HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🧡🖤🎃🎃🐾🐾🐾🐾🎃🎃🧡🖤

When Witches Go Riding and Black Cats Are Seen: The Moon Laughs and Whispers Tis Halloween 🧡🖤🎃🎃🐾🐾🐾🐾🎃🎃🧡

BAT AND MAGGIE ON INSTAGRAM

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🧡🖤🎃🎃🐾🐾🐾🐾🎃🎃🧡🖤

Inheritance

There's a house in Kemptville which has a fireplace under the stairs.
I fell in love and, I saved the realtor's brochure in my book box of art I someday would like to paint.

Summer came and went in a flash. My mood was in a shadow and, then, Autumn arrived and October. The chill in the air, the trees turning beautiful yellows, oranges, and reds, the beautiful moon at night all filled my senses. It's the month of October that always stirs my spirit, of course, our cats as well. "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."If only more months would do the same for my mood as October does.

It's almost four years now, on October 27th, 2017, when Bat and Maggie, our two little rescues, showed up at our back door on M's birthday and Black Cat Appreciation Day in the UK. Bat is a black cat, well, a brown-black Nordic cat; imagine the coincidence. Magical! Because of them, our days are busy with photoshoots, paintings and, stories. M loves doing the photoshoots and, I love painting the two little Gremlins.

"Inheritance"- my latest painting, began with the Fireplace Under The Stairs and Halloween. I can't help it. I'm bewitched by October.
Bats, cats, pumpkins and, ghosts are purrfect for a Halloween Night in Uncle Herman's old cottage. Oh, did I tell you? I almost forgot to mention Bat and Maggie inherited Uncle Herman's estate, " Bat Cottage ".

OH MY DARLIN', WHY DO I LOVE YOU SO ? HAPPY CATURDAY😻😻😻

Love this Little Bat. 

We love you for so many reasons but the fact you appeared at our back door on Emma's birthday on October 27th, 2017 is truly magical and of course, you are two pets in one, a Cat, and a Bat!
~ Photos by M




HAPPY CATURDAY😻😻😻
WHY DO I LOVE YOU SO

A DARK AND DREARY OCTOBER SKY 🎃🎃🎃

Black Bats, Werewolves, Pumpkins & Cats & Haunted Trees *** 

Under this dark and dreary October sky, an otherworldly atmosphere occupies my space. Still painting but the light is escaping the room or maybe it's me : ) Love this little black velvety /rusty pumpkin I made using vintage fabric and a real pumpkin stem. Most of what you see on display are vintage treasures I collected on my country road trips to my favorite haunts. The German Werewolf Beer Stein is a recent find and the spooky cute haunted candlestick is even more adorable because it holds a wine cork candle with my birth year 1957 @ ghostales1957. The black velvet glass dish fits perfectly under the mini pumpkin. Love collecting the vintage Velvet glass and it doesn't look black in the light but sometimes it's purple or red when you place it in the light...bLACK mAGIC!

The old haunted tree candlestick and German Werewolf Stein also found treasures @ Sally

Found these sparkly bats and the starry candle votive @ Sally Ann

Something about this room, the cats just can't keep out. This time it was Maggie's turn to keep me company.

*** Halloween Portrait ***

I have been known at home to be a little bit of a witch at times for a number of reasons but another nickname alias I owe is “Mom the Witch”, which I have to give the entire credit to my son for imparting the loving moniker upon me.
It was just before Halloween and my husband had made a life size Witch sitting her on a wicker chair by the front entrance to the house.
When Ty arrived home he was taken aback to see there was someone waiting for him at the door but it didn’t look so much like his mom , after a moment’s thought under his breath he squeaked out....mum?
Well,we do have it on tape and it is precious! I adore the funny disposition of little kids when they are a little baffled by things and without really trying create the most amusing funny moments one can never fail to remember.
So this year I have started to design my first Halloween banner with the Witch as the theme.
This is for you Ty! Thanks for the funny memories.

Happy Halloween m^._.^m

*** Halloween ***

*** Goblins on the Doorstep ***



Goblins on the doorstep,

Phantoms in the air,

Owls on witches’ gateposts

Giving stare for stare,

Cats on flying broomsticks,

Bats against the moon

Stirrings round of fate-cakes with a solemn spoon.

Whirling apple parings

Figures draped in sheets

Dodging, disappearing,

Up and down the streets,

Jack-o-Lanterns grinning

Shadows on a screen,

Shrieks and starts with laughter -


This is Halloween !

~Dorothy Brown Thompson~

*** Happy Halloween *** m^._.^m