Scary stories

Have you ever seen a ghost?  I’ve never actually seen one, but there have been strange things that happened in my life that can’t be explained.  My wife tells me that our house is haunted, but I try hard to not believe it.  I try to rationalize everything.  But I DO love to read scary stories and watch scary shows!  My wife thinks I’m crazy, she hates to be scared and won’t read or watch anything spooky!  Here is one of the unexplained spooky happenings at our house.

One summer’s day I heard some noises coming from the upstairs bedroom.  Noises like someone was rocking in the rocking chair we kept up there.  And a sound like someone humming!  It was odd because my wife and I were the only ones in the house!  My wife heard the noises too, and she insisted that we go upstairs to investigate it.  Our dogs were totally spooked and refused to go upstairs with us, which was odd because they usually go everywhere we go, including upstairs!

When we got upstairs, we looked around and saw nothing but the regular furnishings, but the rocking chair WAS rocking slightly, as if someone had just gotten out of the chair.  I told my wife that there must be a logical explanation, but the windows were closed and there was no breeze from any source.  My wife, however, said that it just HAD to be a ghost that had been sitting in the chair, rocking it!

Last week I bought the book called “The Birthing House” by Christopher Ransom.  So far I’ve only had time to read chapter 1 and 2, but I have to say that it is really hard to put down!  It promises to be a great spooky story!

Queen Ann Lace jelly

I stopped at a local farmer’s market yesterday afternoon on my way home from work.  That’s the first time I’ve been to that particular farmer’s market.  Boy, those veggies looked so inviting!  I bought a half dozen ears of freshly picked silver queen corn to eat for supper.  I sure do love freshly picked corn; there is nothing like it in the world!  One of the farmers there was selling pastries and home made jelly and granola.  He was offering taste tests of his Queen Ann Lace jelly.  Well, I know what Queen Ann Lace flowers are, but never heard of making jelly with them!  So I gladly accepted the offer of a taste.  Overall it wasn’t an unpleasant jelly, but it was on the tart side.  The label says that there is lemon flavor added, so that would explain the tartness!  But after I swallowed the jelly my eyes started to water!  Well, I don’t want to be buying jelly that I might have an allergy to, so I said no thanks, but did buy a piece of his peach cobbler.