The Bow Belle

I don't have any bows with flames on them, and that's too bad because there are days when they'd do very well.  I was, however, able to root out a Halloween bow...sort of. Today is the anniversary of several historic fires, all of which are believed to be connected.  On this night in 1871 Chicago burned, Peshtigo, Wisconsin burned, Port Huron, Michigan burned, and a large chunk of Michigan's inner Lower Peninsula burned.  The damage was horrendous, of course, and the death toll was even worse.  At least three hundred died in Chicago, over five hundred died in Michigan, and between one and two thousand died in and around Peshtigo.  Yep, one to two thousand, up there with other disasters like the Johnstown flood and the Okeechobee hurricane, and yet few have heard of the Peshtigo fire because good ol' Chicago burned the same night.  What all that has to do with Stephen King and IT I'll never know, but I managed to kill a little time. I'm not Stephen King'...

October 7th, known to me as the day after my birthday.  Usually this is the day I start trotting out the Halloween bows, like I...well, like I did! My birthday was pretty chill, just like I like it.  Mama got me some books and a Thai doll, and a case to carry my nail polish.  Oh, and we had a beautiful cake. Chocolate with buttercream frosting.  Doesn't get much better than that! Love, RagingMoon1987 

I'm thirty-nine today!  One more year and I'll hit the big four-oh, but I've still got a year for that.  I chose a particularly sparkly bow for today. My nails are painted in Holo Taco's "Birthday Brat."  Did these on the evening of the 3rd.  It went on okay and dried quickly, but since it's got a ton of flakies it dries a little lumpy.  A good top coat smoothed it out. Readers of my doll blog know of old that I get tired of the overuse of pink for doll clothes, but I've grown to like it for October's alternate birthstone.  Tourmaline can come in just about any color, but pink is the color I think of when I picture it in my head.  Besides, it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and people are still freaking out over the passing of Dolly Parton.  Seriously, after Miss Dolly died the nail polish subreddits were crawling with manicures of pink, red, or both as a tribute to the singer, who did indeed wear pink and/or red on her nails.  But trut...

I tell y'all what, I prefer this weather to what we had in August!  It's cool and it's been rainy, and since it's still a mite wet outside I trotted out a pool bow. Granted it's not raining today.  Yesterday it came in sheets, but today it's cloudy and cool, just the way I like it. Love and sprinkles, RagingMoon1987

I love plaid, and this bow is a brand new one.  Huzzah! It's also Peanuts Day, but I wanted to show off my new bow.  Etsy shop is LansberryBoutique , up in New Joisey. It is POURING today, LOL! Love, RagingMoon1987

Today is a number of minor holidays that I could get behind (Bring Your Bible to School Day, Homemade Cookies Day, International Raccoon Appreciation Day), but I have nothing for any of those...yeah, I do.  I have my John 3:16 bow, but I couldn't find it so I dug deep. Ah, October.  I love September and October so freaking much!  There's birthdays and Labor Day and Columbus Day and Halloween.  A lot to look forward to.  Oh, and cake!  I love cake! Happy first day of October, RagingMoon1987