Haunted Humpday -- First Signs of Halloween

I recently found Marfi's wonderful blog Incipient Wings. Marfi also loves Halloween a lot and started to organize a weekly event called Haunted Humpday in 2013. Each Wednesday she posts something  that has to do with Halloween. That sounds like great fun, and so I glady join her for the first time today. A couple of days ago I saw this beautiful display of pumpkins at a local garden center. I just love pumpkins!

I usually grow decorative pumpkins in the garden. This year only two of them survived a massive snail attack.

It's quite a challenge to find nice Halloween decoration in Germany, but I was lucky to find a cute LED pumpkin necklace.

As I like the Old West as well as Native American culture, I had a couple of Leanin' Tree cards on display on my walls.

 

Now that Halloween is near, I decided to exchange the pictures for the time being. I chose my Wizard Owl, cute owl scrapbook paper, ...

 ... and my "Not Every Witch Lives in Salem Design."

In the living room, there are more Halloween pictures -- I love the vintage ones.

In my bedroom, I had more Leanin' Tree cards on display.

Now Xenia, the sweetest little witch and friends are spreading a festive Halloween mood.

Some more Halloween pictures, including ...

... my digital ATC titled "Halloween Love."

I also put up some Halloween pictures in my study.

Today I bought my first big pumpkin. It will be a fine Jack O'Lantern. 

I also found a limited Halloween edition (just the design that is) of flavored milk. That is quite unusual for the German market, so I definitely had to buy two bottles.

Happy Halloween indeed!

Lately, I made a KEEP CALM AND TRICK OR TREAT pendant. I am looking forward to wearing it.

I couldn't resist making a Malificent pendant. Malificent is one of my favorite movies from 2014 so far.

If you want to join the fun, be sure to visit Marfi's Incipient Wings blog -- lots of Halloween fun awaits you there.

Happy Haunted Humpday!

Street Festival in Neubiberg

In the beginning of July, there was a street festival on the main street in Neubiberg near Munich.

Here you could buy lottery tickets to win plants. I bought one and lost -- c'est la vie!

Bacon rolls.

Fish on sticks.

An old steam carousel.

Unique animal figures.

And a creepy monkey.

Pretty balloons.

Treasure hunters' hunting ground.

Bavarian music (the real thing).

Scarves in all kind of colors.

A young Bavarian with long hair.

Tiger, tiger.

So much to see along the way.

And many opportunities to sit down and have something to eat and drink.

Beautiful plants to buy.

I hope you enjoyed the stroll over the street festival.

Wizard Owl

It's that time of the year again -- owls are wearing wizard hats!

I am linking this to Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday -- W is for Wizard Owl!

Blooming Tree

May brought a lot of rain, but there were also a few sunny days. Fortunately, I had my camera with me when I spotted this blooming tree in Ottobrunn.

Such a lovely shade of pink -- perfect for Beverly's Pink Saturday.

Even the sun made pink light rays -- how fun!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Wet May

When I think of May 2013, I think of rain.

 

Occasionally, there was a short rain break -- time to take photos of the lilac which I got from the neighbors.

White and purple lilac.

Gorgeous -- just think of the heavenly fragrance.

Then there was another rainy day. In the evening we had the most beautiful sunset though.

The sky seemed to be on fire.

The light was even reflected in dark windows.

The rain helped the plants to thrive.

The few sun hours were a delight.

The fern is as lush as ever.

Colorful leaves in the garden.

A bit of yellow between stones.

A bit outside Munich there's this beautiful field of tulips which you can buy.

I just had to take a few photos.

Never mind the mud I got on my shoes.

Really a lot of mud -- big time shoe polishing afterwards.

But the photos were worth the effort.

Glorious, beautiful tulips.

And a bit of sunshine, too.

Now summer can come -- bye to the fleece jacket and hello to a T-shirt!