More Halloween Movies - The Good Witch

Hi Everyone... Here is another movie on my Halloween list to watch

The Good Witch

I havnt seen this movie yet,but other blogs have been saying how good it is. What a perfect time to see it!

Here is a brief synopsis...

'When the mysterious Cassandra Nightingale moves into a supposedly haunted house in the suburban town of Middleton, she causes a stir among the locals - especially widower Jake Russell and his two children. After a series of bizarre occurrences, opinions towards the newcomer are divided, with some believing her to be a nuisance but others suspecting her of being something else entirely'

and the trailer

Look at all those bottles.... I wonder what concoctions they contain?

This movie can been seen on Movies24
30 October 21:00
31 October 17:000
1 November 17:00


and also on the Hallmark Channel after Halloween
04 November 09:35
04 November 16:45

I cant wait to watch this one, it looks great.... I have already watched Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family Values...so I am truly in the Halloweeny mood........and I still have others to watch

Which movies are you watching?

See you Soon

Priscilla x

Halloween Movie Countdown...

Hocus Pocus...

First on the list,

I love this movie, I watch it every year. I first watched it when I was a teenager, but it scared me! ha,ha But I still loved it then too! around the week before Halloween I begin watching all those movies that tell me Halloween is nearly here... and if truth be told, it wouldn't feel like Halloween without them!

I will be counting down until Halloween the movies to look out for, when they are on...or what to buy or rent....

And so we begin with 'Hocus Pocus'
Here is a synopsis from the web..
'A teenager living in Salem breaks into a spooky house on Halloween, and accidentally resurrects three witches who were executed 300 years ago. The trio are soon causing chaos while seeking a suitable sacrifice for a ritual to give them everlasting youth. However, an old foe, a boy they turned into a cat, is on hand to help stop their mischief. Supernatural Disney comedy, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy'

'Come Sisters'.... I do love the costumes the witches wear!

Winnie....... 'We Fly'..... 'On What' ??

' It's Just a bunch of Hocus Pocus'.... says Max Dennison before he lights the Black Flame candle .... that brings the Witches back to life!
The Sanderson House... now who would want to stumble across this on Halloween Night??....

I hope if you see this movie you enjoy it as much as I do, one day I hope to visit Salem, Its always been somewhere I wished to go. I know some of this movie was filmed there too.The old style buildings are beautiful...

I will leave you now as I am going to get some cocoa and snuggle down to watch the movie.....

Happy Halloween Movie watching everyone!

If you live in the uk you can buy this DVD at Morrison's and Asda... and Amazon.uk

See you soon

Priscilla x

Halloween Stitching...

Hi Everyone, I hope you are having a good week.... I have been feeling rather crafty lately and have a few projects on the go and in the pipeline. I have been turning the tv off and stitching and crafting away into the wee early hours.....This is what I am working on at the moment

Bountiful Kitties - Mill Hill Kit

I am stitching the design on 16 count Aida rather than the perforated paper that came in the kit, I may stitch on that another time. I think I will frame the finished piece and add it to my Fall/Halloween decor...

I just love the designs that Mill Hill do, they have some cute Halloween and Christmas kits, I may just treat myself to a Christmas design 'before' Christmas...he,he

I bought mine from a website called 'Sew and So'..... here is the link http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran1596-0.html

See you again soon

Priscilla x

Books...Autumn Reading and Reviews

I have once again been collecting books from the library, some I ordered in advance the others I picked up of the shelves...

No Clue at The Inn - Kate Kingsbury I look forward to trying this new author, a lucky Library find

The Osiris Ritual - George Mann A library find.

The Solstice Of Stonewylde - Kitt Berry I have read the first in this series 'Magus Of Stonewylde', nearly finished the second, this is the third.

and

A Catered Halloween - Isis Crawford

I have been waiting to get my hands on A catered Halloween for about a year! I ordered it from the library as soon as it came in....... Then my mum surprised me with a gift! Mum had also bought me the book as she knew I had it on my Wish List on Amazon! ha,ha So now both mum and I have a copy to enjoy! I am keeping my gift and mums reading the library copy....

Here is the Synopsis from Fantastic Fiction

'With the promise of a hefty commission and some valuable word-of-mouth for their catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, sisters Bernadette and Libby Simmons agree to cater the charity haunted house being staged at the old Peabody School. But when wealthy socialite Amethyst Applegate is found dead in the haunted house, Bernie and Libby wonder if a murderer might also be lurking about Peabody's gloomy halls...While almost everyone Amethyst ever met might have a motive for killing her, not everyone had access to the Peabody School. All Bernie and Libby know is if they don't solve this mystery soon, they might become the next stars in a real-life horror flick'...


Reading Update - reviews

I finished reading Frill Kill I mentioned in my last post. -

I enjoyed the book set in New Orleans around the Halloween season. Great descriptions, and interesting characters. Although I would of liked a bit more to the story, at times the pacing was slow...and the conclusion to the murder and 'who done it' was over very quickly! A nice light read, if like me you enjoy reading books set at Halloween.... but rather weak in other areas.

I also began reading Ghouls Just want to have fun...Unfortunately I read half of the book and gave up, this book moved far far to slow for my liking and the characters were becoming extremely annoying, they were fun and cute for a while, the main character reminding me of 'Buffy' the vampire slayer, sassy, witty.... but no storyline was developing and I became tired of the nonsense dribble of conversation between the two main characters... I wanted to like this more than I did, but I don't feel bad I gave up reading as there are more books to read and enjoy!

I am off now to finish reading 'Moondance of Stonewylde' the second book in the Stonewylde series. I have enjoyed the first two and will be reading the third soon...

See you again soon

Priscilla x

Autumn Reading..Volunteering

Hi Everyone,

Goodness is it really September, where did the time go? I am still here and getting into my normal routine for Autumn, searching outs books to read as the days and nights get colder!


I have also been doing some volunteer work for the last few month at a local Maritime Museum, helping with childrens craft activities and watching the museum floor. Its been a really great couple of months, I am there on Tuesdays now as the children have gone back to school and I am to start in the little gift/coffee shop soon. I will share some more photos of the shop and museum in another post..

Autumn Reading..

Here are the autumn theme books I have just brought back from the library...

Frill Kill - Laura Childs I have just begun reading this book, so far I am enjoying it. I also read The Jasmine Moon Murder by the same author.

I always like to read books set around halloween at this time of year.. here is the synopsis from FantasticFiction.com

'This Halloween, the bestselling mystery author makes New Orleans even spookier than usual. Carmela's friend Ava is having a Halloween bash at her scrapbooking store, and she hires a sexy Tarot reader named Giovanni to work the crowd. What he doesn't foretell is that on her way home Carmela will find the body of a beautiful model behind a Dumpster, and be attacked herself. But he's the one who appears to save her-or was he already there? '

And this one that I dont know a lot about but the cover looks enticing..ha,ha Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun - Kathleen Bacus

'After being stalked by a psycho dunk-tank clown, Tressa Jayne Turner takes a break from reporting until a reclusive and rather strange best-selling writer arrives in town.'

What books are you reading at the moment? Or do you have a Autumn/Halloween favourite...

See you again soon

Priscilla x

Strawberries and Garden...

Hi Everyone, I am sorry its been so long since I last posted. I am having trouble viewing blogs, the pc pauses then crashes, I don't understand it, I work from a lap top and my parents just got a new pc and it does it on theirs too..... must be vista? So I just havnt been on as often as usual, ......... but I wanted to let you all know I am still here and share some pretty photos! ha,ha

I have been growing Strawberries.... which I have never grown before..... I had them outside to begin with until something ate 3 of the berries! So brought them inside my parents porch.

I have tasted about 5 but ooohh they do have a bitter bite to them! Still fun though....ha,ha

Parents Garden....

I wanted to show you this beautiful tree my parents have growing in their garden, I have no idea what its called......... When I was at school I had a boyfriend called David, his dad gave my mum a cutting of the tree......... and ever since we named the bush 'Davids Dads Tree'....... we still call it that now, it kinda stuck!


Close up of the flowers...... Do you have any idea what the tree could be?

Neighbours Flowers..........over the garden gate

These beautiful Peony blooms are not mine or my parents, they are my parents neighbours! This is the dividing fence, so we get to enjoy them too.......

I hope you have enjoyed the little garden tours....... Have a wonderful week

See you again soon

Priscilla x

Witchie Cross Stitch progress...

I spent a lot of this week making progress on Witchie Renabest. I have posted over on my Spooky Stitchers Sal too, but just in case you missed me there I am posting here also. I am loving working with the colours in this cross stitch, maybe because they are such bright halloweeny colours!

I finished working on the back stitch and have started on the French knots, which I have not done many of before and finding quite fun to do!

French Knots are on Witchie's eyes, shoes and bubbling over the cauldron...... I have just started the brewing bubbles

I love stitching Autumn/Halloween pieces...What are your favourite themes to stitch?

Hope you are all having a lovely week,

see you soon

Priscilla x