of course.

Imagine my surprise when this year I find a living room in my dining room!

This time I got introduced too.
Esther Evelyn Everloopy.
Pleased to meet you.

I'm nosy.
Are you?

More musty wallpapers... and cobwebs.
I don't think she's really all that bothered with trivial things like dusting.


Is that a long lost relative?


Oh look, a froggie!
Or an ex..? Hmmm....


Esther clearly is a Harry Potter fan :)
She's sporting a really snazzy coat there too.
(thanks Anna!)


Cute rug.
I need one of those.


Oh my.
I wonder who that is...
I have a craving for licorice all of a sudden...


She doesn't clean her mirrors too often.


Never mind.
I wouldn't touch that either...


She's quite happy here.
She brought a couple ghosties too.
And lots of jack-o-lanterns!
Yay!


(this little fellow has been with me since I was ten or so...)


This ghostie is a new...errr...face..sheet?


They do look glowingly fabulous, don't they?
(well worth the jab to my thumb with an exacto knife...ouch. Make that a double triple quadruple ouch.)

Now what would a party be without some fun prizes?

Esther dug around her brimming broomcloset and got out some goodies to give away.

There is a fancy schmancy new broom and matching leather purse, a pumpkin carving kit, some books, a cake and a jack-o-lantern (I'm told the face glows in the dark).
This lot is all 1:12 scale.

I dug around my broo...ummm... cupboard and found a Halloween minialbum that simply needs your favorite photographs.

All you have to do is to leave a little message for me.

Let me know who you are.

Where you are from.

What are you dressing up as this year?

(I'll be a tree...I'll show you on Halloween)

Come back on Monday the 20th to see which two partyers won!

Now off you go to Miss Vanessa's fanciful blog and go party on through the megalong list of Halloween blog partyers (right there on her sidebar).

That's what I'll be doing.

And off she flew with her stripey socks and purple broom...

Cackling with loads of chocolate on her purple purse.

In search of adventures.