Going Batty

Last year, near Hallowe'en, I decorated our parlor in orange kitsch.

Plastic pumpkins, silly witch signs; I love that stuff, 

but this year I decided to go for a more dignified look

at That Old House . . . at least in this one room. 

But I couldn't resist going a little bit batty.

Once again, I invite you to step into my Parlor.

 What's on the wall over the parlor fireplace?

Well good grief!  Right there on the floor, a scrap of sticky dots that must have fallen.  Duh.

 BATS!

 Also a wreath, ribbon-tied to the old convex eagle mirror.  Candles, faux greenery stuff (ssshh don't tell the HGTV police!)

and a beheaded Shakespeare that didn't want to miss out on the fun.

The one Jack O'Lantern is a relatively tame little fellow, coppery and sweet.

 A bud vase, fashioned from an old hollow-handled piece of silverplate flatware.

A gift from my sister-in-law Phyllis.  She knows my taste!

 Not happy with my bat placements, but I think I can move them with those little sticky dots holding them up.

They are not at all like the real bats who live in the garden at That Old House;
those bats are much less manageable.  However, we have no mosquitoes. 

 Hey, who's this?

(Other than me, in the mirror, taking the picture.

Wearing my painting sweatshirt.)

 Mr. Jack O'Lantern has brought a bit of Orange.

After all, it is Hallowe'en!

Here's wishing you a fun October, filled with loads of candy and the color orange,

with silly grins and make-believe witches,

ghoulies and ghosties and all manner of long-leggedy beasties.

As for the things that go bump in the night . . . you are on your own. 

To visit last year's Hallowe'en Parlor Post at That Old House. . .click here!  

Boo!

And I am linking to a blog party at The Stories Of A to Z ...
where it's a Halloween Mantel Linky Party. 

Go see!  Click here to visit Oh, so many mantels
all dolled up for October 31st.  Don't be scared! -- Cass