Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.It's October, the season of the pumpkin and the witch; skies are crackling with paranormal activity. I've even heard tales that in some people's houses, books have been stacked by color.
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're right, no human being would stack books like this. Ghostbusters, 1984
And outside the doorway to my house is this:
Okay, I'm reasonably sure paranormal activity wasn't involved in this, in that this is something I do every October. It's as close to channeling my inner Martha Stewart as I ever get. I actually copied this idea out of a Martha magazine (which I read while waiting during my daughter's flute lesson. Don't judge me).
And for someone who is as art-challenged as I am, building this is not hard. Although, the first year I tried making my tower-o-pumpkins, I woke to find that the top two of my pumpkins had gone missing. Interestingly, my neighbor's yard, which is downhill from my driveway, was sporting two brand new pumpkins. Because I am a generous person, I like giving my neighbor the benefit of the doubt. She probably assumed they were a gift from the pumpkin gods or some other ectoplasmic entity and kept them!
Now I glue my pumpkins together using Plumber's Goop. It works. And, although Martha uses real bittersweet to decorate her pumpkin tower, my husband kindly requests that I don't. The beloved Swede says bittersweet is a noxious, invasive weed more powerful than kudzu or poison ivy or any other kind of noxious, invasive weed there is. He assures me that if I bring it into the yard, it would quickly take over our property. Perhaps even the whole planet. So I render to the beloved husband all the biblical honor and respect he is due and buy fake, imitation, silk bittersweet. And because he loves me so much and has almost completely surrendered to my quirkiness, the beloved Swede even glued my pumpkins together for me this year.
Happy October! Enjoy.
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And speaking of paranormal activity, all your kind comments and beautiful faces have disappeared from my sidebar. What's up with that?
Hahaha! Paranormal Pumpkins and Plumbers Goop. I really needed a funny story this morning. Thanks, Nancy! (And I had no idea that bittersweet is invasive. I don't think it grows this far south, but it sure it pretty - even the "fake" kind.)
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First, I think sidebars are having a problem since mine was messed up this morning, too. This post made me and my daughter laugh. All I can say is great minds think alike :) I stacked pumpkins too; I used a long barbeque skewer to join them, but I was wishing I had something to stick between them to fill the teeny gaps that show through. Yours looks so pretty! I might have to borrow this idea too ;) Thanks for the link! Happy October, friend.
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