a very late spooky monday

Hello everyone! Sorry, I didn't get lost in the woods or got swept up by a gigantic pink balloon. I've been away taking a little break and taking care of things here at Casa Petunia. Thinks have been tough to say the least. I've been dealing with big emotional challenges, relationship challenges that tend to come up when you've been with someone for nearly 20 years. So lots of drama and lots of talking, and in the end we learn a lot and hope to grow and become better people.


I am so grateful to friends that have been wonderfully supportive. Thinking about me and caring about us in their own special way. Yes all those positive thoughts you sent my way really worked!

So here we are halfway through October. I don't know how the weather is where you are but it feels nothing like Fall here. Our weather has been sunny and hot the last 2 weeks and it's been very hard to get into the Halloween spirit when everyone is still running around in shorts and sandals!

But I have faith that the Autumn breezes will start blowing just in time for out tea party and Halloween. There's still lots of time to sign up and join us for one last magical October weekend.

I have missed this week's Spooky Mondays so here is a picture that I completely forgot to post last year. You might wonder exactly what it is as there isn't really anything seemingly extraordinary about it.

The odd thing about this picture is that when I took it, the walkway going up to my front door was empty. So you can imagine my surprise when I went through my Halloween pics and saw this odd figure standing in front of my door. Was it an early trick-or-treater that ran up so quickly that I just didn't notice?

Could I have possibly captured a lost soul? After much speculating and entertaining possibilities of other worldly visits we finally came up with an almost logical explanation.

The figure was actually not in front of my camera but behind it. The little jack-o-lantern was the clue. Right behind me was a small table I set up to hold the cauldron of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters, and the jack-o-lantern sat right next to it.

At the exact time I took the picture through my front door my husband was right behind me raiding the candy cauldron. I caught his reflection in the glass door and ended up with this sort of spooky photo.

Now what I still can't explain is how I got that reflection when I was standing right in the middle of the doorway. He would have been directly behind me and it should be my reflection that's in the glass. So there is still that bit of mystery there. Very curious indeed.

Happy super late Spooky Monday and have a great weekend my lovelies!