Welcome to Day 31 of Countdown to Halloween. As I live in a cul-de-sac that has very few children I don't get Trick or Treaters so drove around and checked out the Trick or Treaters in nearby neighborhoods. One of the cleverest was a boy about 10 in DIY "Chuckie" Good Guy Doll like in the "Child's Play" movie holding his Princess little sister's hand.
While out I found a few more decorated houses that I thought I would share on this final day of Countdown to Halloween.
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Hello and welcome to Day 30 of Countdown to Halloween.
Today's exhaustion is a due o pre-Halloween workouts; one by Mike Myers and on by a gal that calls herself Pamela Pupkin.
I am not sure which of these workouts might be scarier; Mike Myers getting ready for a stab-o-thon or the perky Millenial gal that looks like she talked her Mom and crazy Uncle Alan into being her backup dancers. I think he will be ok once they put his oxygen mask back on.
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Hello and welcome to Day 29 of Countdown to Halloween.
Today's amusement is a video by Refinery29 recreating 100 years of Horror Movie Characters makeup transformation, but with very cheap wigs. Some of the transformations are a little basic, like the Jason mask and I always thought Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street was scarier than Jason and the transformation effect would have been greater than Jason. Some of the transformation more tedious, like the Mummy.
Which was your favorite? What character was not featured that you would have liked to have seen?
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Hello and welcome to Day 28 of Countdown to Halloween.
From now until October 31st, Starbucks is selling a "Zombie" Frappuccino.
I drove by a store near my home and saw they were offering this and decided to give it a try.
It had pink whip on the top to simulate a brain, the drink is Green Caramel Apple frozen slushie and the "blood" that bleeds down into the drink is a Dark Mocha Drizzle.
I bought a large, which is a Grande (16 oz), and it cost $5.72 with tax, so it is not cheap.
The pink brain foam did not have any flavor, but I liked the Green Caramel Apple with the mix of Mocha. I enjoyed the drink, but a Grande is a little large on a cold Fall day and I would recommend either getting a Tall (12 oz) or a Short (8 oz.) unless it is warm where you live and you are very thirsty.
Hello and welcome to Day 25 of Countdown to Halloween.
Today's haunting is the story the original Irish Jack-O-Lanterns carved from turnips instead of pumpkins.
The video is one of many tales with this one spinning the tale of a man named Stingy Jack who invited the devil for a drink and tricked him and when Jacked died he lived in Purgatory as the was accepted in neither Heaven or Hell and the Devil gave Jack a coal to light his want and he carved out a turnip to carry it in to roam the Earth through eternity.
Wikipedia indicates it is believed the tradition originated in 18th Century Ireland and were made to represent supernatural beings and ward off evil spirits or represent Catholic souls in purgatory.
I have to admit they do look menacing, especially the one with bloody teeth carved in it.
Hello and welcome to Day 23 of Countdown to Halloween.
Today's treat some pictures of homes where I that are decorated for Halloween. Some are sporting just few touch and other have gone all out with lights and decorations/
Sherman Street
Louisedale neighborhood
Sherman Street
Louisedale neighborhood
Louisedale neighborhood
Bluffton Road
Are homes in your city decorating for Halloween? Have any pics to share? If so please indicate or post a link in the comments section.
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Hello and welcome to day 22 of Countdown to Halloween.
Yesterday in the city I live in they had there Annual Zombie walk. The first year there was around 50 people and I had heard on the news they were expecting around 10,000 and from what we could see, it did look like there were more people downtown for this event than for the Annual 3 Rivers Festival.
We arrived too late to find any good parking spots, but did find the above video on Youtube to that shows the Zombie Walk and we were able to snap a few pics driving around.
Here are the pics:
Only a ghoul or two in front of the Embassy Theater, but as I indicated in my post yesterday, it is allegedly haunted by a phantom that the employees believe to be a former stage manager.
Dr, Jekyll, I presume?
A zombie with Starbucks on the right; guess if you are undead you still need to have that caffeine fix.
Looks like we have a dead bride and perhaps a werewolf here.
Not everyone wanted to be the undead today; some dressed up as superheroes and children dressed in cute costumes. Today was all about the love of Halloween.
This is one of several streets downtown that were blocked off and this is to show how big this event was. There is a stage set up on this one and the Zombie Survival Guide indicated there were 27 different events going on during the day, from getting made up as zombie down by the library to children's activities in the day a showing of "Rocky Horror" at the Botanical Conservatory
Again, just because you are a zombie, doesn't mean you don't want to show off your classic car so there was also a car show any it looked live several cars were passing out candy to the kids.
More of the classic cars and zombies
Getting a Dr. Suessical balloon had made at one of the events not just for kids, looks like Grandpa found his spirit animal and its name is Red Hat Lady Latex.
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I checked out the state where I live, Indiana, and found the following indicating in Indiana, the legend is the lights on Bruick Road in Fort Wayne:
"Some fun facts about Fort Wayne, Indiana: For one thing, it’s haunted by spooky lights. Drive along Bruick Road at night and they’ll pop up above the tree line, change colors and sizes, and chase your car for a while until they get bored and wander off"
Although I have lived in Fort Wayne over 30 years, I had never heard this Urban Legend before, but as it is farm country it could be combines harvesting the fields late at night.
One local Urban Legend, but not a disturbing one but much more prevalent is there being a Phantom that haunts the Embassy Theater, that opened as the Emboyd theater around 90 years ago and recently renovated and still in use today for concerts and performances. It is said to be a gray apparition that those that work there attribute to a former stage manager.
Check out the full article at Fodor's Most Disturbing Urban Legends in Every State and see what is in the State that you live in. If so, were you aware of it? Is there another Urban Legend or mystery that is not listed? Please feel free to share in the comments section.
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Hello and welcome to Day 19 of Countdown to Halloween.
Today's treats are some fun finds under $5 found in the Halloween section. Above baking accessories for your freaky treats.
Below is a close up of some of the cupcake toppers - severed fingers, little knives and butcher's cleavers. These could also be easily DIYed into some jewelry if you are crafty.
Candy! Who doesn't love some good name brand chocolate for Halloween. Below are bags of mini Reece's Cups, Kit Kat Bars and Heath bars for under $3.
Below are some window clings and hanging decorations to scare up your home in minutes.
They also have some false eyelashes, clip in hair, press-on nails and temporary hair gel for under $3.
Not pictured as there were too many people in the area are also some spray on hair tints, spider webbing, glowsticks all for under $5 as well
What is on your Halloween wishlist that you think you might pick up at Walmart?
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Ghoul evening and welcome to Day 15 of Countdown to Halloween,
Today's treat is a spin on a classic party fave, the Deviled Egg, and with a simple addition of food coloring and cut up black olives of turns it into a spider web eggs.
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Ghoul evening and welcome to Day 14 of Countdown to Halloween.
Can you believe the above bone bracelet is fashioned from hot glue from a glue gun?
For this DIY and 9 other easy and inexpensive Halloween DIYs watch the video below by Youtuber xoJahtna such as a barb wire necklace, a faux tatoo and other fun hot glue gun creations on the video below.
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Hello and welcome to Day 13 of Countdown to Halloween. Today's offering is a sample of things for Halloween you might find for sale at your local Dollar Tree for $1; here is a sampling of what I found at mine:
They have retro-vintage look window clings, cheesecloth mesh and plastic chains to add a spooky ambiance. This is the first year I have seen them I have seen the normal looking portraits that turn creepy depending on what angle you look at them from.
They also have colorful Halloween themed wreaths to the right.
On the top shelf are Haunted Houses and pumpkin trinket boxes and pumpkin gift boxes with handles. They all have plastic skull drinkware and ghost and pumpkin tumblers. They also have plastic bowls and trays on the bottom shelf and all sorts of fun little plastic items like eyeballs and insects.
Glow sticks and pumpkin and ghost-themed candy buckets.
Spider themed items
Halloween buckets, ribbons, glow stick and garland
A spider decoration and some DIY kits.
Spray for hair, makeup, Halloween bags and tableware. I picked up some good sized black bowls from the bottom shelf on the left at 2 for $1.
$1 costume additives
$1 capes, hair head bands, hats and other items.
$1 Knights shield, and accessories.
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