its that time of year

Well, the time of year has come when the dusty boxes of decorations in the basement need to be brushed off and opened up. And that's just what I did a few weeks ago.--I began decorating the house for Halloween. Our decorations consist of mostly a wonderfully spooky mantel.


Some close ups.



Originally, I had placed two of the small pumpkin candle holders on the window sill, but Riley decided that they looked like toys...and tried to carry one around the living room. She soon discovered, however, that ceramic is not as easy to carry in one's mouth as rubber, so the little pumpkin had an unfortunate demise.
The other pumpkin was swiftly moved to safety. Oh, puppies!