It's a Frightful tale… A Fanciful Twists Halloween party!!!!!

Well Helllooooo there!  I have been off with the faeries and witches and haven't posted in a while.  At the last minute I joined Ms Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist for her Halloween party…  well I simply couldn't miss such a fun extravaganza!  After you have read about my exploits click on the link and head over to the Pumpkin Queen herself, Ms Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist for even more wonderful doings!

First I need to take care of some house keeping duties.  I never did posted a winner from the last blog party I was a part of…  My kitties drew a name out of a hat and it was Ms Shell of A Swan of Dreamers who won the tea cup!  Shell email me your address and I will send your cup via faerie post asap!  Sorry about the delay.  When you play with Faeries time does funny things!   I will post about my adventures soon, promise…

Now on to our Halloween adventures…
"As I was working in the lab late one night, my eyes beheld an erie sight…."  no wait a minute…  thats the Monster Mash…

Well… late one after noon I was wandering around and went into a little used part of our garden when I spied an encampment of sorts that had not been there before…

Cautiously I approached and beheld what looked like an apothecary shop…  

It looked like someone was in there…

  There appeared to be an old witch laboring over a cauldron mumbling to herself. 

I got quite close but she didn't seem to take any notice of me…

The crow on her head cawed and flapped his wings but she just kept on stirring…

I cautiously had a look around at the absolutely crammed packed shelves.

Bones of all shapes and sizes…

Many odd bottles containing what looked to be ingredients and some finished potions…

Mushrooms…

Mummy's head!  Wow!  She looked to have been quite pretty…  I wonder who she was…

Some truly horrible stuff… ugg!  Gremlin skulls and rat tails!!!

There were some lovely things though like Mermaid Song and Star Dust.

And wonder of all!  Mermaid Hair!  It flashed and sparkled and was the most beautiful shade of purple!

There were some bizarre shaped skeletons with feathers…  I didn't ask…  Not that she would have answered anyway.  She still hand't noticed me…

Yuck!!!  I mean really…  Ogre Dandruf?!?  What in the world would you need that for!

There were sone really creepy things…

Hmmm… I wonder if this is her family?  There is a slight family resemblance…

She obviously seemed to have a sense of humor…  

Some items sounded quite familiar…

Poly Juice Potion, Felix Felicis, Veritaserum…   where have I heard those names before?

There was a table with all sorts of mysterious items on it…

Beautiful crystal and glass balls…

More ingredients…

Off to one side there looked to be a waiting room of sorts…

Hmmm…  maybe I'm not the only one who couldn't get her attention.  I think he's been waiting a looooooong time!

I found her sign…

"blood letting, leaches"…  I am definitely sticking with the local med center… eeeuuuuuwwwww!

I ventured out of her shop and down the road a bit.   She had definitely made herself at home,  her laundry was hanging out to dry…

Bloomers!  Definitely an old world kind of lady… 

I heard faint music playing so I followed my ears over to an area I hadn't been to before.

I couldn't believe my eyes…

A cemetery!?!?!

There looked to be some recent activity…

I couldn't tell if they were burying things or digging them up, I am not sure I wanted to know…

Odd tomb stones…

It looks like they are all in the music and entertainment business…

As well as friends…  with a bizarre sense of humor…

The music was louder here but the only living thing I saw was this graveyard kitty…

But then I turned around and saw…

Hmmmm…  I wonder if Jerry knows about this?

and finally the source of the music…

Nothing but skin and bones…. well actually just bones but he could sure play!

There seems to be a mix up in stories…

I swear I didn't eat any of those colored dots!  I did have a swig from the bottle 

by the banjo player though…

Well before the Munchkins and Dorothy show up and then inevitably the men in the white coats I decided to retrace my steps and pretend that is was all a dream… 

I passed this fellow on the way out.  He said something about the Gypsies showing up next week and to come back for some more of what was in the green jug.  I heard laughter as I started to run…  

I hope you enjoyed my tale…

Come back and visit the end of next week and see if I returned.  I do so love Gypsies!  

The stuff in the jug tasted pretty good…..

Happy Halloween everyone!

PS  I am sure that many of you recognized the labels on the potions bottles…  Yes, they are from the queen pumpkin witch herself, Ms Vanessa.  You can have some too.  Just go to her etsy shop and pick from several beautiful and magical styles!