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Alfred Hitchcock presents nine short stories that are sure to make young readers shiver (while they get a good dose of some fine writing!). Includes “The Red-Headed League” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; “The Treasure in the Cave” by Mark Twain; “Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons” by Walter R. Brooks; “The Forgotton Island” by Elizabeth Coatsworth; “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall”; and more. Accompanying the stories are the frightfully good two-color illustrations by Fred Banbery.

Official LEGION Movie Website

In December, the producer of the movie LEGION contacted me to put up his Christmas lights. My brother and I couldn’t have been more thrilled to be able to do this and think the end result came out quite nice. Below is a photo of his home. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to checkout LEGION in theaters January 22nd!

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Found this photo in an old photo album and just had to scan it in. Unfortunately no date was attached, but if I had to guess I’d say it was taken mid to late 90’s.

As seen in my photostream on Flickr.

During my quest to find cool and interesting light bulbs and fixtures for my 2010 display, I came across this website which offers scented light bulbs. One of the scented bulbs in the collection is pumpkin spice.

View the complete collection, here.

Halloween and Christmas have always been two very magical times of the year for me. The sense of magic fills the air wherever you go. You feel as if anything is possible, if you truly just believe. From witches riding across the full moon on an All Hallows Eve night, to St. Nick flying in his sleigh across the northern sky guided by his team of reindeer. Both times of year, especially Christmas, have also brought our family closer together and created such everlasting memories.

So take a moment this season, to step outside and believe in the magic. Take joy in the little things, whether it be the glow from the Christmas lights lining the street, the crunch of the snow beneath your feet, the distance music from the wolves in the forest or the faint sound of sleigh bells, imagination or not, drifting through the crisp cool air. For it truly is the little things that help make any holiday grand.

I’d like to wish everyone a truly merry Christmas, may your holiday season be filled with love and joy, and of course a little spookiness.

The Polar Express

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I hope everyone had both a magical and happy Halloween! It truly is the one night of the year where you feel as if anything is possible. We will be uploading photos soon of our own display but in the meantime, we would love to see some of your photos! So please, comment this post with a link to your own spooktacular photos.

What creepy creations are lurking in your home this Halloween? Upload a photo
of your most bewitching decorations and crafts. One grand-prize winner will receive
a $500 gift card to Grandin Road, and four runners-up will each receive a $100 gift card.

I’ve uploaded several of my own creations in this competition as well. Help me out by registering and rating them. It only takes a minute! Also, while you’re there, upload your own spooky creations for a chance to win! View the contest page, here!

Click on the photos below to view them in the competition, then use the 5 star rating system to help me out (comments are appreciated as well)!

Thanks so much everyone! As with the HGTV competition, if you’ve got photos of your Halloween creations submit them into the competition and let us know by responding to this post!

Have you ever risen from slumber, shuffled into the kitchen and found yourself craving something more taboo than breakfast cereal?

“Numerous chuckles, out right laughs and nods of acknowledgments…Go buy the book!! Go NOW.” - Kimily

Visit the official Brains versus Coffee website by clicking here and learn more about how you can get your bones on a copy. Don’t forget to tell them Love Manor sent you!

Also, don’t forget to visit Ghoul Friday’s wickedly fun blog by clicking here!

Some absolutely stunning photographs of graveyards that I’ve found on Flickr. Truly inspiring.

Photo Credit: Irene Suchocki

Photo Credit: Vermont Lense

Photo Credit: JKönig

Well, sadly, I haven’t been able to update the blog as often as I would like. However, have no fear, I’ve begun massive renovations on it! To my extreme displeasure, I logged in to find something along the lines of 11,235 spam messages. Due to time constraints and for sheer measure of keeping my sanity, I couldn’t go through all of them to find emssages that may have not been spam. So, I had to delete everyone using a special “spam” feature, which I’ve now fully intigrated into my blog to stop future spam. So, comment away!