Autumn is fast approaching here.
Let the Fall decor begin.
Today both of my fireplace mantles....
and a look back at others from our gift shop.
Hope you enjoy.
In other news,
Tuesday morning was a rare treat for me
driving into work.
Started out my drive at 5:30am and noticed
the bright full moon with a bit of fog while
getting into my car.
Here is a map of my drive.
If you look to the right, this is the town
just to the South of us
called Algonac.
We live about 1.5 miles North of town
along the St Clair River.
The straight line is the marsh I drive through.
The lake I drive around for a bit is Lake St Clair.
Anyways, back to my story.
The fog disappeared once I got into town
as I was not driving along the river.
However it came back as I approached the marsh.
The moon started getting orange by then.
With the color of the moon and the fog
this reminded me of an old horror movie
when they would show the moon
in a foggy cemetery.
It was an awesome view.
Driving past the marsh now heading for the lake,
the moon was getting bigger and more orange.
Again reminded me of a big ole Halloween moon.
Turning now to the SW and then due South
the orange moon was directly in front of me
setting down fast.
By the time I got to work the moon had already set.
As you can see I drive in all four directions
on my hour long drove to work and back.
In other news.
Carla commented that she cannot wait for
my Halloween decor.
So sorry to disappoint you Carla,
but I did not do my themed Halloween this year.
I thought moving the gift shop I would still
be able to do them, however our antique store
is a building built in the 1800's with high ceilings.
We added LED lights,
with only one light switch for the front half
of our building.
Bob could not remove the lights in
the gift shop part, therefore
I could not add the lights I wanted to.
So no decorating going forward.
If you remember from years past,
I had to start planning
my next year's theme each Summer before
because I had to have
my wholesale orders in for both Halloween
and Christmas by January.
Thus planning was done in advance.
I did have a them and was already working on it.
By last December we knew we were selling
the gift shop so I did not order anything
for this year.
We were not sure if there would be enough space
since the "new gift shop" area is much smaller.
Therefore I did not purchase any Halloween
or Christmas for that matter this year.
Any hoot...if you followed all of that...
my theme was going to be a
Halloween Extravaganza.
I wanted Bob to make some Carnival games
out of wood of course, and I had planned on
the space to sorta look like being inside a tent.
Here is a look back at the 4 years
of Halloween mantles
from our gift shop.
We were in business for 4 years.
I sure wish I could have done my them this year...
as I sure do miss my shop....
Mantle Blessings To All!
Janice