summer is over.

so summer is over. have you done your halloween decorating yet? we have..

i've been pulling skeletons out of my closet & hanging them around the house where we can enjoy them glowing at night.. not going out for our usual halloween shopping this year, but stocking up on videogames to see us through what will hopefully be a long cool autumn & winter with lots of snow? please?

so if you're like we are here & have time to explore from home i'd like to extend this cordial invitation to you to visit my vast labyrinthine multiverse of albums & galleries, from the lost & found vintage toy blog, where i'm in my 10th year of daily posts of vintage toys & books & pop culture nostalgia, to gumbyland, now over 20 years old, to the ghostgallery.. 3 long hallways of art including drawings & paintings, haunted mini houses & dollscapes, nature photography & old cemeteries, all with music & ending with the elaborate rows of never opened doors.. a lifetime of art & writing, including abstract paintings, mysterious journal entries & dreams, or often nightmares.. lately i'm still working on my experiments, & posting my new spooky toys to share..

so if you're oldschool like i am & are on a laptop or pc so the music will play properly (if you're on a phone please don't bother) why not follow me down the rabbithole & into my own dark & twisted wonderland?  just click here..

gumbyland

the ghost gallery
(enter here & then click at bottom to go to the 2nd & 3rd gallery hallways)

rowsofneveropeneddoors
(there are many hidden things here..)

lost & found toys

the mini houses

our nature trails

my photo albums

if you're on twitter, insta or youtube, you can follow me here:

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this blog is 15 years old & has a strange history, once it was a busy place, but then for awhile i stopped posting & it became a true ghostblog, went quiet until i exhumated it & began posting again a few years later.. all comments here are welcome, & you can peruse the old posts here using the archive anytime..
continued as usual in the comments..
(see link below)

bren/ghost

 

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[ghost]

#infj #poem #ghostgallery #rowsofneveropeneddoors #radiohead #lyrics #art #mentalhealth #innerchild
#psychology #songs #music

so i may have mentioned that thom yorke is my muse?

wrote a poem today:

climbing up the walls (ghost version)
/keys to the gallery

i am the key to the lock in your house
that keeps your toys in the basement
& if you get too far inside
you'll only see my reflection
i am the crying monster
i am the toyroom mouse
i am the sad soldier
i am the closet skeleton
i am the pinecone collector
i am the holes in your socks
do not cry out or hit the alarm
you know we're friends till we die
i am the little raven
i am the stealer of butterflies
i am the little train that couldn't
i am rags
i am the forgotten birthday bear
i am the doll with her head full of Everything
i am the broken clown
& either way you turn i'll be there
open up your skull, i'll be there
climbing up the walls
i am the listener
i am the autumn butterfly
i am the bride of quiet
i am the good vampire
i am the real ghost
i am the frozen charlotte out in the cold
stalactites & stalagmites
rows of never opened doors
& one day i froze up like this

https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/around_the_bend/ghost-moon.html

https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/memoirs_of_a_vampire_butt/keys-1.html

[ghost]

#pdx #raccoons #nature #wildlife #portland #oregon #photos #cute

quite the adventure this cool morning ~ https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/around_the_bend/raccoons-adventure.html

[ghost]

#kitty #cat #cheshirecat #therapycat #love #kittyheaven #catlady #love

my cheshire cat may have disappeared from view, but i know she is still there smiling down at me..

https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/ghost_toy_catalogue/snug-nitelite.html

[ghost]

#infj #vampire #mentalhealth #arttherapy #ghostgallery #rowsofneveropeneddoors #ocd #dollscape #innerchild

so i live with pmle, ibs-c, cardiomyopathy, orthostatic hypotension, late stage menopausal insanity (hot & cold flashes) & agoraphobia, ocd, nightmares & depression, you know, more fun than one person should be allowed to have..
difficult days especially as we move furniture around & have carpet installers & repairmen coming in the house in times of covid & variants..
i'm not always coping that great. so i pour my thoughts into my memoirs - https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/memoirs_of_a_vampire_butt/bad-kids-go-to-hell.html
& find new creative projects to work on like the new dollscape i've just begun 'frozen charlotte' (link soon)
we're upgrading to 1 gig since everything we do here now is internet based, it's how vampires interface with humanity now you know.
also i've had a little help here decorating for halloween - https://friendlyghost.typepad.com/photos/ghost_toy_catalogue/toyroom-1.html

anyone else feel like we're headed for a long winter? ..

[ghost]

#rowsofneveropeneddoors #ghostgallery #art #dollscape #innerchild #moon #arttherapy #infj #psychology #toys #goth #vampire #ghost

meet frozen charlotte, she woke up for the occasion - http://www.brensgumbyland.com/ghostgalleryfrozencharlotte.html
i included my poem in this one, & also now you can use the caption links below each pic to see closeups of the original images..
sound up!

ghost/bren & toxic

[ghost]

#infj #fullmoon #moon #psychology #ibs #anxiety #ocd #mentalhealth #toys #mbti #antifashion #introvert #vintage #pennydreadful

we've had wonderful rainy cool days here in portland :D although i had a rough time last night with the full moon messing with me & my insides, pain, nausea, anxiety..
but i'm happy anyway because the new carpet in my bedroom is great & i've been putting away all my clothes & toys.. lol i love my room :)
ran across this on pinterest & it is remarkable because i've commented here about how i relate to miss ives & all the #disasterdinnerparty events on twitter i've attended as her.. so validating when you're an oddball #infj & have these things somewhat understood by others finally:

https://fictionalcharactermbti.tumblr.com/image/93523758150

btw they left out an 'of'.. sorry ocd, i know. these things bother me.. lols