Valloween

Ah, I do so love living in Portland, Oregon.  We have a strange town here, which suits me right to the ground.
(For those of you that have seen Portlandia....yeah, that show about sums us up :D)

So in typical Portland fashion, one of the local ballrooms is hosting a special event for Valentines Day called Valloween.  Halloween and Valentines day mixed together.....could not think of a better way to celebrate valentines day!

Check out the details here....wish I could go, looks like a great time.

You know when you hear something

and even though you have never heard the sound before.....you know exactly what it is.

Could just be a cat owner thing.....

Anyway, tonight I was sitting at my desk trying to design a brochure when I heard this sound, I had not heard it before, but I knew that it was the sound.....

...of a small pumpkin rolling around on the hardwood floor in the living room.

Now, even though I knew what it was, I had no idea how said pumpkin made it to the floor.

I mean my cats are just as resourceful at getting something from impossible places as the next cat.  But this particular set of pumpkins has been hanging from some curly willow branches in a vase on top of a bookshelf for a least a year. Safe and sound.

Without the cats standing on top of each other (which would mean "teamwork" - which I am almost certain in not a word in cat language) I really do not know how they got to it.

So, I head out of my office to rescue it and see it rolling across the floor......not a cat in site.

Hum....that is odd, I pick him up, and it is indeed one of the pumpkins I thought it was, I look up to the branches, and see that it is indeed missing....but still no sign of a cat.

Maybe I have a ghost....or said pumpkin is possessed (I did get it from Bean, so I imagine that could be an option....she is very clever) and managed to get down by itself and make a run for the heater vent, likely trying to escape from the cats.

Who knows......So I put it back and head into the office.....when I hear the noise again.

And see another small pumpkin come rolling out from under the couch....the one I check under for a cat just seconds ago.....

...I think wow, two possessed pumpkins!

I am now a bit concerned....I actually have six of these pumpkins......if I turn around and find them all gone....I am going to believe that I stepped inside an episode of the Twilight Zone and get on the phone to the real estate agent....I have seen too many ghost stories....if this house ends up being haunted....I will miss the house.....but I am moving. :)

Quick look and a count and looks like I am safe.....at that moment I am distracted by Hal who comes shooting out from under the coffee table and bats the poor pumpkin in the kitchen.

Okay, that mystery is solved......but I still do not know how they got up there and got them down.....maybe cats are just magic.

Not feeding the cats

is never an option at our house....not if you like your blood inside your body :)

That would sound so funny

if you did not know us.

We say that a lot around the graveyard during build times.....

"Do we have enough skulls" would probably get me a visit from the local police if I mentioned it in a restaurant.....but those things happen all the time at the graveyard.

On that theme - our good buddies the Bloodshed Brothers posted a great vblog post.....you have to check this out.

My favorite is the footage of the entrance to the hardware store (Home Depot) - oh my god....I so know how that goes....in the summer I am sure my car can drive itself to Home Depot :D

Check this out.....you can thank me later :D

Finally

We have been bugging everyone endlessly about submitting videos for the Home Haunter DVD collection.....I guess we better do our 2011 video.

Every year I go back and forth with husband about not including the whole yard in the video.....but he says "everyone has seen our stuff, so we should just feature the new stuff."

Although I don't agree......I do imagine he is right. So - finally after lots of photo collecting and marriage counseling....you have the 2011 Davis Graveyard video.

In case anyone missed it.....we built a ruined abbey.

Or I should say we tried. It is not near as complete as we would have liked (or should I say, I would have liked) - but I guess that gives us something to do this year. :D

I have to say, our old facade was 14 or so panels......going from 14 to 44 was harder than anyone could have imagined. We learned a LOT.

So here it is, not perfect, but it is what it is. Which is actually quite amazing....

Thanks to everyone that helped with this project. We really do have the best crew on the planet, this would not have happened without so many people giving up almost all of their free time.

Here is to 2012......

I have the best friends

Our good friends Linda & David brought us this cool pin from the Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco during Halloween.....since they know that we are tethered to the house and cannot go collect this cool stuff on our own.

I know, we have the coolest friends!!

Anyone know if any of the other Hard Rocks did any cool pins for Halloween?

If you noticed

the internet was running kinda slow......that was because it had run out of batteries.

But not to worry, husband replaced them today and everything seems back to normal......now I must return it to Big Ben, where it gets the best reception :D

Anyone wanna hop a ride with me to London?

I apologize to anyone that has NOT seen the "IT Crowd"....you don't know what you are missing.....go right now, I will wait and stream it on Netflix.....you can thank me later :D