A Fanciful Twist's 2014 Halloween Blog Party !

It's that time of year again....time for A Fanciful Twist's yearly Halloween Blog Party.

Anyone in the mood for a spooky poem? 

Oh, I hope so.

I adore fun and spooky Halloween poems.

The House Upon the Halloween Hill

The house upon the Halloween hill is waiting for the day ~

For little clowns.... 

and kids in masks,

coming out to play.

Trick or treat can take you to the scariest of places ~ 

Little ghosties on the graves...

(look closely)

 and dark and evil faces.

With weeping girls...

 and ghostly brides ~

 and twins from beyond the veil.

A weak and tiny vampire boy with skin that shines so pale.

The grown-ups play in masks of their own....

Dressed up like Pierrots ~ 

and fortune tellers study books to ready for their shows.

When the autumn air is upon you, enjoy it while it's here,

Halloween is but a season to fill you up with fear.




A huge thank you to Vanessa Valencia for hosting these amazing parties each year.  xoxo

Hope you enjoyed the vintage photos.  They are all from my personal collection.

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

What Is It About The Color Blue?

Do you like the color blue?

I find myself admiring blue so very often.

Humid blue skies ~ 

White puffs of fleecy clouds ~

Blues that change with the angle of the sun ~

These remarkably hot and humid days are deceiving to the eye.

Blue is a cool color.

But down here, on land, it is blazing orange.

I have a secret shady nook that offers relief ~ 

But on the hottest and most humid of days, it is still too warm, even in my little shady nook.

A quick stroll to check on the tomatoes ~ 

Won't be long now.

These lovelies will soon be on my dinner table ~ 

Fried Green Tomatoes ~

My one decadent treat...

Uh-oh...what is she sniffing around for now?

One quick look at the cucumbers ~  

and it's time to run back to the comforts of the indoors ~ 

I am perfectly content in my little home on blistering, orange days with humid blue skies.  

Bringing the outdoors in ~ 

Happy yellow sunflowers...

I have plenty to keep me busy inside.

A clean studio ~ 

a clean desk ~ 

and a clean reading nook ~ 

 I am still busy framing up art and vintage photos.

My little antique ghostie photo is finally framed ~ 

I found this photo at the bottom of a musty old box at a Southern California antique/flea market a few years ago.

One dollar is what the vendor said.

I paid the man and quickly left, as I was sure he had no idea there was a tiny ghost woman in the photo ~ 

Can you see her?  

Just there on your right hand side of the headstone ledge.

Wearing a white scoop-neck frock with hands clasped at her breast ~ 

I know, it is nothing more than an optical illusion, I'm sure of it.

Or.....maybe not.

It's fun to wonder, isn't it?

Sadly, my grand, orange and green pumpkin from last Autumn has become soft-bottomed ~ 

and I was forced to say good-bye.

But alas -

I am happy to know that such a lovely pumpkin has been replaced by...

This guy!

The Mad Hatter ~

Mr. Hatter once lived in Bizarre, Arizona with Miss. Vanessa Valencia and a cast of tea party characters ~ 

I am proud to have him watching over my studio now.

He is a perfect fit in a studio with the very lightest of blue walls ~

Blue art ~ 

Blue blue blue.

What is it about blue?

My favorite color since forever.

Look what I finally found ~

Aren't they gorgeous?

Anniversary edition of the classic blue canning jars ~

I have been hoping to find these for months with no luck...

then out of the blue :-)

my local art store had only a few cases and I grabbed one lightning fast.

Lovely, eye-candy blue.

Do you like blue too?

What is your favorite color?

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

P.S.  Remember this?  

          

          Blue blue you got the flu,

          Nobody wants to play with you.

In The Blink of An Eye...

Isn't it scary to think that in the blink of an eye...your whole world can change.  Sometimes for the better and sometimes not.  You put your head on your pillow at night, close your eyes to sleep and you have no idea what the next day might bring.

This can be a good thing for....someone who is going to win the lottery or get a big promotion etc...BUT, this is also a very scary thing when the unknown could be tragedy.

I make a point (force myself, really) to think of good things while I'm trying to go to sleep.  I think about art projects...

I think about my garden...

and sometimes I think about my kids when they were little...

A few nights ago...that's exactly what I did before going to sleep.  I was planning out my garden and was lulled into sleep with visions of cottage garden colors and lovely homegrown vegetables.  But....little did I know, while I was dreaming of sweet smelling flowers...

and delicious tomatoes...

my mortgage company was busy taking my mortgage payment out of my bank 2 weeks early!  What????

 I get up the next morning, pour a hot cup of coffee...

and turn on my computer.  I needed to pay some bills so I signed into my bank account....are you kidding me?  Immediate panic set in.  How in the world am I going to fix this?

So...I spent the next several hours on the phone.  I talked to several different people at the mortgage company, then, talked to several different people at my bank...THEN, talked to more people at my mortgage company.  All I want to know is when can this huge mistake be fixed?  It doesn't work for our budget and it left us with, well...zero to be exact!  I am told that, indeed, it can be fixed, BUT, it will take a full 2 weeks for the mortgage company to reverse the charge.  2 WEEKS???

At this point, we still have several days until our next "payday", so I'm having a huge "panic sale" in my Art Shop.  I have re-priced every single item in my shop and discounted each item by 50%.  This even includes my 2 newest pieces "Miss. Lilly's Roadside Motor Hotel" ...

and "Guardian of Winter's Bride".

So...if you've been thinking about purchasing some of my art...now's the time.  I welcome you to take advantage of me!  At 50% off, this means that my little ACEO prints are only $2.50 each, my standard 4" x 6" prints are only $7.00 each and my originals are now down to $30.00 each (except for my two newest pieces).  Please...stop by and have a look around.  Or...if you can't afford to buy (which, believe me, I can totally understand), maybe you can share this sale on your blog, facebook or twitter.  I surely would appreciate any help in passing the word around.

We only have 6 more days to go before "payday"...but when you've been left with nothing, 6 days feels like an eternity!

Curses to my mortgage company!
xoxo
Kim
Gerushia's New World