Decorate

Thursday was a cold rainy pretty awful icky fall day which was bound to happen. So I am turned my thoughts to inside stuff.

First off after doing the outside stuff, I sat down and worked on my budget. You have no idea how absolutely droll that is. Well, you probably do know.

Then I went to the grocery store and gasped at prices like everyone else is doing these days. No meat in my cart and it was still $$$.

I came home to do some deep cleaning, organizing, putting summer stuff away and 👇

adding a few touches of fall here and there.

I went out in the rain and cut some flowers to put on the sideboard too. There is a Frost Advisory for areas around us. 

The afternoon got so gloomy that I decided to take my 'Ghost Train' set and try some photography with it.

The set is a 3 in 1 creation set. Last year I built the haunted mansion and enjoyed it. 

The set has 3 alternate builds. House, Ship, and Train.

During last winter, I took it apart and built the haunted ship. A few weeks ago, I took everything apart again and built the haunted train.

I didn't take a lot of photos of the Mansion or the Ship, but I figured to give the Train a good effort to see if I could come up with something interesting for Halloween photography.

To add the moon, I took an old photo from this spring and dropped it in the black above the train. I really didn't do a fantastic job at lighting everything properly, but it was a fun effort.

I need to learn some more tricks and tips at doing this sort of thing. 

Learning is the thing that keeps my brain functioning.

I re-arranged things again and took a snap with my cell phone. This was so much better! 

Table top photography is something I like to study on Fall/Winter evenings.

Lego sent me a gift when I purchased a new set a while ago. It is Halloween themed also.

A spooky tree the lights up when you push a button in the back of it. For the photo I taped the button on so I wouldn't have to hold it.

The 'fog' effect is from a Face Mister that spits out a light mist. I placed it behind the little light I used to light up the ghost from the left.

I got frustrated by not being able to light up the little witch on the right properly. 

Instead of figuring it all out, I just quit.

I needed to move on.

I took apart the Haunted Train and put it away. Next year in September I'll bring the bricks back out and rebuild the Haunted House and add the Spooky Tree to the set. 

Before all of my creative juices ran out for the gloomy day, I rearranged my favorite planter with some fake flowers and real pumpkins.

Once I get started arranging things, I often do more arranging. Besides, it was pouring down a hard rain outside.

Now the tree has something to smile about.

My other planter looks a bit more grumpy. Maybe it is because the twin sister witches were creating spells near him.

I'll have to go out and pick more flowers this afternoon, they just changed the Frost Advisory to a Freeze Warning.

It will warm up again next week so there is more outdoor fall to enjoy.

I can't believe it already the middle of October.