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Showing posts with label Edward Gorey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edward Gorey. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

October and Edward Gorey

I'd love to visit the Edward Gorey House !  His illustrations are so charming, and I loved the way PBS's Mystery incorporated them into their introduction.  Gorey also illustrated T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

No question that the man loved cats.

Years ago, my daughter gave me one of his cat pins.  
It just exudes joy!  
This little fellow is my favorite pin of all time.  :)


The Gorey House has an annual envelope contest
and you can find the 2015 winners here.
one of the 2015 winners

You can download the 2016 entry form here. 
What a fun and creative challenge for kids.  :)

I've been putting out all of my Eccentric figures for Halloween, sorting out witches and goblins and ghosts and various monsters.  


I've begun one new creature to send to my daughter Erin, who is excited about giving a Halloween party in her new house.  They moved in after Halloween last year, so this is there first spooky October.  Her boyfriend teased her about trying to create a school carnival, but school carnivals are so much fun!  The kids are very involved in the planning, so bobbing for apples may or may not be part of the activities--might be bad for costumes and makeup.