Halloween Harp Videos 2021

 

This year I was brimming with ideas for harp videos for this coming Halloween.  Instead of waiting each year to create a different video, I decided to make all seven videos.  Initially I thought I would post one video per year, but I posted three.  I hadn’t made as many videos this year compared to last since I’ve been busy with vaccinations and vacations – and of course work.

Here are the three Halloween harp videos I posted for 2021.

You can find them on my YouTube channel, and on my Facebook page.

YouTube - Faery Halo:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlD5pfFIZ7MWGfHFODp-XQ

Facebook – Faery Halo:  https://www.facebook.com/FaeryHalo

 

Garden of Magic with Vocals

I originally was going to use the vocals for a different video, but the lyrics clashed with the photos.  So I edited images from Google to whip up a spooky video.  I chose things that come from childhood – playgrounds, candy shops, and toys.  For toys, I definitely included dolls!  Dolls are classically creepy.

 

Addams Family Theme – with Meme Compilation

This is a compilation of my memes from my Facebook page, Caro Memes.  In the background is my harp music from my previous video where I played the Addams Family theme.  I threw in a few moon photos and other random photos.  I sewed the cape on the wolf skeleton décor.

 

A Dungeon in Salem

This is the third video, which I posted today.  It is super eerie and goes well with the song I composed a few years back.  All these photos are from the Witch Dungeon Museum, except three.  Two are from the bathroom of the Clipper Ship Inn where my friend and I stayed.  I swear the guy running the place reminded me of a Scooby Doo villain.  The photo at the end was a quote on the giftshop wall for the ghost tours; different place entirely.

Adding to the Idea for the Scariest Haunted House

 

            Last year, I realized something was missing from my haunted house.  What is an OSHA violating haunted house without a snake pit!  I just felt I needed to edit this post so it would be complete.  For those who haven’t seen this idea and like a scare, you’re in for a treat – or a trick if you dare.  Go ahead, read on.

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            I had this idea for a haunted house that I know will never happen, due to anticipated OSHA violations.  Given that, no one will steal this idea either.  It’s just interesting to imagine, because it features eclectic fears that aren’t normally considered when conceptualizing a haunted house.  Normally, there are people jumping out of corners and screaming semi-randomly, which is more annoying than scary.

Anyway, onto the non-existent Halloween attraction that will never be built!

Patrons would need to sign waivers and get an EKG test prior to entering.

The adventure starts with patrons being led into an elevator.  It claims it's taking you down to the eighth basement.  It descends one level, but it shutters and gets stuck with the lights out.  The fire alarm goes off.  Red lights flicker.  None of the emergency buttons work.**  The phone box is empty.  Fog starts filling the elevator compartment, and it smells smoky.

After a minute, the doors fling open.  The patrons walk down a hallway with glass walls.  On the outside of these windowed walls are hundreds of tarantulas.  There are separate glass enclosures for the scorpions.  A voice over the loudspeaker says that the windows need to be fixed due to breakage points in the glass.  At the end is an abrupt chamber for a couple coconut crabs.  (At this point, PETA would come after me too, but they have animal skeletons in their closets anyway, those baby seal clubbing hypocrites!  I would feed all the insects and those coconut crabs!  Plus they would get enough exercise!)

The patrons would turn a corner into the next hallway.  One side has a floor-to-ceiling mirror.  People might think it’s tame since there is nothing else in the hallway, until they reach the end.  They would turn the corner, and find out that it was a two-way mirror on the other side.  There are creepy people on the other side, watching.  Instead of horror movie monsters, they are just dressed as unkempt, trashy people sitting in chairs, staring at the unaware patrons through the mirror.  The creepy employees don’t say anything or move.

As you snake around to the next corridor, the walls become farther apart.  This hall has a glass floor with a complete view of a large room below, 14 feet deep.  That room is full of pythons that are free to roam, within the piles of the other snakes, scale the walls of the pit, or reach the ceiling under your feet.  The glass is clear enough to feel thin.  Hopefully you don’t trip.

[End of Edit – Plus I would insure the serpents were well fed.]

Then the final hallway is a winding, dark crawl space with absolutely no light.  Inside the void/crawl space, there are unnerving sound effects.  Disturbing sounds include distant screams, and closer growls of animals prowling the crawl space.  There are whispers over a loud quietspeaker that there is no end to this maze, that it eventually narrows into an ultimate dead end, and you’ll be buried alive and/or eaten by the tarantulas.  (I can already imagine the lawsuits!  This is supposed to be a non-existent, never-will-happen haunted house.  So chill!)

In the end, patrons will make it out of the crawl space alive, which leads to a gift shop.  Honestly, who doesn’t like gift shops?  All patrons would receive free sunglasses to cope with the light, which would be relatively dimmed.  If anyone was too disturbed, they would get refunded and a free gift from the shop.  If someone was unimpressed and completely unafraid, they would be free to give constructive criticism on how to make this theoretical place more threatening, plus get a free gift!

Disclaimer:  No, I would never subject anyone to these horrific situations.  The point was to conceptualize the scariest possible haunted house.

**At my first apartment, the elevator malfunctioned, and the alarm button was not working.  There was no call box.  I was alone in a small, old Westinghouse elevator, trapped.  Emergency services were going to take forever, so I banged on the elevator door, and the doors opened!  Luckily, it was stuck at an opening, and not between the levels.  I got out!

 

25 Signs that Your Mother is a Nurse

 

This post was due for an update.

This post is for nurses and anyone who has a nurse in their life.  Though the following is especially true for parents in the field of nursing.  I wrote this post on Facebook awhile back, hence it says mother, rather than parent or relative.  I've seen some great male nurses too. 

Your mother just might be a nurse if

1.  There are nursing related coffee mugs and refrigerator magnets in the house.

2.  You get free medical advice.

3.  There is a stethoscope in the house and extra points if there’s a sphygmomanometer lying around.

4.  Medical terminology rolls out of her mouth effortlessly.

5.  She watches televised surgeries, complete with a picnic tray; sandwich, chips, and lemonade.

6.  Her free reading is filled with books on nursing.

7.  She watches nursing related TV shows.

8.  She doesn’t run out of nurse-related entertainment. She finds random, eclectic shows about Australian nurses during WWI.

9.  When off duty, she will save someone’s life in public places like the grocery store.

10.  At work, she has brought people back from the dead, and has listened to near-death experiences.

11.  At home, you’re likely to learn that the lost eyelash in your eye was swimming behind your eyeball for 8 hours, and she will continue to do gardening.

12.  She has nurse T-shirts, like RN stands for Rescue Ninja.

13.  She has shoes just for nursing, since she’s on her feet all the time.

14.  Relatives call her for medical advice.

15.  She immediately cleans up children’s vomit without a word of complaint.

16.  You’re in the bathroom feeling sick at 3am, she heard you, and she’s ready to help.

17.  Your dad is complaining about something petty and demands to know, “Well what did you do all day,” and her least disgusting example has you fishing for the antacids and Dad says, “Kids, clean up the kitchen.  Mom doesn’t have to clean up today.”

18.  Giving veterinarian medicine is easy, even with the most stubborn dog.  Then she says, “Well how do you think I get little children to take their medicine?”

19.  When remodeling rooms in the house, she requests everything to be white, like a hospital.

20.  Within context, she will proudly state, “I’ve seen 2 million butts during my whole career!”  (or something similar).  Every time, she says it with pride.

21.  Someone is choking, she does the Heimlich Maneuver, and saves the guy on the first compression like a boss.

22.  She works the electronic CPR dummy with next to zero errors, while you make all sorts of embarrassing mistakes.  (Believe me, that machine is hard!)

23.  She is in a different hospital, senses someone is coding, and feels the urge to take action – and then a family member has to stop her and let the regular staff respond.

24.  After retiring, she does extra chores to occupy her time.  Even if it’s simple things you can do on your own, like pouring yourself a beverage, she insists on doing it for you – just to keep busy.

25.  You go to see a Marvel movie, and your mom’s T-Shirt is a Superman symbol with RN where the S should be.