Monday 31 October 2011

Halloween Yarns


::An overload of all things Dracula this Halloween::


::A visit to Layer Marney Towers where The Keeper's Daughter delighted us with a spooky adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula::The Keeper's Daughter is a social enterprise theatre company bursting with energy and this tour of Dracula to rural areas juxtaposed le coq physical theatre, chorus work, clown, improvisation, dance with a classic story::


::Reading the Oxford World's Classic edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula::


::Whilst listenting to CraftLit's reading of Dracula::


::Keeping my little needle felted Dracula nearby to add to the fun::made by my talented sister-in-law over on Folksy where you will find her as Felt Face::


::Hallowe'en or Mischief Night (Scotland) when children go 'guising' earning goodies by performing a party piece and the household they visit must guess who they are disguised as and then the children are given apples, nuts and sweets::


Heigh ho for hallowe'en
When the fairies a' are seen,
Some black and some green
Heigh ho for hallowe'en
TRADITIONAL|


::Whatever you are up to this Hallowe'en be spooky, scary and safe::

Thursday 6 October 2011

Fall(ing)















::September slipped past me without my noticing::

::Straight into Autumn and to celebrate a pumpkin Soay by Gudrun Johnston at The Shetland Trader::

::Listen:: Isabelle::at Kitty Couture podcast::textiles::literature::set in France::


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