Halloween Decorations

 

My daughter made some Halloween pillows. My daughter was selling them on her Ebay Store there are other things on there for sale as well. 

This is on the front door.

The shelf on my desk. 

The Halloween tree has tiny Halloween ornaments on it. 

The living room wall. 

The living room window during the day.

During the day.

The living room window at night. 

Living room shelf.

Living room shelf.

Living room corner.

A different corner. 

Camp Crystal Lake- lights off.

Lights on. 

Bathroom door. 

Kitchen with lights on.

Freddy!

More lights from the projector.

This color on the ceiling is my favorite. 

Bathroom door.

More shelves with little knick knacks.

Creepy tree.

Sky Pictures

 

Since I didn't get any freebies this week, how about some sky and cloud pictures. This is my favorite time of year because it's cooler especially at night, we get a lot more cloudy, overcast skies even if we don't get a lot of rain. This is a sunrise picture where the sun is just starting to come up. 

The sun is up a little more lighting up the sky and the clouds.

This is what the sky looked like by the time we got back home from our walk. 

That night at Sunset, we had a lot more clouds. You can see the sun setting in the background beneath that huge dark cloud. 

The next day, more dark clouds. And funny enough that U-Haul I told you guys about a few weeks ago that those two ladies are living in was parked across the street in this picture. And for those of you new here, that large wall is the sound wall. Directly on the other side of the wall is the I95 Freeway. The 18 foot wall is supposed to cut down on some of the noise from the freeway but it's still very noisy. 

Book Review: Fallen King by Kenzie Skye

 

Book Description

He might be king of the damned, but he'll be damned if he lets anything get in the way of his obsession...

Fallen king. That’s what they call me, even though I was once the most powerful celestial in the realm. I was wronged, my kingdom ruthlessly stolen from me by my own brother, but I can restore it.

She is the key to restoring it. I’ve watched over her all her life, waiting for the moment I could swoop in and claim her.

And now that it’s finally here, nothing will stop me. And if I’m being totally honest, I want her as more than just a key. She’s become my obsession, and she will be my bride.

Nothing will stop me.

Nothing but a new revelation that could rip all my years of planning to shreds.

My Review

Amelia is an orphan and has no idea that she is the key to Julian getting his kingdom back from his brother. Julian has been watching, directing and meddling in Amelia's life since her birth because he knew he could use her once she turned 18 years old. 

So Julian pretty much kidnaps her before anyone else can get their hands on her and brings her back to the underworld to keep her safe and explain things to her. The only problem? The more time Julian spends with Amelia, the more he grows to care for her, so much so that he's beginning to think that she might be more important than just using her as the key to get his kingdom back. 

These two fell for each other hard and Julian wasn't expecting to have as strong of feelings for her as he did. Amelia finally feels like she has the family that she's always missed having being an orphan. When her ancestry secrets are finally revealed, it was a great twist. 

This was a quick read but the story was so good!

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

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Favorite Halloween Costume?

 

I tried finding a picture of the Halloween costume I used to wear when I was a kid, this is the closest I could find. *back in the early 70's* And I say THE costume because I only had one! I wore the same costume for years because my parents didn't believe in buying a new costume each year when the old one would fit. This witch costume is the closest to the one that I used to wear that I could find.

 I remember when I first got it, it was huge on me and my mom took a belt to tie it up around my waist so I wasn't tripping over my feet. She got a big one so I wouldn't out grow it for a few years and I remember the last time I wore it I was 10 years old and must have worn it for at least 4 years. It had holes in the vinyl poncho and the mask that used to have a rubber band on it was held on with a blue ribbon that my mom tied the mask to my head with. That thing was completely falling apart but I didn't care.. I got to go Trick or Treating and came back with a huge amount of candy. *That my mom and dad raided*

So did you have a favorite Halloween costume when you were a kid?

Book Review: The Changeling With The Silver Hair by Anna Hammar

 

Book Description

Life for Princess Aoife Quinn had not been easy since the humans had attacked Changeling Court five years before. Branded with a magical seal, Aoife was stripped of her magic and married off to someone she didn’t know or like. During her wedding, however, humans once again attacked leading to Aoife being rescued by the dark haired King of the Elven Court. Agreeing to his marriage proposal, Aoife slowly learns about the occupants of Castle Gray and heals herself from the trajeties experienced during the human war. Only, not everyone from Changeling Court is happy with the marriage announcement, leading to an unexpected threat from someone she held dear.

My Review

Aoife is a changeling but when humans attack her people, she is branded with a magical seal that essentially seals her powers. Years later her father just wants to marry her off since women aren't really worth much else but making good treaties through marriage with neighboring courts or royals. But Aoife is against this marriage to a man she doesn't love. Once again during her wedding day humans attack and kill her intended but Lysander the King of the Elven Court spirits her away to keep her safe.

Elven Court is so different from what Aoife is used to but she finds herself there as she and Lysander become closer. Everyone in Elven Court is welcoming to her even if some of them don't trust her right away. 

Once the huge secrets are revealed, it all started to make more sense. I felt sorry for all she endured all because someone close to her was not right in the head. Lysander was one of the best hero's I've read in a long time. Gosh, I loved him. He is such a great character.  Aoife ends up being stronger than she ever thought possible and I loved that for her. The way she was brought up, she was supposed to be quiet and look nice. But Lysander shows her that she can be more and oh boy, she sure is. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

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Creatures

 

I had fun looking up AI generated creatures on Pixabay. All of these pictures are free to use. I could imagine creatures like this coming out to prowl around on Halloween. 

Apartment Life #339

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 25 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 25 years here in a weekly blog post.  

Another rooftop AC was installed onto the roof of the apartment complex across the street. That's the second one this year. I'm pretty sure it's pretty expensive to have these things installed too. 

I always watch just to make sure that something doesn't go wrong and those heavy AC's don't come crashing down on a car on the street. 

It went well. They had the old AC out and the new one in really fast, less than 20 minutes. 

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A few days later the apartment building a couple of buildings down the street also had a rooftop AC replaced. 

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Of course we can't go one week without the police showing up. At first it was just this one police car.

The another showed up and they went into the apartments across the street.

They stayed about 30 minutes, came out, talked and left. No one was arrested so I guess that's good. 

The high this week was 100F/37C

The low this week was 66F/18C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

An Amazing Ghostly Pirate Ship

 

I first found pictures of this amazing pirate ship sculpture over at my friend Infidel's blog page when he shared some images he found around the internet. I thought this would be perfect for Halloween month because just look at it. You can find more images of this incredible sculpture that took over 15 months to complete here. 

This sculpture is the work of Jason Stieva who is also a tattoo artist and has pictures on his Instagram of some incredible tattoos. There are some incredibly talented people in this world. 

Weird Things Around My Apartment

 I love these posts and you all seemed to like it as well so I thought I would do another one for October. Feel free to join in and do your own post.

 If you'd like to see the other posts I did about things around my apartment, I'll post links to them below.

Weird Things Around My Apartment 

Weird Things Around My Apartment

Things Around My Apartment- Inherited and Gifts

I like skulls and skeletons. I posted some pictures of other skulls in one of my other posts linked above. I have several little skull statues that only come out at Halloween but these all stay out all year long. The rose quartz skull is a favorite. 

My late husband drew and painted this and you might recognize it from my Sunday posts. Ken drew this for me because he knew I liked skulls.

My favorite Grim Reaper wall hanging.

Skull planter with an air plant.

And I have a skeleton pen. 

The three oldest books on my bookshelf. My grandma gave me the Black Magic, Satanism and Voodoo book when I was 12 years old. She used to take me to seances when I lived with her. 

I bought the Satanic Bible and the Necronomicon when I was a teenager. I was interested in the Satanic Church back when I was a teenager. I'm Agnostic now.

My favorite coffin earrings just in time for Halloween.

They open up and have tiny skeletons inside the coffins. 

So there you have it, some weird things around my apartment.