Tag Archives: Count Dracula

Not Late But Plenty Lame

Posted on March 30, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have not made a Lame Post Friday post on Friday in a long time. Of course I am too lazy to try to see how long a time; I am only proud of myself for finding enough oomph to make some semblance of a blog post. I don’t have any ideas of anything clever or entertaining to say, but that’s OK: It’s Lame Post Friday!

Dracula likes Friday, too.

A picture usually peps things up, doesn’t it? I think that is Christopher Lee, looking rather maniacal. He was an excellent Count Dracula. I do love a good vampire.

This is definitely Christopher Lee.

Here I go with the vampires. People are going to think it is Monstrous Monday all over again. Frightening Friday maybe? Frightful Friday? Friday Night Frights? I’m always looking for a new feature, and one that involves monsters would be near and dear to my heart.

I am afraid no Mohawk Valley Adventures are planned for this weekend. It is Easter weekend, after all. All the stores will be packed with people shopping for the holiday. Perhaps the breweries will not be overflowing. A trip to Heelpath Brewing in Frankfort or Rock Valley Brewing in Little Falls might be eligible. I will see what my usual adventuring partner, Kim wants to do.

In the meantime, I am over 200 words during which I have not said very much. Did I mention it was Lame Post Friday? As always, I thank you for tuning in.

“Was she trying to make a post with vampires and leave me out?”

I Creep into a Monstrous Monday Post

Posted on November 15, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to another Monstrous Monday Post. It has not been a horrible Monday. It rarely is. My life is not that bad, which makes my persistent depression difficult to understand and not a little embarrassing. However, my purpose now is to entertain myself and (I hope) others with a few creepy-crawlies, or perhaps gruesome movie villains.

Is he as villainous as he looks?

Here is one of the masters, Vincent Price. I believe this is a publicity shot from House on Haunted Hill, which features the immortal line, said to Price by his onscreen wife, “Darling, the only ghoul in this house is you.”

I don’t think he is bidding us velcome.

And here is one of our finest ghouls, Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. He is looking rather malevolent in this picture.

Crazy love? Insane love? No, it’s…

I was hoping to find a creepy-crawly but will make do with creepy: Peter Lorre in Mad Love, one of my favorites.

Not from a movie, but they will do!

Here are a couple of crawlies! They were props for a murder mystery. I do love fake bugs and often use them in my home decor.

I guess my gruesome friends have cheered me up. At least I have made my blog post, which always adds to my level of contentment. I will try for a more Mohawk Valley-oriented post tomorrow, but, as usual, no promises. Creep and crawl on, my friends!

Better to Make Just One Little Blog Post?

Posted on October 4, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh dear, I have it again: the dreaded Type Something In Then Backspace It Out Disease. I must fight it! Remember, Cindy, a bad blog post is better than no blog post at all! Or is it? Discuss amongst yourselves. Let me know if you reach a consensus.

In the meantime, I think I can just about manage a Monstrous Monday Post.

“I bid you welcome.”

Here is Bela Lugosi, demonstrating the maxim that it is better to light just one little candle than to stumble in the dark. I bet you didn’t know Count Dracula was such a philosopher.

“But I like the dark!”

And here is my favorite guy, Nosferatu. I was actually looking for him when I saw the shot of Bela and thought of the candle line.

An artist’s depiction of me getting carried away.

I was taking entirely too long searching my Media Library for a related or even remotely related picture so settled on the above. Get it? I got carried away with looking through the pictures? I think the candle line was better, but one does what one can.

Did I mention I have a headache this evening? I did not mean to whine about it but wanted to offer some slight excuse. A lame excuse, you say? Don’t say that! You only remind me how long it is until Lame Post Friday! Oh well, I’m the one that wanted weekends off.

On the brighter side (lit by that one little candle?), I see I am over 200 words. Score!

Vamping with Vampires

Posted on September 20, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

It should come as a surprise to no one that I am ready for bed on a Monday, have not made my blog post (nor in fact accomplished much of anything useful), and, quite frankly, I got nuthin’. This is the point where I usually start to throw in pictures of monsters and vamp. One thing I can do is vamp, although I usually call it blathering on. Why don’t I call it vamping? It sounds like a much better thing to do, in a blog post or elsewhere.

“I’m kind of in the middle of something here.”

Since I mentioned vamping (no, autocorrect, not camping, vamping!), I searched my Media Library for a picture of a vampire. I was hoping for Dracula, but Nosferatu will do just as well.

“Let me shed a little light on the subject.”

There’s my boy Bela! Bela Lugosi is considered by many to be the definitive Count Dracula. It is certainly an admirable performance.

I wish I had this book in my collection!

I do not know who the model was for this depiction of the Count, if in fact the artist used a model, but I just love these pulp fiction paperbacks. I buy them whenever I find them for cheap. Sometimes I actually read them, although they are often falling apart.

I keep hoping I can segue from these admittedly foolish blog posts into some more better writing (grammatical error intentional), but it hasn’t happened yet. Still, one continues to hope (one being me). In the meantime, I hope at least some of my readers have been entertained, and as always, I thank you for tuning in.

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