playing catch-up

Okay! My morning sickness is finally waning, and I feel like I've emerged from a coma (or the couch, more like it). I see that I've missed most of fall, including the changing leaves and the nice, crisp weather.

Here's what I should have posted weeks ago--our Halloween decorations! Brandon was busy at work constructing a zombie graveyard in the front yard and here are a few photos. You can see more here. As you can see, not even the cat was spared.

the tree looks normal from a distance!

icicle lights

ganesh is our gangsta

Our cozy Christmas living room.
















On the right: Western religious thought represented by a nativity scene.















On the left, a collection of Eastern philosophy...

with a little Western thought for good measure.

Covering all our bases.

halloween

At our Halloween party last year, people kept asking us if certain items were decorations or just part of our normal decor. I'm not sure what that says about our decorating style, but now that we have a house, our Halloween spirit seems to have spilled out into the yard as well.

Sadly, we're the only house on the block with any Halloween decorations visibile (I mean, not even a pumpkin in sight)...and the kids from down the street watched in fascination as we decorated the yard. "What are you going to do with that?" they asked, "Are you decorating for Halloween? What are you going to do on Halloween?" (Not sure what answer they were hoping for there.)

The gargoyles are probably permanent fixtures on the porch, while the other items will go into storage in the basement after the holiday. Just in case you were wondering ;)

We're not done yet...there's still spooky fabric and spiderwebs left to unpack...