Catch N' Air

Delaware, Ohio

Blossom Dearie - Once Upon a Summertime

Almost Summer

Delaware, Ohio

We're having an unseasonably lovely few days. As I write this, it's 65 degrees!


The Beach Boys - Still Cruisin'

Puff?

Delaware, Ohio

And this begins the Christmas music!

Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus

They Sold Gas Here Once

Delaware, Ohio

Fred Eaglesmith - Alternator

Pharoah's Fury

Delaware, Ohio

Steve Martin - King Tut

Inscrutable Whimsy

Delaware, Ohio

Trio - Da Da Da

Fun Slide

Delaware, Ohio

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

'Tini Time

Delaware, Ohio

Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Big Red Taxi Sign

Delaware, Ohio

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

Queen Automotive

Delaware, Ohio

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

(One of my all time favorite songs ever ever ever)

Carousel

Delaware County Fair,
Delaware, Ohio

The Cardigans - Carnival

Consort

Oak Grove Cemetery
Delaware, Ohio

I know, I know, but they were all so gorgeous, how can I choose? "Consort of" - that seems so judgemental, and yet she died "a saint." What did this poor woman go through?

FYI, this Halloween thing won't only be pictures from this cemetery! I'll post videos here and there too, as we get closer to the big day.

Continuing the Jonathan Coulton kick, here's "Creepy Doll."
Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll

Weeping Willow

Oak Grove Cemetery
Delaware, Ohio

These very old stones, from the 1700s/early 1800s, with the folk art and the weeping willows (I really like this highly stylized one), always put me in mind of Halloween. It's a link to the old graves of the colonial era (and the following early years of the country), the time period of Washington Irving and his fictional Ichabod Crane.

Speaking of very old stories and legends, there's the story of Marie Laveau, a Voodoo queen of old New Orleans, which at the very least, makes for interesting reading.

And interesting listening: here, Dr. John sings about her.

As long as we're on the subject, here's one I really like - Redbone's Witch Queen of New Orleans. One of the things I like about it is that you just don't hear the word gris-gris often enough, let alone in Top 40 songs.

It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me

Ok, I know how inappropriate this is, but this angel ... much like this guy, he seems to be trying to seduce somebody.

I'm at a loss to understand how the sculptor didn't look at this and think "Hmm. Maybe not."

Oak Grove Cemetery
Delaware, Ohio

Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything

Graveyard, Old School. Real Old School.

Oak Grove Cemetery
pioneer section
Delaware, Ohio

The Revels - Midnight Stroll

Over at the Drunken Severed Head, Max was kind enough to give me a shoutout here, and one I couldn't be happier with. He said, "Here are two more TDSH quality-tested and approved sites: Branded in the 80s (no, it's not about elderly folks into S & M body modification; it's a cool pop culture blog), and All Eyes and Ears. (Sounds like a supply source for mad scientists, but it's actually an attractive photography and music blog.)"

Not only is "an attractive photography and music blog" a very nice compliment, but I like the supply source bit too. Thanks, Max!

I love this group Halloween blogging thing. Every year, I find more fun blogs to enjoy.

Zero Gravity

Delaware County Fair
Delaware, Ohio

Diana Ross - Upside Down

Busted

Circle L
Delaware, Ohio

Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass

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Circle L
Delaware, Ohio

Garbage - #1 Crush

Circle L Interior

Delaware, Ohio

Nina Simone - Don't Smoke In Bed

The Circle L

abandoned motel
Delaware, Ohio

The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer