Boo. Did I scare you? No? Well, look down below for some terrifyin' pumpkins:


(click on each photo to see the full-sized image)

Scared now? Of course you are. Here, you better hold my hand, 'cause we got yer Frankenstein's monster, we got yer pirate, we got yer tombstone. Like I said, terrifyin'. My 8-year-old nephew (he's a brave boy) helped me paint ol' Frankie. I realized after I finished drawing and painting him (I took the design from a site which has things to print for kids to color, but drew it freehand), his chin is way off to the right. And his mouth resembles a monkey's. But, considering he's a monster made out of spare parts and all, I'm just going to say he was put together that way.

The pirate -- my nephew's step-grandmother said he looks Chinese. It wasn't intentional, but I can see it now. Oh, well... I'll just say I went international this year. And the tombstone is your basic tombstone, R.I.P. and all.

I have two more pumpkins I've yet to adorn, but I'm running out of paint, so they may stay naked. Not very scary, but them's the brakes. What would be truly scary is if I went naked, but I want to do the fun type of scaring, not the oh-my-God-head-for-the-hills-it's-a-short-squat-nekkid-and-not-in-a-good-way-monster type of scaring.

I didn't get any other decorating done this weekend, I'm afraid. Real life, in the form of babysitting my nephew and shampooing carpets (though not at the same time), interferred with my important decorating duties. Maybe next time I'll have my nephew shampoo the carpets while I go outside to decorate.

In related news, I'll be placing red light bulbs in various fixtures in the front room, a bedroom with a window facing the front of the house, the porch light, etc., to give the whole area an ethereal glow. Or, as my mother put it, it will be a true red light district (a.k.a., whore house district). If so, I'll be one ugly madame, what with the rotting flesh makeup I'll be wearing. Either way, there will be a lot of tricks turned Halloween night.

I'm off to go mix a Halloween-themed music CD now. "Cause it's the mash... they did the monster mash..."