giving in to the moon

it's been getting down to the high 30's/low 40's the past couple of nights.

staying pretty much in the 60's during the day.

(yay! flannel shirt weather! i love it!)

darkness lasting longer in the morning...

and coming earlier in the evening.

moon shadows.

daytime bugs & critters take advantage of the sun's warm rays.

flowers are still blooming...

butterflies are still feeding

Gulf Fritillary on Blue Mist

there are still plenty of dragonflies

lizards & frogs soaking up the sun's warmth

a lone mushroom not ready to give in to the cooler weather

 and now...the moon.  

giving in to the power of the magical moon. 

5:04am  -  oct 30 2012

‎"Have you ever danced with the Devil by the pale moon light? I always ask that of all my prey." 

~Joker

doesn't it look like the moon is wearing a pine needle hat...

5:07am  -  oct 30 2012

oOo

inspired by the moon and the skeleton trees of winter...

here's a note card i painted with acrylics...

enjoy the scents of nutmeg or mint

the taste of apples, nuts & wine

the feel of smooth black stones, obsidian or jet

the colors of black, orange, white, silver or gold

black cats, bats & jack-o-lanterns

dark mysteries

deadly nightshade, mugwort, sage, mandrake, oak leaves

celebrating the lives of those that have died...family, friends, pets.  the spirits of the dead. darkness~fire~hope~new dreams~new beginnings~out with the old~in with the new

Happy Samhain  ~  Happy Halloween

stay cool & be safe

especially those who have been dealing with the wrath of Sandy...

my thoughts are with you.

laura

friday's fringe 28 ~ lake collage & bye-bye bones!

YES, this is friday's fringe...on thursday.
but it IS friday somewhere...on the other side of the world.

tomorrow morning i have an app't at the dreaded dentist.
(last week a client gave me a mini twix bar. while eating it, i felt something hard between my teeth.
hmmmmmmm, a rock in my twix bar.

nope.  a tooth.  the one i had a root canal done on not too long ago.
it just broke off! shit! at the gum line! surgery tomorrow morn. double shit!!)

i've been pretty stressed.
a perfect thriller for halloween.
aaaaaaargh!!
FEAR!
(the one good thing is that i'll have to rest for a day...time to catch up with reading...)


back to the friday on thursday post...

last weekend...
we went camping/fishing to Rodman Dam/Reservoir (AKA Lake Ocklawaha)

SUNRISE on the lake

SO many pictures...thought i'd just do a collage

the lake: bald eagles, cormorants, anhingas, herons, sunrise, grackles, dragonflies, butterfly, egrets

CLICK for LARGER view

oOo

mr bOnes.  his final october post.

soon it'll be time for all his buddies to go back in the closet.

but mr bOnes will remain perched on the mantel- all year long.

he and his bony friends have been gathering...

telling ghostly stories...shaking their bones...pulling pranks

and just being a little mischievous before they head into hiding. 

“That cold ain’t the weather, that’s death approaching.”

30 Days of Night (2007)

thanks for visiting...on...

lk

counting down...to...

ALL HALLOW'S EVE.  HALLOWEEN.  NIGHT OF THE SPIRITS.

HAVE A MAGICAL & SPOOKY NIGHT.

a new beginning. out with the old, in with the new.

remembering & honoring those that have passed on.

friday's fringe 27 ~ mr bOnes' zebras

after today, mr bOnes has just ONE more friday in october.
this past week he was spell-bound by all the butterflies.

mr bOnes perched on the front door

and the original...

(it's been a busy week. not much time spent on the computer. 

you know i don't have a 'smart' phone or i pad...

i don't work in an office so i can't get on the comp while working...

and i rarely turn the comp on at home in the evening, except weekends.

SO, next week i'll have a lot of catching up to do!)

friday morning (today, THIS morning if you're reading this on 10-19) 

we're leaving to go camping & fishing for 2 nights.

yay!  no phone.  no internet.  

mr bOnes has been delegated to keep watch over the old homestead while we're gone.

we can only hope he's never watched 

"Risky Business", "Animal House",  "Ferris Beuler's Day Off"  or even  "Scream".

or we may come home to complete madness...

the house, the yard, the woods...littered with

passed out zombies, drunk vamps, toasted trolls, plastered mummies, 

stoned werewolves, inebriated goblins, sloshed shape-shifters.

limbs and bones...scattered everywhere!

oh, i don't even want to think about it.

let's just hope, if mr bOnes DOES party...he parties safe and responsibly!

(just like the beer commercial tells you to)

oOo

 "Ah, I can always smell a graveyard."

Gabriel  (actor: Christopher Walken), The Prophecy – 1995

have a great weekend.  thanks for stopping by on:

  

lk

autumn...past & present

this week's Thematic Photographic theme is

Fall colors ~ 216

on Oct 1st, ALL my Halloween creatures find their way out of the closet...

and place themselves here and there...around our home.

on the mantel...of autumn present

it's still too hot for comfort during the day.

i'm TRYING to be patient

for some COOL weather here in north Florida.

NO changing of the leaves...not yet.

so i searched through my pictures of autumns past...for Fall colors.

in and around our home...signs of Fall

this next picture was taken along the Foothills Pkwy in North Carolina in '05.

every week, Carmi @ written inc comes up with a new theme.

no specific day to post your photo...you have all week to get around to it.

join in...read about it here.

thanks for wandering...

stay cool.  be safe.

laura

friday's fringe 25 ~ mr bOnes

how could i say no.

it's october and mr bOnes wanted to do this week's 'friday's fringe'.

in fact, he wants to cover every friday this month.

he begged.

nothing worse than a begging skeleton.

last year, in october of 2011...mr bOnes made his debut in a post:

from the clouds to the moon with mr bones

first we went out back, and as soon as he saw this red mushroom...
he just had to have his picture taken with it!

and then he devoured it!!

............

i followed him out front, where he plopped himself in the fluffy 'blue mist'...

and we had a photo shoot.

he liked this one the best.

i did suggest that he roll around in the dirt first...
get a little muddy...maybe jump on the grill and get a little blackened...
i mean, you gotta admit, he is a bit clean looking for a skeleton!

but he sure is happy.  it's like that smile is pasted on his face.
is it a smile?  or more like a sneer?

 “If you look in the mirror and you say his name 5 times, 

he'll appear behind you breathing down your neck.”

Candyman (1992)  (Claire)

thanks for stopping by on...

lk

hallowed be thy moon & bones, fungi & spiders

2012.9.30  -  9pm

“Suddenly the day was gone, 

night came out from under each tree and spread.”   

~Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

my favorite time of year.

the month with my favorite holiday!

on the 1st of october...skeletons, skulls, goblins, spiders, and other creatures of the night...

start to appear on shelves, counter tops, on the mantel, 

and creeping across the floor...of our home.

some bargain with me to stay out all year long.

it's that time of year to reflect. to remember those who have passed.

out with the old...move on...start anew.

autumn to winter.  the cool crisp clear air.  

the fiery hues of leaves...falling & crunching under foot...leaving behind skeleton trees.

i get energized. rejuvenated.

SO

to welcome october

i thought a little spiders, fungi, bones & the full moon would be about right!

ALL the spiders & fungi were spotted here...around our home...

outside that is!

enjoy!

oh, i know, some of you stopping by don't care for spiders.

don't worry...they can't jump off the screen at you...

and crawl up your face...into your hair.

at least i don't think so!!

Redfemured Spotted Orb Weaver
Neoscona domiciliorum

the underside of the Eriophora ravilla Orb Weaver   (twinkle lights on porch year round)

Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)

snake bones found yesterday on the side of the road
while we were out on the 4-wheeler

Whitebanded Fishing Spider (Dolomedes albineus)

Yellow Garden Orbweaver (Argiope aurantia)

and one more full moon from last night to bring on october!

8:54pm    2012.9.30

stay cool.  be safe.

laura

a dinosaur on the loose

there's a tropical storm...Debby...in the gulf, off the west coast of florida.

(who picks these names? who spells Debby with a 'Y' and not an 'IE'?)

anyway, she's causing flooding along the shores, rivers and lakes...especially here in north florida.

we're not near any major body of water...but she's still creating quite a bit of standing water out front.

looking west, from the front porch

i like the rain.

a lot.

and we always need it to replenish the water table...

but my thoughts go out to those who are under evacuation due to flooding.

REMEMBER mr. bOnes?

he showed up last year, around halloween...and he's never left.

here he is with his screaming buddies last halloween.

i did a post with him last october:

from clouds to the moon with mr. bones

well,

a friend of his showed up over the weekend.

he sloshed through all the huge puddles and i found him coming up the front steps.

meet T-rex.

i know, he's pretty small for a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

he was the runt of the litter.

he was so excited to get inside...

dry off and see his old friend mr. bOnes.

mr. bOnes riding the gargoyle and T-rex drying off

so they visited for a while...just, shooting the shit...catching up on old times.

me and T-rex sneaked outside between downpours.

he wanted to wander the yard.

so, i followed with camera in hand.

he LOVED all the mushrooms!

he even had a snack...

he spotted some feathers on the ground...

and more fungi!

he thought the cow skull hanging out back was pretty cool...

and wanted his picture taken sitting on top.

(notice the bullet hole? NO! i did not shoot this cow.

years ago, when i lived farther south, in plant city, the elderly couple across the road had cows.

cows for milk. cows for meat. they let me collect bones from their land.)

T-rex found a BLUE mushroom! BLUE!!  ever seen one like this?

the rain water pooled in the mushroom cap was not only making him a little thirsty...

it was giving him the idea to look for a place to get wet. go for a swim.

he found the perfect place.

after that he was getting a bit pooped.

and the clouds were about to burst...

so we made a quick detour to the Resurrection Fern at the base of a pine tree.

contrary to what we read about these dinosaurs,

T-Rex says they DID eat some 'roughage'...

good for their digestion.

so after he had a bite...

we headed inside where he and mr. bOnes could spend more time together.

one more stop along the way.

SO  now you've met them both.

they want to do a Halloween post together this year...

THAT'll be something to look forward to.

later on...the road dirt/sand...started washing in...

filling the yard and drive with white tinted deep puddles.

and it still goes on...until thursday they say.

i leave you with a picture in contrast to the dreary rain.

Tropical Sage, taken last week, before all the rain knocked the flowers off everything!

gotta run. have an appointment this morn. the worst part about all this rain...for ME...

is having to lug all my massage stuff out of the car...and into people's homes...in the rain! ugh.

stay cool & be safe.

laura