Decorating With The Liles

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want — it's like an excuse for Halloween everyday. ~Gwen Stefani

Mary And I Love To Decorate And Get In The Spirit Of The Holiday!

We start outside with bunting and witches hats.  Of curse, we have the aways available Govee outdoor lighting.

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Mary trims the plants so as NOT to hide the decorations!

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Ready to go!


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The hats are up!

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We calls her "Splatty"

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Guess who is who!!

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Mary's bell is ready to go!

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The inflatables go up in another week or so!

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We have been collecting Halloween decoration for thirty years and when we got together four years back, we were surprised how many things we had in common.  Lillian Vernon was our collective favorite!

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Lights anyone?

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We do have rules!!

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Ribit!

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and, I light up at night... Just like Mary and Paul!

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We both collected weird wine glasses!

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Halloween is everywhere!

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Trees abound!

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Wine rings are needed when we have friends over.

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Everyone needs black roses.

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Froggies are all over the house!

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The kitchen also got attention!

Did You Know? - Word origin: The word "cobweb" comes from the Old English word coppe spider.


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The pumpkins are noise activated and they wiggle.

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M-m-m-m-m-m

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I am not sure!

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Splatty's sister is also not a good driver!!!

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The spiders are active at night!

Did You Know? Spiders supposedly assisted witches in casting spells, and eating a black spider between two slices of buttered bread gave a witch great power. However, medieval superstitions say that if you see a spider on Halloween, it's actually the spirit of a dead loved one watching you.

Spiders and spirits: In medieval times, seeing a spider on Halloween was thought to be the spirit of a loved one watching over you.

Spiders and witches: Some superstitions say that spiders helped witches cast spells, and that eating a black spider between buttered bread gave a witch great power.

Spiders and folklore: Because of their ability to spin webs, spiders are often depicted as storytellers and fortune tellers in folklore.

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Skeletons come in all forms!

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Yeah, we know but it's almost fall!

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Just laying around.

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Soon to be pumpkin pie.

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Spiders are everywhere.

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We see ghosts wherever we go.

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High there!

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They light up the night!

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The spiders have taken over!

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We have pillows everywhere.

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Just sitting around.

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Hey skinny!

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Why do they call them pyramids.

Did You Know? - Christmas pyramids (German: Weihnachtspyramide) are Christmas decorations that have their roots in the folklore and customs of the Ore Mountain region of Germany, but which have become popular internationally.

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Silly boy!

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We have a new blowup!

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The fight is on!

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But it works!

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Fully inflated.

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He stands eleven feet into the air!

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Looking good.

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What does it look at night time?

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Ah ha! This is officially scary!

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The boss approves!