We always have a jigsaw puzzle out to work on off and on during the day. We have lots that we’ve bought or been given, and we’ve worked most all of them many times.
We especially like the ones with cats in the picture, but we do all kinds and all different puzzle piece counts from 350 to 1,000.
This one is called, “Picture Purrfect”. It is one of the Cats series of Buffalo brand puzzles, and is 750 pieces. Very cute. 🙂It shows an old fashioned dresser that a lady might have (green antique looking) with make up and jewelry and an oval mirror. There is a tabby cat standing looking into the mirror. It is 750 pieces.
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I liked this one a lot, because it was all about spooky things of Halloween! It has a haunted house, monsters of all kinds and ghostly looking things. It is 500 pieces.
We have done this one more than once, and it’s the one we are working on again right now. We’re about 3/4 done with it.
The aloe vera plant has some nice spiky green leaves. These are in cute Halloween containers. The first one is black, with sugar skulls and orange flowers, and the second one is in an orange ceramic pumpkin. The little label says, “Happy Aloe-Ween”.
Here’s a cute flower arrangement for Halloween. There is a rust/orange mum, and a small white lily. There is also a little sign with the flowers that says ❤ you Boo.
This is a poem I wrote for October Poetry Writing Month, way back in 2014.
There are a lot of TV and movie witches that have brought us fun entertainment over the years.
Being it’s getting close to Halloween again, I thought I’d re-post it. Enjoy! 🙂
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WITCHY FUN
From Oz to Salem, to suburban mayhem,
The witches entertained us all.
The witch of the west, was creepy at best,
And Glinda was belle of the ball.
Samantha twitched her nose,
Whenever she chose, and
Sabrina’s cat talks to her, it is true.
Elphaba was wicked,
Endora was vivid…
They all were an interesting crew.
The Sanderson sisters were funny and camp,
The witches of Eastwick were duped…
They all used their craft, and a bit of their vamp,
But Morticia’s my all favorite champ.
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Shows referenced = Bewitched, The Wizard of Oz, The Addams Family, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Hocus Pocus, The Witches of Eastwick, and Wicked (broadway play)
Here are some fun and spooky questions I found over at ‘A Guy Called Bloke & K9 Doodlepip.
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Q1] Favourite all time creepy monster or villian?
The Fiend, which was a brain that attacked people. It was an old B & W movie around 1958, and gave me nightmares for a long time. I’ve never forgotten it.
Q2] Pumpkin Pie or what is your favourite pie at Halloween?
I like pumpkin pie, but we don’t usually fix a pie for Halloween.
Q3] What is something you most assuredly wouldn’t want to bump into in a darkened alleyway?
A dirty, infested dumpster.
Q4] Have you ever dabbled with the dark side .. l don’t mean Bloody Mary either l mean Ouija?
Yes, both, and more.
PQ5] What’s your most favourite Halloween movie that you just have to watch over, and over and over again every Halloween? [Link Please]
Hocus Pocus.
Q6] Are you superstitious? [How so?]
Not really, but I will knock on wood sometimes.
PQ7] If you found yourself trapped in a horror movie which one would it be?
Hocus Pocus, because it’s a little scary and a lot of fun.
Q8] On the subject whilst we are here, have you ever played Bloody Mary?
Yes, and scared half the kids in the neighborhood, who ran screaming out of the house.
Q9] Oh golly jeepers, you have awoken in the night to hear footsteps in the house .. who you gonna call?
No one. I’d get up and investigate.
Q10] So it’s dark and creepy, and you have just been dared to visit the local Cemetary would you do it?
Yes, in a second! Our local cemetery is known to be haunted, but I’ve never had a chance to go out there at night.
Q11] After watching a scary flick, can you just go to bed, or do you have to do something cheery first?
I’d just go to bed. Movies are just pretend.
PQ12] It’s Halloween, you are music master at the party, what are your first five songs going to be played to kick start the night?
Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
Ghost Busters – Ray Parker, Jr.
Symphony for the Devil – Rolling Stones
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
Q13] Favourite all time scary creepy spooky book?
The Demonologists, by Ed & Lorraine Warren. I had to get it out of the house, and couldn’t finish reading it. Actually, I did later on finish reading it, but still scared me.
Q14] You have been invited to the ultimate Monster Mash party and it’s fancy costume – who are you going as?
A witch. I almost always dressed in costume as a witch when I was a kid, and even later on.
PQ15] Are you doing anything for Halloween this year? If so what?
Handing out candy for the kids who come by trick-or-treating. I’ll put out a few decorations like my ghost tree.
Q16] You are a juinor witch going onto ‘sleepaway camp’, you have to take a familiar with you and your choices are:
Black Cat ***
Toad
Owl
Bat
Rat
Critter
What are you going to pick and why?
Black cat. Cats are cool, and we have a couple of black cats already.
Q17] You have been chosen to make the tea cakes for the party and they have to look spooky what are you going to make?
Round tea cake cookies with icing to look like spider webs.
Q18] How old were you when you saw your first horror movie – what was it – provide link?
The Fiend on TV (see above) when I was 7 or 8. At the movies the first one I saw was called, “Gorgo”, who was a dinosaur, or sea monster.
Q19] Are you easily scared?
No.
PQ20] Are you deleting any questions, if so which ones?
No.
Q21] It’s Halloween, you have three choices which do you pick? Party, TricknTreating or staying at home curtain closed watching spooky stuff?
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