This is a repost of my Halloween post for 2011 on my photo blog, All Eyes And Ears. I drove around central Ohio and took the photos, and it's still one of my favorite pieces I've done. It's a strange feeling standing directly over the grave of a known murderer. I've done it a couple of times now for these old Halloween features. Original Post Date: OCTOBER 31, 2011 “On Tuesday, February 19, 1918, Forest Bigelow, a forty-two-year-old agent for the Ohio National Life Insurance

Vincent Price with his art collection, 1940s Yes, Vincent Price! And while I am A Halloween Girl and I've called him one of my "October boyfriends" for a while (I see a LOT of him, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee every October) that's not even why! I mean, there's a lot there to admire. He had a classic, upwardly mobile Old Hollywood career throughout the '30s and '40s - Dragonwyck, Laura, etc. - and was then graylisted during the McCarthy witch hunts . This altered the

I love and work in (not nearly often enough) a number of different aesthetics and I'll cover them on the blog, explaining each as I have my names for them and don't expect anyone else to know what the hell I mean by them. One that I love is vintage Halloween. The early part of the last century's ornate, odd postcards, the creepy-that-was-cute-at-the-time style of the '20s and '30s, on up through the '70s and '80s. And don't forget the Beistle decorations! Crimson Peak Anothe

I live my life paying attention to the seasons, changing what I eat, wear, watch, listen to, etc. - and of course, what I make - with...