Jack O'Lantern Leads the Way

Is it Halloween time yet?

by Jean-Baptiste Monge, from Halloween 1996

More of Monge's Work 

Actual Gallows Hill

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       Not too long ago (probably back in 2012 or so) I saw an interesting documentary that I'm no longer able to find. It was about Salem, and the search for the actual location where the infamous 19 men and women were hanged during the witch trials. The host and researcher behind the documentary was a descendant of one of the accused (I want to say of Elizabeth Howe). In the end she discovered the exact location - this exact location - as "the one":




     Also found this while I was searching for the documentary (can't even remember the title), unrelated to Gallows Hill, but still interesting insight on the trials. Here, author Stacey Schiff adds explains, "It's a Story of Women":

"No one ever suffered afflictions without being able to name a witch."

And for fun, here she is on Stephen Colbert:


Stacy Schiff Explains How The Salem Witch... by nvx90sports

Check out her recent book (one I'll be adding to my list): The Witches: Salem, 1692 

Read reviews and purchase here on Amazon.com

Lost

I am currently working on a big film project and have been getting lost in the creative side of my mind. I love this place... it's spooky.

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30 Days

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'Woods'

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Halloween in November

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Taken by Rob Perry Design on Halloween night 2009, but the colors also reminded me of a November sky.

First Day of Fall

I wish we had more trees like this in SoCal.

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Orange Skies

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Night Trees

Took a few photos last night, the sky was so blue and I wanted to capture it amongst the tops of the trees. My camera didn't quite capture the richness of the sky and how blue it really looked so I had to enhance the photos a bit.

From October to November...

My current desktop background, more great photos by Pumpkin Rot.

Check out his blog: What's Brewing...

Bats!

They sleep in the day, but fly by night...

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New England?

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     Living in Southern California, one doesn't always get that "Traditional Halloween in New England Feeling"... it's really more like a desert with a beach next to it and around October is usually when fires begin to break out. I happen to be one of those few people who pathetically tries to pretend that it's cold when it isn't, that everyone around me has at least a little bit of Halloween excitement on their minds, and that the trees are at some point going to turn beautiful fall colors. 

       Most Haunters I have heard of live somewhere on the East Coast and talk about the gorgeous seasonal look that their locations acquire every year. On my Halloween night, there's usually so many wild fires going around that we have to be careful not to put too many it candles outside. Instead we have to use some of those fake, battery-powered tea-lights. On the whole it doesn't bother me that much, those little candles do come in handy and "So Cal" is a pretty awesome place to live, our winters aren't freezing cold. I just always end up being the only person living in a beach town that doesn't really go to the beach, instead I plan Halloween stuff. I think it's safe to say I am obsessed.