You Don't Need a Seance to Talk With Ghosts



 "Hey, Goody? Can I come in the house?"
"No."
"Here, I have some broccoli for you."
"That's MY broccoli."
"Can I come in the house?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"The house is already haunted."
"Aw, that's no ghost, that's just bats in the ductwork."
"No."
"Why does the cat get to stay inside?"
"Look, I have to go bleed the radiators..."
"You don't *have* radiators, you have forced hot air with a bat in the ducts."
"You can't come in."
"Rolland the snowman gets to live inside"
"In the freezer."
"Can I..."
"No."
"Rats."

 There was something so adorably goofy about the ghost, I had to buy him last weekend. I'm sure he gives passersby a good laugh. The cat had to go in the window as we have several neighbours with cats that do just that. I'm sure they're looking at it thinking, "I know that's no cat but..."

 It was warm when I dressed, by the afternoon the rain and cold came through dropping us 20 degrees. I'm not too upset-I was getting tired of the heat already. By Rocktober I'm ready for some suede and wool.
I'm still harvesting tomatoes and herbs like mad. I'm roasting and freezing them for quick dinners once the winter holidays are in swing. Roasted cherry tomatoes make a lovely pizza topping too.
The supermarket had tea on offer today-at half-off. I did the maths, and this is about a 1 year supply for me. I'll probably be around another year (though I sure as hell have had some days of late making me wonder) so this is an investment in my sanity. I can drink other tea, but I'd rather not. With everything going to hell, I like to think tea is the one constant in my life I can look forward to. I look at it this way, you can panic, or you can boil water. Only the latter gets you a soothing warm drink at the end. I have become my grandmother-and she'd have stocked-up too at that price.  They're shrink-wrapped, they'll keep.
I fell in love with the metal detail at the top of the heel on these vintage Naturalizers. At the moment, they're rubbing my messed-up toenail, so I must put a bandage over the nail as a cushion, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can wear them for longer-they're otherwise quite comfortable.
Outfit Particulars:
Skirt and bolero both Goodwill (same day-it was as though they wanted to be together)
Sparkly 80's tee-Hand-Me-Ups
Belt-Goodwill
Necklace-Halloween shop
Earrings-Goodwill
Bangles-all over
Tights-K Mart
Vintage Naturalizer shoes-Sequels
Vintage straw and plastic shoulder bag-Goodwill
Embroidered brooch-Goodwill
Fragrance-Vintage formulation Emeraude
God, I could murder a cup of tea. We could probably all use a cup. Come on over, I have plenty. 




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