SPOOKY OOOoooooOOoooOOooo.....

 

Moha ha ha........

Because it's Halloween, I thought I should post some interesting things about Halloween and the creatures assocated with Halloween and dark dreary nights :)
Here's a part of a book I've been reading. it's called "Vampires: a BITE-sized history".

"We can trace many current beliefs - including Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead in mexico - to Sumerian and Babylonian beliefs in demons, ghouls and vampire. Like the Sumerians, many later cultures, including that of the Celts, believed there was a time in the year (the festival of Samhain) when the impenetrable mists that separated the dead from the living thinned, a time when the dead might cross over into the world of the living and visit loved ones or, if they were vengeful types, do harm."

And some other things:

Halloween is thought to have been influenced by the Christian holy days of All Saints' Day Halloween also use to be known as All Hallows' Eve by the early Catholic Church.

Until midnight on All Hallows' Eve when the dead were bound to return to their world, the way to households would be lit with lanterns made from candes placed in hollowed out turnips.
(The turnip has traditionally been used in Ireland and Scotland at Halloween in sted of pumpkins)

Vampires are mythological beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures, and may go back to prehistoric times. Vampires are generally known to have pale skin and say indoors during the day and more recently are supposed to be good looking and sparkle in the sunlight.

A werewolf is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse and/or lycanthropic affliction via a bite or scratch from a werewolf. This transformation is often associated with the appearance of the full moon. once a man or woman has trasformed into a wolf they will probably eat anyone in their parth, wether friend or foe.

And finally here is a picture of a pumpkin I carved:

And one my brother did:

And one my Mum did:

I hope you have found this interesting (I wish I could put more interesting, and not so well-known facts...... but I have a headache) if you did find this interesting please post a comment.

BYE BYE POND

 

I think I need a hug.

Yes I know that the episode where Amy and Rory left aired over two weeks ago, but I've been sulking too much to post here.

 

 

 I don't really know what to say because I'm still sad, but I will say this, I know I'm probably being silly because its only a TV show, but I really liked Amy and Rory and I think they are my favourite companions (in newWho anyway). I think they both changed a lot, and developed more over the past two series. Karen Gillan said that when Amy was a kid, she looked up to the doctor as a kind of god like figure, and by the end of series six it had reversed with Amy being his mother-in-law. And Rory went from being a bombing sidekick, a sort of Mickie if you will, to a brave full on character.

 

There maybe a chance they could come back though, anything is possible in Doctor Who. But I don't think they will, I'd like them to, but I don't think Steven Moffat will bring them back after such a sad ending. And so for now, it's a shame that they are gone, but my Mum and Dad think when I've seen a few episodes with  Jenna Louise Coleman, the new companion as Clara or Oswin or whatever her name is, that I'll be saying Amy WHO? 

 

 

And so with all that said, I leave you with Amy's file word's (OR are they?!?)

 



“Hello old friend, and here we are. You and me, on the last page. By the time you read these words, Rory and I will be long gone. So know that we lived well, and we’re very happy. And above all else, know that we will love you, always. Sometimes I do worry about you, though. I think, once we’re gone, you won’t be coming back here for a while, and you might be alone, which you should never be. Don’t be alone, Doctor. And do one more thing for me. There’s a little girl waiting in a garden. She’s going to wait a long while, so she’s going to need a lot of hope. Go to her. Tell her a story. Tell her that if she’s patient, the days are coming that she’ll never forget. Tell her she’ll go to sea and fight pirates. She’ll fall in love with a man who’ll wait two thousand years to keep her safe. Tell her she’ll give hope to the greatest painter who ever lived, and save a whale in outer space. Tell her, this is the story of Amelia Pond. And this is how it ends.”

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY CUPCAKES

 

Ah! The deliciousness of cupcakes

 

I made these a few days ago, they weren't hard to make, and they tasted pretty good. Here's the recipe:

Butterfly Cupcakes.                                                     Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) Line a
120 g butter, softened                                                  flat-bottomed 12-hole cupcake tray with paper
180 g (3/4 cup) raw sugar                                            patty cases.
185 g (1 1/2 cups) wholemeal self-raising flour           
125 ml (1/2 cup) milk                                                   Beat the butter, sugar, flour, milk and eggs
2 eggs                                                                       until smooth and pale. Divide evenly among
125 ml (1/2 cup) thick (double) cream                           the cases and bake for 30 minutes or until
1 1/2 tablespoons strawberry jam                                 cooked and golden. Transfer to a wire rack to
Strawberries.                                                              cool.

Cut the top of the cup cake off using a sharp knife, then cut in half. Spoon 2 teaspoons cream on to the top of the cupcake, top with 1 teaspoon jam and position two halves of the cake tops in the jam to resemble butterfly wings. Makes 12.
                                                                

                                                                  

 

P. S. These were supposed to be fresh carrots!!!

 

GREEN CUTENESS.

 

Cthulhu in all his powerful painted glory.

 

 

My brother painted this for me, for Christmas last year, and it is SO CUTE!