Ok, that's it. I have been good all month long. I have not asked for a thing. I have sat and patiently waited. I can do it no longer. I am going to roll up my sleeves. Put on my scariest October socks and do my fog dance. You heard me. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna put in my DVD copy of the Fog. I am gonna think foggy thoughts. I am going to brew up some candy corn in a cauldron if I have to, but I will have fog before the month is out.
October without fog is like Christmas without the tree. It is just wrong. Now the weather man is talking about snow. SNOW. We can't have snow until I get my fog. I'm putting my tiny foot down. I will be ok with snow after then, but not before. Mother nature better get on her game face, cuz I'm a commin'.
Fog is marvelous stuff. It is thick, it is creepy, it moves like it has a mind of its own and it is the perfect concoction for the imagination. If it is a really good, thick fog it can totally wreak havoc on ones senses. I have all sorts of marvelous fog stories. My favorite (at least for this month) was when I was driving to school and the fog was so thick on the highway that people simply stopped in the middle of the road. They didn't pull off to the side, they just stopped where they were. Now I realize how dangerous this was. I almost hit a travel trailer. But after the fact, and living to tell about it, it was so cool. It was something like straight out of a post apocalyptic movie. SO. COOL.
I love going walking in fog. I love watching it creep up from the river banks and spread itself out over the countryside. From my high vantage point, sometimes the entire valley floor disappears. It is like there are only the inhabitants of hills left. The fog looks so thick that one could almost get out a boat and row their way through it. How cool would that be to row on fog.
All the best things happen when there is fog in horror films or spooky TV shows. Fog creeps and hides things. Maybe it does it in real life too. All I know is that I have been bereft without my murky companion. Come on October, do me a solid.....or semi solid and send some fog my way. Pretty please with some candy corn on top.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Day 7: October Bounty
I know that I have said it before, but October is magical. The best things really do seem to happen during this month, and they happen with amazing frequency. I'm sure skeptics will say that I am simply looking for good and surprise, surprise, I find it. But I think it is more than that. I don't believe in coincidence. October really is this wonderful. You don't believe me, then observe a typical day. There was so much wonderful in the day that I am about ready to burst.
1. We took our church picture yesterday. Everyone gathered in a tight group outside and we stood in the beautiful sunshine and smiled like a bunch of crazy fools. It was GREAT! I don't care if you hate having your picture taken. I don't care if you don't like getting up early on a Sunday morning. To have such a massive group of people all fancied up and grouped together laughing and joking was wonderful. There wasn't a frowny face in the bunch and no one really cared that the sun was in our eyes the whole time. It will make for a great memory.
2. I got to finally hug a bunch a people that I have been missing and who have been on my mind. I didn't know they were going to be there. I didn't know that they were going to come into my path. Everything just fell together and I got to share some of my joy with them.
3. I have been saving up for a snazzy jacket and today I finally had enough to get it. I walked into the store and they only had one left. It was the one in my size and it looked great (ok, it makes me look like a hipster biker, but who cares). When I went to check out, a random lady gave me a $20 off coupon.
4. While out and about running errands, my wonderful, fabulous, green thumb extraordinaire neighbor texted me that she had extra pumpkins and whatnot for me to come peruse. It was the perfect day for pumpkin perusal. I mean, you couldn't have ordered a more perfect day. I got to spend at least an hour, if not more, roaming over the hillside, through vines, and across the planting bed in search of perfect, natural October décor. She had Alice in Wonderland sized sunflowers towering high above our heads. The pumpkin patch had taken steroids and overgrown the banks. There were white pumpkins, warty pumpkins, orange pumpkins, green pumpkins, purple corn, orange corn, speckled corn, yellow corn. I was in heaven. I got to feed a skittish cow, toss gourds at chickens (no chickens were harmed in the tossing of said gourds) snuggle an October colored kitten, snuggle its momma and take pictures of bees. I even found a lady bug. It was better than any pumpkin patch and I am truly spoiled to have such a wonderful neighbor.
5. While eating dinner I happened to glance outside at the valley below. There, slowly creeping its way along the riverbanks was a massive fog bank. The sun was just beginning to set and there was a long snake of fog just winding its way across the hills. It was magnificent. I went outside and watched it for at least a half an hour. It expanded and flowed like a living thing. The mists began to branch out and slowly climb the hillsides. Watching the fog was better than watching any TV show...........except...........
6. Tonight was the first of the Halloween episodes for some of my TV shows. It was so good. It was full of everything I love about holiday theme episodes. The characters house was super decorated. The actors had fabulous costumes AND I have been turned on to a new hobby, Halloween caroling! Why on earth didn't I think of that sooner?!
So you see, it really isn't just my imagination, October really spoils me with the wonderful. The only thing missing in this perfect month so far is the fact that I still have not found soy nog yet, but I still have 25 days, so I'm not really worried. Bring on the wonderful October. I can take it!
1. We took our church picture yesterday. Everyone gathered in a tight group outside and we stood in the beautiful sunshine and smiled like a bunch of crazy fools. It was GREAT! I don't care if you hate having your picture taken. I don't care if you don't like getting up early on a Sunday morning. To have such a massive group of people all fancied up and grouped together laughing and joking was wonderful. There wasn't a frowny face in the bunch and no one really cared that the sun was in our eyes the whole time. It will make for a great memory.
2. I got to finally hug a bunch a people that I have been missing and who have been on my mind. I didn't know they were going to be there. I didn't know that they were going to come into my path. Everything just fell together and I got to share some of my joy with them.
3. I have been saving up for a snazzy jacket and today I finally had enough to get it. I walked into the store and they only had one left. It was the one in my size and it looked great (ok, it makes me look like a hipster biker, but who cares). When I went to check out, a random lady gave me a $20 off coupon.
4. While out and about running errands, my wonderful, fabulous, green thumb extraordinaire neighbor texted me that she had extra pumpkins and whatnot for me to come peruse. It was the perfect day for pumpkin perusal. I mean, you couldn't have ordered a more perfect day. I got to spend at least an hour, if not more, roaming over the hillside, through vines, and across the planting bed in search of perfect, natural October décor. She had Alice in Wonderland sized sunflowers towering high above our heads. The pumpkin patch had taken steroids and overgrown the banks. There were white pumpkins, warty pumpkins, orange pumpkins, green pumpkins, purple corn, orange corn, speckled corn, yellow corn. I was in heaven. I got to feed a skittish cow, toss gourds at chickens (no chickens were harmed in the tossing of said gourds) snuggle an October colored kitten, snuggle its momma and take pictures of bees. I even found a lady bug. It was better than any pumpkin patch and I am truly spoiled to have such a wonderful neighbor.
5. While eating dinner I happened to glance outside at the valley below. There, slowly creeping its way along the riverbanks was a massive fog bank. The sun was just beginning to set and there was a long snake of fog just winding its way across the hills. It was magnificent. I went outside and watched it for at least a half an hour. It expanded and flowed like a living thing. The mists began to branch out and slowly climb the hillsides. Watching the fog was better than watching any TV show...........except...........
6. Tonight was the first of the Halloween episodes for some of my TV shows. It was so good. It was full of everything I love about holiday theme episodes. The characters house was super decorated. The actors had fabulous costumes AND I have been turned on to a new hobby, Halloween caroling! Why on earth didn't I think of that sooner?!
So you see, it really isn't just my imagination, October really spoils me with the wonderful. The only thing missing in this perfect month so far is the fact that I still have not found soy nog yet, but I still have 25 days, so I'm not really worried. Bring on the wonderful October. I can take it!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Foggy Hodgepodge: OT Day 21
Ok, I'm about ready to burst into tears. How are there only ten days left of this wonderful month? Has November been siphoning off hours and minutes? I still have a pile of October books to read. I have a basketful of October movies to watch. I haven't carved my pumpkin yet, and I haven't made it over to the corn maze. Ten days seems like an awfully small amount of time to fit all this in. But I accept the challenge.
Today was a very Octobery day. I had not one, but two pumpkin spice lattes. I almost mugged a little girl to get an orange and black stuffed stock monkey skeleton (don't worry, the store had more so she got to her car unscathed). I read a book about zombies, I made two apple pies, a spiced apple topping for cheesecake and some applesauce. I also made deviled eggs and used way more than the necessary amount of pumpkin spice body scrub while in the shower. Indeed, it was a very Octobery day. Plus, the weather was dark and spooky. It was dark and spooky last night, but I didn't get to properly appreciate it.
Tonight however. After my apple baking fest, I wrapped myself in a blanket and sat outside. The air was chilly (yes, I have finally turned my air conditioner off) and the sky was so overcast that nary a star was to be seen. It was a truly inky night. The moon however was shrouded in gauzy dark clouds and it looked quite hazy. Like if you blew on it a little it might disperse and dissolve into the sky. Very spooky. Very October.
But the best part is my neighbors lights. On a good day in a non spooky month, these lights give me the creeps. Which is weird, because normally lights mean safety and warmth and good things. But these lights. They creep me out man. My neighbors turn them on with no real rhyme or reason. I'm sure they have one, but I haven't cracked their code just yet. The lights are on two decorative poles and they look like the headlights of a car. Which is off putting because the way they are situated, they point right at my house. So as you go by a window you suddenly see what looks like a car pointed right at you. But the car never moves. It’s like living next door to Christine (horror movie reference, look it up).
Tonight, there is a bit of haze around the lights that really gives it a sinister glow. I know it is just my imagination but it is really spooky. That said, the days have been getting spookier lately. The nights are a little darker. The days a little overcast. Dogs bark at night more for no seeming reason. Sounds can be heard outside that quiet the crickets. I love this time of year. But you know what would make it even better.....fog.
Yup, I have had enough of waiting. Usually in October by this time I have had fog at least two if not more times. The mornings are the best times to find it, but it has also been known to lurk around the twilight hours. I love fog. It sets my already overactive imagination into hyper drive. I love the way it creeps across the ground and up from the river. I love how it eats sound and light like a living thing. I love how thick it looks but how insubstantial it really is. Playing in the fog is the best game for a lazy afternoon. What makes it even better is if you play in it whilst in a corn maze at dusk. We are talking serious fun then.
If I got to create my own October town and its inhabitants, I would make pet fog. It would be awesome to have this cloud like thing following me around. But it wouldn't be traditional fog at all. Sure it could ooze and glide. But if I needed a chair to sit on, the fog could morph into a foggy sitting structure and hold me up. Or if I needed an umbrella. Bam! Fog to the rescue. It would be able to squeeze through key holes and would sleep in an empty fish aquarium at night. I think I'd call it Pete. Oooh, and I just had another idea. My pet fog could also turn into a cape. I could wear it with my leaf dress. Man, I wish that could happen right now.
Until I get my pet fog, I will just have to settle for the fog maker that mom got me two Octobers ago. Well, it isn't a fog machine really, it is a bubble machine that spits out bubbles with fog in them. It is the coolest thing. When we saw it in the store we both stood under the display for something like seven minutes just popping the bubbles and watching the fog swirl. It is the closest thing you will ever come to actually being in an Alien movie. While the fog is in the bubble it looks like an angry bee. It swirls and twirls and races all across the inside of the bubble. Once free it spreads out like it has been shot out of a cannon. Whoever thought of such an neat invention should be given a medal. Or at least their own national holiday. Hey, if bosses get a day, then people who invent bubble fog should get one too. It's only fair. Them and the people who make monster cereal. I just love how creative people get in October.
So this is me, doing my online fog dance and petitioning October to send me some. Some little girls dream of sugar plums at Christmas. This little girl dreams of fog in October. If the weather doesn't cooperate I might just enlist some of you to come over here and set up some fake fog for me. I promise to keep you well fed with my stockpile of monster cereal and pumpkin nog. So keep your eyes peeled everyone, and if you see some fog, send it my way won't you.
Today was a very Octobery day. I had not one, but two pumpkin spice lattes. I almost mugged a little girl to get an orange and black stuffed stock monkey skeleton (don't worry, the store had more so she got to her car unscathed). I read a book about zombies, I made two apple pies, a spiced apple topping for cheesecake and some applesauce. I also made deviled eggs and used way more than the necessary amount of pumpkin spice body scrub while in the shower. Indeed, it was a very Octobery day. Plus, the weather was dark and spooky. It was dark and spooky last night, but I didn't get to properly appreciate it.
Tonight however. After my apple baking fest, I wrapped myself in a blanket and sat outside. The air was chilly (yes, I have finally turned my air conditioner off) and the sky was so overcast that nary a star was to be seen. It was a truly inky night. The moon however was shrouded in gauzy dark clouds and it looked quite hazy. Like if you blew on it a little it might disperse and dissolve into the sky. Very spooky. Very October.
But the best part is my neighbors lights. On a good day in a non spooky month, these lights give me the creeps. Which is weird, because normally lights mean safety and warmth and good things. But these lights. They creep me out man. My neighbors turn them on with no real rhyme or reason. I'm sure they have one, but I haven't cracked their code just yet. The lights are on two decorative poles and they look like the headlights of a car. Which is off putting because the way they are situated, they point right at my house. So as you go by a window you suddenly see what looks like a car pointed right at you. But the car never moves. It’s like living next door to Christine (horror movie reference, look it up).
Tonight, there is a bit of haze around the lights that really gives it a sinister glow. I know it is just my imagination but it is really spooky. That said, the days have been getting spookier lately. The nights are a little darker. The days a little overcast. Dogs bark at night more for no seeming reason. Sounds can be heard outside that quiet the crickets. I love this time of year. But you know what would make it even better.....fog.
Yup, I have had enough of waiting. Usually in October by this time I have had fog at least two if not more times. The mornings are the best times to find it, but it has also been known to lurk around the twilight hours. I love fog. It sets my already overactive imagination into hyper drive. I love the way it creeps across the ground and up from the river. I love how it eats sound and light like a living thing. I love how thick it looks but how insubstantial it really is. Playing in the fog is the best game for a lazy afternoon. What makes it even better is if you play in it whilst in a corn maze at dusk. We are talking serious fun then.
If I got to create my own October town and its inhabitants, I would make pet fog. It would be awesome to have this cloud like thing following me around. But it wouldn't be traditional fog at all. Sure it could ooze and glide. But if I needed a chair to sit on, the fog could morph into a foggy sitting structure and hold me up. Or if I needed an umbrella. Bam! Fog to the rescue. It would be able to squeeze through key holes and would sleep in an empty fish aquarium at night. I think I'd call it Pete. Oooh, and I just had another idea. My pet fog could also turn into a cape. I could wear it with my leaf dress. Man, I wish that could happen right now.
Until I get my pet fog, I will just have to settle for the fog maker that mom got me two Octobers ago. Well, it isn't a fog machine really, it is a bubble machine that spits out bubbles with fog in them. It is the coolest thing. When we saw it in the store we both stood under the display for something like seven minutes just popping the bubbles and watching the fog swirl. It is the closest thing you will ever come to actually being in an Alien movie. While the fog is in the bubble it looks like an angry bee. It swirls and twirls and races all across the inside of the bubble. Once free it spreads out like it has been shot out of a cannon. Whoever thought of such an neat invention should be given a medal. Or at least their own national holiday. Hey, if bosses get a day, then people who invent bubble fog should get one too. It's only fair. Them and the people who make monster cereal. I just love how creative people get in October.
So this is me, doing my online fog dance and petitioning October to send me some. Some little girls dream of sugar plums at Christmas. This little girl dreams of fog in October. If the weather doesn't cooperate I might just enlist some of you to come over here and set up some fake fog for me. I promise to keep you well fed with my stockpile of monster cereal and pumpkin nog. So keep your eyes peeled everyone, and if you see some fog, send it my way won't you.
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