Things seem a little stranger than usual around the Fairegarden.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. (1)
I’ve seen so many things
I ain’t never seen before
Don’t know what it is
I don’t wanna see no more.(2)
Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night (Thanks Monica).(3)
Was there something wrong with that tuna sandwich?(4)
Darkness falls across the land / The midnight hour is close at hand / Creatures crawl in search of blood / To terrorize y’all’s neighbourhood / And whosoever shall be found / Without the soul for getting down / Must stand and face the hounds of hell / And rot inside a corpse’s shell. / The foulest stench is in the air / The funk of 40,000 years / And grizzly ghouls from every tomb / Are closing in to seal your doom / And though you fight to stay alive / Your body starts to shiver / For no mere mortal can resist / The evil of the thriller.(5)
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the ‘Twilight Zone.'(6)
Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
She’s a restless spirit on an endless flight
Wooo hooo witchy woman, see how
High she flies.(7)
The head-bone connected to the neck-bone,
the neck-bone connected to the back-bone
The backbone connected to the thigh-bone
the thighbone connected to the kee-bone
the kneebone connected to the leg bone
the leg bone connected to the foot bone
Oh hear the word of the Lord.(8)
Inspired by the skull head seen at the David garden during the Austin Spring Fling last year, seen in the shot before this one, hypertufa mix was used to fashion our own version. Ours looks more like an alien skull than a human, sort of like the dolls I used to make for Chickenpoet and Semi when they were young, and so was I.
Happy Hallowe’en to you all!
Frances
Note: All the images except the final reveal of the hypertufa addition to the Bongo Congo clan, were the result of fiddling around with the photo program we use, Dell Picture Studio Image Expert 2000. The Skeleton Of a Bat was a work of art on display at the North Carolina Arboretum. Excluding the David home skull and bat skeleton, the remaining shots were taken at the Fairegarden.
(1)Obi Wan Kenobi-Star Wars 1977
(2)Three Dog Night-Mama Told Me Not To Come
(3)Betty Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve
(4)Frances
(5)Michael Jackson-Thriller
(6)Rod Serling-Twilight Zone
(7)The Eagles-Witchy Woman
(8)Ezekial 37:1-14, loosely
Creepy….! Happy Halloween to you too!
Trick or treat! You should put a caution not to read this one after dark. And you know how I feel about faces in the garden! Same applies to skulls. I don’t remember that one from the David garden… what was that noise!
Frances, I looking forward to Hallowe’en. It will be our first weekend Hallowe’en since we bought Kilbourne Grove. Hopefully lots of little trick or treaters.
Deborah
Great shots and makes a change from pumpkins!
What a fun post Frances. You are an artist with that hypertufa. Great skull. Happy Halloween to you too.
Shivers from Florida!!
You were having too much fun on the computer! ๐ Neat photos!
Ha! What a fantastic post, Frances! So much to love!!! But I’ll admit it: My favorite thing was the shot of the ornamental red okra pods. Fabulous! Closely followed by the bat skeleton, the two skulls, and that marvelously creepy shot of the house with the white trees. Brrrr!!!! Name for the skull? How about BC (both for its archaeological appearance and for Bongo Congo)? And, oh my, I guess I’m the only person alive who’s never heard “Thriller.” I had no idea it was a “scary” song! (Hey, they don’t call us Luddites for nothin’.) Happy Hallowe’en!!!!
“Clever girl”*. Really Frances, this is a delightful post…and possibly alarming to realize that we have so much dialogue stored in our memories! Love the skeleton head! My favorite quote is Bette’s but, # 4 is pretty cool! gail * (Muldoon before the raptor devoured him in Jurassic park)
Frances, this is a wonderfully creepy, crawlllyy Halloweennneee post…I’m scairt…
I think you had a good time with this post! (maybe too much fun?? ๐ ) Have a great Halloween.
by the way– as I was working in the Learning Garden yesterday I found that there are other trees with those corky wings– Sweetgum,Liquidambar styraciflua, for one.
Hi Frances, wonderful Halloween post–great photos and mood. I’ve just recently been on a big Bette Davis movie kick, so I’ve just seen All About Eve (which incidentally was awesome!), and thought you may like to know she says “bumpy night” not “bumpy ride.” ๐
Clearly Halloween is a favorite at Fairegarden! Love your grass experiment, too.
How very cool! I was looking at those photos thinking something was not quite right! Gosh, I have to much to do today to sit around playing with the photoshop! But the ideas are a comin’!
These are spectacular spooky effects! My favorite has got to the tufa skull. Very artistic. Happy Halloween!
Rosey
your fifth dimension is simultaneously spooky and brilliant. let us dance with the ghosts and zombies throughout this, the second best holiday of the year. not ever sure what’s in store, but that is kind of the best part. who knows what’s out there? even in your own. back. yard?
~BOO!~
Happy Halloween.
October is my favorite month and Halloween is so much fun!
Your post was fun too. I enjoyed siging along as I looked at all your scary photographs. Playing around in photoshop is always scary and fun.
Hope you have lots of treats and no tricks.
Sherry
A terrific blend of the familiar, the strange, the beautiful… and the DEEPLY CREEPY. Have a great holiday, Frances!
Happy Halloween! I just love your spooky post!
That was fun! I love the hypertufa Dio de los Muertos head. I might have to steal, I mean, borrow that idea.
You’ve been having Halloween fun early this year, Frances. I love your skull. Now you can put on Hamlet productions in your garden. “Alas, poor Yorick!”
This is the crazest party that could ever be.
Don’t turn on the lights cause I don’t want to see. Mamma told me not to come. That ain’t the way to have fun. Ahhhhhhh, 3 Dog Night was the best! But I also loved the nod to Bette Davis…what a classic line, and nobody could deliver like Bette. Pretty spooky stuff Frances, I think I am going to have to sleep with the light on now! Love the Okra pods–very striking.
Gosh even the plants look malevolent especially the cobaea scandens ๐ Happy Halloween to you Frances – have a spooky one !
It does look like some strange happenings have been occurring at Fairegarden. I hope you are all okay there! ๐
Fairegarden seems to have been transformed into a mysterious place suddenly.A bit scary too!
What a fun and original Halloween post Frances – definitely helped get me in the mood for the big day tomorrow!
This was great! I recognized some of the quotes.
Frances I am late getting here but “Hello Halloween FUN !!” I love the night shot .. I have to master that yet .. and the negative of the house is perfect ! .. all of your garden goodies for Halloween were great .. and that tree is PERFECT as a Halloween tree ! : )
It is all finished way too fast eh ? ๐
What fun Frances! You are so clever with your camera and now I see with a program too. I was beginning to think my eyes were playing tricks on me… but your magic is the treat. I love that first photo! Gorgeous colors and forms. Thanks so for your sweet and thoughtful comment on the forest post. Carol
Hi Frances, Yeah, it’s one of those quotes I’d always heard as “ride,” which makes more sense in and of itself, which is why it struck me so when I heard her say “night” — I even hit rewind to double-check and listen again. In the context of the movie, it actually makes more sense that it’s night, because she said it at the start of some minor disagreements, predicting that some bigger scenes might play out during the evening. I’m always amused how quotes get changed over time in the collective conscience… I loved Cosmos as a teen and watched every episode many times. Carl Sagan never *did* say “billions and billions.” ๐ (Sorry. I tend to be a bit literal.)
Another entertaining post Frances, love those spooky shots. ๐ Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween. This is a very hip post. The dolls you made semi and I must have been pretty scary because my brain is blocking any memory of them. And my suggestion for the name of the skull: ” Yorick: The boy’s name Yorick is of Old English origin, and its meaning is “farmer”. Literary: in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”, Hamlet mutters to a skull, “Alas! Poor Yorick”.
Hi Frances, a super and spine-tingling halloween post!
Eerily nice Ms. Frances! You ghoul you! Happy Halloween back at ya! BOO!!
I thought I liked halloween. You have some great stuff there. love the skull face. you are an artist for sure! Great post! Happy Halloween to you and yours.
You know now I LOVE Halloween! These are great photos, Frances!
And funny…I did ZUMBA to MJ’s Thriller today! ๐
I’m sure Halloween was a hoot in your neck of the woods.
This post captured the spirit of it perfectly.
What a fun post, Frances! Hope you had a spooktacular Halloween!
A fun post I look forward to some time this winter to play around with computer programs for my photos.
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