Funny Cat Pictures...

I dont know where Queen Of Darkness gets these from but I like cats too so am reposting here:

And the only spooky pic:

Its possible that some folks not familiar may not know who Lestat is.... very famous vampire from Anne Rice series of Interview with a Vampire

Fall Colors

We just got back from New England, visiting family in the north west region of Connecticut.  Absolutely beautiful.

I cannot do any Halloween this year due to work but I can post some fall like pics (taken during a very wet and rainy day) but they came out nice despite the weather.  If it wasnt such a rainy day the colors would be a lot more vibrant. These are pictures from my cousin and uncle's house and on their farm and street they are on.

Pumpkins!

Was in my local Target and they had carving pumpkins for sale.  I looked for pie pumpkins but didnt see any and I didnt have time to walk to other side of the store to see if they were putting any Halloween stuff up

These unfortunately will be rotten to the core by October 31, they just cannot stand up to the weather and climate here in FL for too long.  Cannot grow them here either I checked into it and there are some strange varieties in special circumstances that you can grow them but its just too dad blame hot and buggy and humid here.

In Irons Sunset Cruise

Ok so we took 3 hour cruise with the nice Arabella (Funcat 55' catamaran) out of Ponce Inlet FL.   Yes they play the music from Gilligans Island on the way out!  

 It was a blast they do a really good job with their operation.  All the wine, beer and snacks (cheese and crackers, vegies and fruit trays) you desire and they make sure you are well suppiled during the trip.

Crew was very nice, they didnt treat us like Lubbers and they did their best to ensure everyone was comfortable and had a nice time.

Mrs Irons and her sister and hubby and some friends all went, we got a nice Groupon.  Here is some pics from the day, we got out of the inlet onto the ocean for a bit, very light winds, very calm seas with slight ground swell of 2-3 feet coming in but still some folks were feeling a bit seasick.  I am lucky it doesnt affect me.

Just absolutely beautiful day, beautiful sunset.  I have had a few sailboats in my time and its got me thinking again...   here is the lovely Arabella:

 

Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

 

Port view Off Coast of Daytona Beach

 

And they set sail and turned off the motors...splendid!

Mrs Irons enjoying the breeze, she hates having her picture taken especially with the humidity doing its thing with her hair.  A lovely Lass

Babes on Board

 

Stern view looking Aft at Daytona skyline

 

Orientation speech by Captain Sam with Rebecca at the wheel

 

Start of Sunset as we approach the Inlet

 

 Rough Video of Sunset and of Captain Sam, Youtube promised to clean up the "shakiness" of the video

Still In Love.....

Ok not a Halloween related post but I did state that on occassion will post non-related halloween thingamajigs.... thats the beauty of blogs.  You do what you want when you want.

26 years ago today a younger thinner man asked a pretty girl out on their first date.   26 years later with all of life's up and downs I am proud to say I am the luckiest man.

I met Mrs. Irons through the world's second oldest profession....... yep...... Banking

She was a pretty teller that all the single men in our locale was chasing with no success and it must have been in a moment of weakness that she relented and agreed to go out on our first date.

Down to the Inlet to a seafood restaurant on the water (you know where the bathrooms are marked Gulls and Buoys for their representative genders).  We got stuck at a table near the door.  Everytime the front door of the restaurant opened it banged our table.   But we were in love, it was a Friday night, the candle light was magical.  

26 years later I still feel so blessed to have Mrs Irons in my life.

Halloween Treasures.... No Seriously I Mean It!

As it looks like with work and a ton of other pressing commitments I may not have the time this year to put up any Halloween decorations. Shameful I know.

So I must live vicariously for my Halloween goodness via the capabilities of others....

I am always amazed at how wonderfully resourceful and creative folks are.... especially with today's installment with Halloween Treasure Studio

Here are some samples of their treasures!  Awesome and creative halloween treasures with a vintage feel!

Major Kudos to the artist Cali Lee at Halloween Treasure Studio, check it out!!

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Horror oh The Horror..... the Blog Template Horror

Sitting here minding my own business blogging and stuff and of course Google/Blogger made some sort of upgrade a while back.

WTF?!?  (Why the Face ;)  )

Nothing would align as per the template layout designer. It was driving me crazy.   And the new template layout tool wouldnt let put my sidebar in the right place.... Arrrgggghhh! So frustrating

So I was going in and roughing out html tags and what not by hand.  This went on for the past few months.  Posted blog forum requests for help and nothing other than others reported it as well.

Then just now, all of a sudden... it started working. I guess Blogspot said "Hey Lets Fix This"

I did add a snazzy background which kinda looks like Haunted Mansion wallpaper....well kinda sorta, so all was not lost except hours out of my life, but I guess it is the price we pay for a free wonderful tool.

Great Disney Pics

Pumpkinrot posted some great pictures from the fantastic photographer Bob Desmond on his blog.  I took a look and was so impressed, here is a couple of samples, if you can check out his Flickr page it is absolutely wonderful!  Thanks Bob!

Here is formerdisneypro's Photostream page please give Bob Desmond great kudos for absolutely picture perfect pictures!

Repurposed Christmas Blow Molds To Halloween

One of the reasons I love Halloween (ok beyond candy) is in the Haunt world the most brilliant people exist and inspire me to no end.

On the Halloween Forum there is a thread where Hilda has taken Christmas Blow molds and stripped the paint and repainted for use at Halloween.   Her work is simply brilliant...

Here are some samples of her work:

Lollipop Blow Molds:

You Gotta Love Zero!!

 Mrs Claus

Here are some other Mrs. Clause blow molds repurposed:

Old DollHouse

New Dollhouse

Simply amazing, when you get a chance, check out the thread on Halloween Forum, genius at work!!