Fall Foliage Pursuit

 His Lordship and I went to do some more fall camping.

We started at the gorgeous Sangre De Cristo Wilderness on the North Crestone Trail near the hippy hamlet of Crestone.  We hiked about 2 1/2 miles in until the trail opened up onto a beautiful view of Fluted Peak and Mount Adams.

 

Here is my dorky self excited that I have finished climbing and now only have to go back down.

We camped at the gorgeous O'Haver lake where we scored a campsite with a view and heard a great horned owl.

Sunrise at lovely O'Haver Lake.  Colorado really is this beautiful.

Eyeglasses

 I often put together a great spooky costume only to have the effect ruin by my eye glasses.  Pairy eyewear  has heard my cries (I literally left dozen of instagram comments asking for Halloween designs) and have started to feature spooky frames.

 First one buys a base frame and then the magnetic toppers let you change out your look.  The new Halloween collection is fabulous.

 

I can't wait to get my first frame.  You can see more of their designs here.

The Dark Art of Chad Savage

 Chad Savage has done the badges for Countdown to Halloween for a few years and they are always so cute.  This year I chose the owl.

  But there are so many others.

The witch, cat, skele and pumpkin mash up

Jubilent witch

Scarecrow

Spider web Jack O' Lantern

 His website has great t-shirts and other merchandise and  everything is on sale through the 13th of October.

Oh Klahoma Or the Viral Ghost Dog Challenge

 

Instagram has this viral ghost dog challenge in which you dress your dog up in a sheet and set the pictures to "Oh Klahoma" by Jack Stauber.  So Baby M and I decided to torture her dog in such a manner.  Cutting a sheet to perfectly fit a dogs features was no small task and it took us two tries to get it right. Luckily it was a big sheet with lots of surface area for mistakes.  This dog is pretty dang cute though.

 

The Magic of Jack O' Lanterns

 On Friday night Baby M and I ventured to Denver to check out The Magic of Jack O' Lanterns.  There was a cheesy carny feel but we enjoyed it.  We wondered whether the Jacks were real and decided in the end that about 10% of them were as they were rotting.  

The event was divided into about 12 different sections some of which were quite visually stunning.  Baby M liked the under the sea motif and the dinosaurs.

While I was most impressed by the graveyard and the witches brewing in their pumpkin cauldron.

We showed up in high style but opted out of the very expensive picture that they took of us.

 I took some of my own of Baby M in her cute Halloween dress and witchy hat.

Some of my favorite jacks included Bees, Butterflies, Frankenstein's Monster, flowers and a sugar skulls.  And faces - so many cute Jack o' Lantern faces.

We scored some t-shirts.  This is the following day.  

This post is getting to long so I will share a few videos later in the month.

They Have Returned

That's right - skeleton craze 2024 officially kicked off in Manitou Springs on Oct. 1.  Yesterday his Lordship and I took a stroll in downtown to see what was afoot.  We found plenty to share with you.

The Colorado Custard Company is back in the game after a four year hiatus with this lovely childless cat lady sharing her custard cone with her cat.  Her naked attendant stands behind her.

New crepe restaurant, Starving, has a trio from the Wizard of Oz.  Look familiar?  That because Good Karma used them in back in 2018.  Now Good Karma has since ceased to operate and my hunch is that they gave or sold these skeletons to the owner of Starving.

 

 

La Henna Boheme has another childless cat lady.  I love this ones multitude of kittens. Her hair and lipstick are pretty fabulous too.

Border Burger Bar has a series of 6 wranglers tied to posts on their creekside patio.  Yee Ha.

Southwest Silver has this brilliant fortune teller.  Love the taro card garland behind the skeletons.

The window is full of amazing crystals and other spooky merchandise.

 

 

Old Tyme Photography has this anorexic showgirl sweet talking a Pikes Peak or Bust Miner.

The Manitou Outpost and Gallery has these two lovely fairies.

Lane Mitchell, long time Manitou Jeweller, has gone for the Hocus Pocus theme.

Many more exciting skeletons to come so stop by the parlor again this month for Countdown to Halloween.