O' TIS THE HALLOWEEN MANTEL

Frights and chills

  Spooky thrills

      Candy and nuts

      Seedy pumpkin guts

Tricking for treats

      Treasure bag of sweets

      A floating apparition

      Imaginative night vision

Zombie, werewolf, vampire

      Witches' cauldrons lit afire

      Creepy ghost and spectre

      Hooded Reaper—soul collector

~Terri Guillemets, "Halloween Night"

I decided to use my grandmother's sterling silver tea urn

for this arrangement. It is one of my prized possessions

and many, many years old...over one hundred years.

My darling witch was a gift from my parents.

You wouldn't believe

On All Hallow Eve

What lots of fun we can make,

With apples to bob,

And nuts on the hob,

And a ring-and-thimble cake.

~Carolyn Wells

I was over the moon happy with this darling little

crow print....there is something so perfect about crows in October!

From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties

And things that go bump in the night,

Good Lord, deliver us!

~Scottish saying

May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright

Of soft and golden hue

Pierce through the future’s veil and show

What fate now holds for you.

~Author unknown

Bring forth the raisins and the nuts-

Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts

Along the moonlit way.

~John Kendrick Bangs

When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,

May luck be yours on Halloween.

~Author unknown