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Haunted Library? Yes, Please!

Posted on October 28, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

As I searched for pictures to go for my story about the Ilion Village Board meeting for the Daily Sentinel, I went to Ilion Free Public Library to see their Haunted Library. Library Director Director Shauna Bishop had talked about the display at the meeting and encouraged everyone to come check it out. They let me in with the lights on to take some pictures, but I totally hope to return to get the full experience.

Spoiler alert! You may want to go see the Haunted Library before you check out my pictures of it. I like to go see these things tabula rasa, that is, a blank slate. However, for blogging purposes, I like to share pictures.

I’m always pleased to meet new people.

I took several pictures, so I may talk about this Haunted Library for the next few days. I don’t imagine anybody will have a problem with that on Halloween week.

I have a skeleton bucket like the one on the side.

In addition to large ghouls, there were a number of smaller displays. Today I share a few big guys, but tomorrow I may share the others.

He was big and scary, yes.

The woman who let me downstairs to see the display said this guy scared her sometimes. She said his eyes follow you. I just left, so he did not have much chance to follow me. I wasn’t frightened, you understand. Not much.

Ilion Free Public Library is located at 78 West St., Ilion, NY. The Haunted Library is open through Thursday Oct. 29 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A less scary lights-on version is open Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

What’s a Ghoul to Do?

Posted on September 23, 2026 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to another Waste Not Want Not Wednesday blog post. I was hoping to make this post when I was driving away from Ann Street Deli on Sunday and had occasion to wonder if I am not too obsessed with all things Halloween. Specifically, do I see decorations where none are intended? Looking at the picture, I think I could be excused for thinking this is some sort of ghoul.

Is he scary or just unhappy?

If I ever fix my outdoor spigot and get a hose, I am going to look for this sort of doodah to wrap it around. I wish I could have a whole blog post of things that unintendedly look like spooks, but alas, this was the only one I found.

While taking a walk yesterday, I found only one thing worthy of stopping and taking a picture of, and it is not all that great of a picture. I saw they had planted grass where they recently tore down a building next to Pete’s Tavern.

I peeked my phone through the chain link fence for the shot.

It is always nice to have more green space in the village. I made myself take the walk, because I was feeling rather down yesterday. I think I have mentioned that my depression is really kicking my butt these days. However, one must persevere (one being me in this case, but I encourage perseverance in others as well). With that in mind, I shall take myself off to swim this morning: exercise and sociability. Stand up against that, depression!

In the meantime, I shall keep an eye out for more Halloween-like pictures.

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It is the Monstrous Time of Year!

Posted on September 29, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

For this week’s Monstrous Monday Post, I took some pictures of the evolving Halloween decorations at my house.

His name is Harold Ghoul.

I purchased this ghoul from a neighbor’s yard sale this year. Our other ghoul, Elliott Ghoul, is in the front window. I could not get a good picture due to reflections.

A work in progress.

You can’t see the Keep Out tape very well, and I need to place the scarecrows more advantageously.

I am especially proud of this little group.

The black tulips that Bonita is holding were a prop from Spring Into Murder, one of the dinner theatres written by me (regular readers know I like to mention my murder mysteries at any opportunity). The gorilla in the mask is Bert the Birtday Gorilla. I got him at a post-Valentine’s Day Sale for Steven’s March birthday, a number of year’s ago.

Lots of little things here!

I meant to put just a few things on the mantle, but once I got started…

The shirt is too worn out for me to wear, alas!

Since this Santa Claus stays out all year, I like to dress him up a little for Halloween. Maybe next year I will try a vampire cape or witch’s hat. It is nice to have these little improvements from year to year!

Even Used Monsters Can Help

Posted on July 31, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I so need a Monstrous Monday today. I’m having the damnedest time writing anything, I’m feeling down and out of it, a few pictures of monsters and some silly remarks will hook me up. Only I can’t find any new (to me) monster pics. I was just on Facebook, looking at all my monster pages — oh, wait, I think I missed a couple.

No, it’s no use. I’ll have to resort to my Media Library and hope I don’t repeat anything too recently used, but no promises.

You can’t really see the monster for the words. There’s a metaphor for writing in there somewhere.

The Blob (1958), how appropriate, because that is just about what I feel like today. Just a blob. Not even a capitalized one. In fact, here’s how blobby I am today: I’m writing in sentence fragments, an affectation I rarely use.

THIS is the picture I was looking for on Severed Head Sunday!

I guess these two fellows are more ghouls than monsters, but Peter Lorre and Vincent Price — there could be no possible objection.

With the obligatory sexy, frightened female.

I have never seen this movie but I must look for it. How I miss video stores! Perhaps I could find the DVD on interlibrary loan. I don’t have one of them there streaming services.

I gotta get me a nightgown like that.

I close with some zombies. When I am done sitting on my couch like the Blob, I will lumber to bed like a zombie. An old fashioned zombie. I’ve never seen any of the more recent zombie flick with the fast moving flesh eaters.

I was right; the monsters did make me feel better. Happy Monday, everyone.

Mohawk Valley Girl