Tattered Ghost

by @sacred_ghost_haunts, a prop maker that has only started posting this year.  Definitely an artist to watch out for. This old-looking ghost prop was especially exciting to me, but they have many other cool works you can check out on their Instagram.

Click here to check out other cool props on their Instagram

True love

"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen"

- François de La Rochefoucauld

I'm finding these two chicken wire ghosts inexplicably compelling.  I think it's partially due to the fact that this picture was taken during daylight hours, seemingly near sunset.  I also think it's because there is a clear relationship between these two; they aren't the usual solitary figures.  There's a story in there somewhere, the details of which we can never fully know.

Picture found on Pinterest. I could not track down the original source anywhere.

“One grave in every graveyard...”

“One grave in every graveyard belongs to the ghouls. Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it - water stained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment.”

- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Photo by The Haunt Next Door

Penumbral Scarecrow

Photo by Haunted Overload

“McLean, Virginia, December 1978”

By photographer Joel Sternfeld - click to enlarge

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Snowed-in

 Photos by Matt Carroll

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Sarah's Scarecrow

By the always-amazing @sarah_the_spook on Instagram.  Beautiful photos of a charming homemade scarecrow!

Fricks Lock

Another entry in Pumpkinrot's Hexeglaawe series!

Click below for a beautiful photoshoot and a spooky story...

Morbid Arrangements

Beautifully composed photos by Anastasia Jamal (@familiar_flower)

My personal favorite:

Click here for so many more great photos

Listening to: Nautical Nights

by Stevan Pasero/Michael Becker

More relaxing music to help me stay sane throughout the week. This song is flowing and drone-y but has a definite melodic structure that implies an amount of mystery that is oddly comforting. It makes me want to go night crawling and discover parts of the city I've never seen before (as was the case when I took this photo)

Click below to listen

Wrong Turn

By OleSamhain

“The Switch”

A beautiful post over at the blog Petrichor and Pumpkins. Nebulosus' words encapsulate how I start to feel this time of year, deep in my bones.

Only 86 days, friends. 

Click below to read this touching post and see some lovely photos. 

Crypt Ghost

By Spooky Blue

The Orange Ones

And they- the orange ones, large and small

who all sleep in their earthly beds 

will soon wake and open their triangle eyes

once the primordial fire spreads.

Photo and poem by @Obscura_Hortus

A Ghostly Memory

Picture by @12monthsofoctober. The kind of picture that gets me through the dog days of Summer. 

Dressed to Kill

Another fun photo from @the_old_ghost777

The Mummy Ghost

New prop by Pumpkinrot

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Part of the ongoing Hexeglaawe series

Gravestones of New England

@GravestonesOfNewEngland - A very cool Instagram account that documents some very old tombstones around New England.  Here are some of my favorites:

Click the image below to check out their account:

Someone's outside....

24 days until Halloween

Sunny Smile

Fairly pleasant Fall weather following Hurricane Ian. Low humidity and tolerable temperatures.