Autumn Mantles

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.

2020 Gone Batty

2021 Witches & Witchcraft

2022 Haunted Hotel

2023 Mad Scientist

I sure wish I could have done my them this year...

as I sure do miss my shop....

Mantle Blessings To All!

Janice