Hello from Pandora my little wicked ones!

Hello everyone!

The season is in full swing here at The Abbey, I hope everyone is being good little spooks and goblins. Well, OK, don't be too good! Here is a picture Grimm took of that freaky ol' Bernard, up to his usual high-jinks! He was doing some kind of crazy experiment on that frog and fell into the cauldron! I should go help get him out. Be sure and stop by Facebook to keep up on the day to day around here (and more pix), we've got all kinds of creepy things planned for this year!

Tootles for now!
Pandora

Things are stirring! Check out the Facebook page to keep up with all the latest!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!!!

Halloween 2014 is in the grave and we had a BLAST! Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and stopped by the Abbey, we have the BEST neighbors EVER!!! We are going to catch our breath for a while and then go to work planning next year. We hope to see everyone again in 2015!!! Until then, we have posted pictures from last night on our Facebook page, just click here. Or you can watch the video here. And be sure and LIKE our Facebook page to stay up to date year round.

Stay spooky,

Elizabeth, Pandora and Agnes

I LIKE THE FRIGHT!!!

Early in October this year I got a call from the Count, bringing the wonderful news that he would be attending this year’s Halloween festivities at the Abbey. The news was wonderful because we haven’t seen the Count in many decades. He has been busy, spending most of his time in the southern United States. Apparently there has been some kind of trouble down there involving vampires and fairies and such. But that seems to be over now and he is looking forward to a relaxing Halloween with us and the residents of Pumpkin Hallow.

                There is one slight problem with this happy little scenario however; he is bringing two friends with him. I use the term friend generously because these two are not very friendly at all. They are two demons that he picked up when he was visiting down in Transylvania. When he got them they were just little imps. He brought them to the Abbey that first Halloween after he got them, which was also the last time he came to the Abbey. There was an awful trouble that night. It seems they just didn’t understand that the purpose of the evening was to give out candy to the little trick-or-treaters. They kept chasing the little tikes and trying to steal their candy. Why it was just frightful. I do hope they have learned to behave themselves over the years, but somehow I doubt it.

                Well I guess we will see how it goes Halloween night. I am going to try to keep them locked up in the portico on the front of the Abbey, but it won’t surprise me if they escape and start prowling around the cemetery. Just the same, I do hope you will join us again this year, just keep a tight grip on your candy…

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Just a note to let you know we are going to start leaving our updates and construction projects on the Facebook page instead of here on the website. We will use THIS webpage to tell you about the continuing story of Pumpkin Abbey as new characters are added and new and crazy things happen so keep checking here too! ~ The Pumpkin Abbey crew

Hello once again ghouls and boils...

We have been doing so much work here at the Abbey to get ready for this year none of us have had a spare minute to jump online and give you all an update. So tonight I knew I simply had to take the time. We have done some changes to the front of the Abbey and we are all just thrilled about it! Grimm took some pictures of all the excitement for you (and a little sneak peak of what we have for you this Halloween night! Just click HERE to take a look)! Of course we have been battling those ghosts like you wouldn’t believe, which of course is making things so much more difficult. They just won’t leave us alone.  And when we confront them about it they make up some crazy story. But we know they are lying, why we can see right through them!!! And they are always moving things around, making noise, and knocking things over. When we scold them they just claim it was a BOO BOO! Well, I should go, tomorrow is the full moon which means its cauldron lighting night! And of course that means it’s time to start on all those spells…I will send someone by later this week to let you know how it’s going.

Until then stay spooky,

Elizabeth

Seasons Greetings for 2014!!!

GOOD DAY MORTAL WORLD!!!

My sisters and I have come home to the Abbey to start getting ready for this year’s Halloween festivities!!! This year promises to be fantastic! Of course as usual it isn’t without its problems. Apparently while we were gone the Abbey was haunted by a band of ghosts. Now mind you I’m not prejudice, but those pesky things can be just down right annoying!!! Have you ever tried to do anything with a bunch of practical joking ghost around? Why it’s nearly impossible to get anything done, what with them running off with potions or hiding broomsticks. Oh, Pandora don’t sweep that thing under the rug, shoo it out the window, you know ghosts won’t stay where you put them. Oh, well! I just wanted to let you know we are dragging out the cauldron and sweeping the dust in getting ready for this year’s BIG EVENT! Either I or one of the other undead creatures from the coven will drop by from time to time to keep you updated.

So long for now, and talk to you again soon or should I say TTYL,

Elizabeth

Thank you to all you wonderful spooks and goblins for another AWESOME Halloween!!! The Pumpkin Abbey Cemetery was full of all kinds of hungry little monsters begging for candy all night long...and we loved every minute of it (OK, maybe not Agnes)!!! We are going to take a short rest in our fresh dug graves and be back soon to start work on next year.We are staying at the Abbey this year so I will drop by from time to time to fill you in on our progress!  Until then Grimm is posting pictures from the night, drop by his page and check it out!!! 

Until then...STAY SCARY!!!
Elizabeth, Pandora, Agnes and everyone at Pumpkin Abbey!

The Cauldron has been lit!

Hello once again my scary little fiends!

So things have really started jumping around the old place. Last weekend was the annual cauldron lighting. Spooks from all over gathered here at the abbey to kick off the haunting season. I got to see so many old friends and made many new ones too. Of course there were the usual complaints as well; poor old West did nothing but bicker about that little girl that’s always trying to steal her shoes and throw water on her. And of course no one can forget Samantha’s Uncle Arthur with all his wise cracks and silly jokes. Grimm took pictures, of course, so I’ll get him to post a couple. Well that cauldron won’t attend to itself, so I better go. I’ll drop by later in the week with a little more detail.

Have a Great weekend!

Elizabeth

First post of the 2013 Season!!!

Pumpkin Abbey Cemetery Halloween 2012

Hello one and all!

So good to finally talk to everyone again, it seems like forever since we last chatted. My sisters and I arrived here at the abbey last week and boy did we have our hands full. Last year when we left Agnes fired the caretakers without telling us. Well, someone come in while we were gone and cleaned the place up! Can you imagine? The grass was cut, the windows washed, and all the cobwebs cleaned out! It was horrible!!! So, we've been busy making the place nice and gloomy again, just the way we like it. We have put Frankie in charge of grave digging and making sure things fall apart around the cemetery. Alice and Bernard are pulling double duty around the Abbey helping stock the cupboards with potions and stuff for the cauldron. Crow has been standing watch over the pumpkins all season and this year’s crop is sure to be simply magnificent! Who does that leave? Oh, yes; Cousin Grimm! He has been taking pictures of everything in sight. I am going to be turning part of the blog over to him, so he can post his pictures and update the biographies section, so keep your eyes open for updates there! SO EXCITING!!! This year promises to be a fantastic year and another great Halloween, thank you all so much for letting us be a part of your year!!!!!!!

I will drop by again soon, until then stay scary!

Elizabeth

Thank you one and all!

What a fantastic time we had last night! Thank you to all the little trick-or-treaters and family and friends that dropped by! Sorry to those who were frightened too badly by Agnes' demon friend, I knew she was up to something. We are going to take a well needed vacation for now, but we will be back very soon to start plotting next years night of fright!!! Have a great year end and we will talk with you after the new year...

Until then,
Elizabeth

PS For those who weren't able to visit last night, pictures and video will be online soon!

The hour is near...

Well tomorrow is the big night for 2012, and everything is ready here at the Abbey! I think Agnes is cooking up something dreadful for the evening but other than that everything points to a really good evening. We are of course concerned for our ghoul friends out on the east coast, we hope everyone is OK and can put things back together soon! We expect to see anyone who can get here in person, any time after the sun goes down and until the candy is gone!!! Rest up my little minions the witching hour is close at hand!!!!

See you soon (if you are brave enough)!
Elizabeth

We're almost ready, are you???

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

I just thought I’d drop in and let you all know I have a few surprises up my sleeve for our big night this year. And I've invited a special guest to help me with them since those goody goody sisters of mine won’t ever let me do anything evil. The last time I got to do anything about the little tick-or-treaters was when I turned those four little tikes into frogs a couple years back. Of course now the problem is they won’t leave. They hang around year after year expecting me to change them back! HA, FAT CHANCE!!! Anyway, just go ahead and try to get candy from me, YOU’LL BE SORRY!!!

All my love (NOT),
Agnes

Hello you little devils out there!!!

It’s been such a long long time since I rapped with you, I thought I’d cruise by and see what’s goin’ down! BOY! Have we had a time around here lately, aside from dumb dumb Frankie bumping in to everything, those stupid little pixies have been at it again! We knew they were up to something since we hadn’t seen them in a while. Well they took over our best and biggest pumpkin and made it into some kind of home for their queen. BOY! Do I have news for them; Elizabeth is the only queen around this pad!!! Agnes is working on something to get back at them for all their mischief, in fact I hear her calling, I better split for now and see if I can help.

Toot-a-loo for now kittens!

XOX Pandora

Meet Frankie Stein

Good day one and all!!!

I hope you are all enjoying yourselves now that autumn is in full force! We have been so very busy here at the Abbey getting ready for this year’s visit. The candy is almost out of the cauldron and most of the pumpkins are ready to go. The caretakers have been getting the cemetery ready for the big night. OH! That reminds me, I never told you what those two rascals did over the summer while we were gone, well they were digging fresh plots at the back of the cemetery and they ran across some…let’s just say…left overs. Bernard, our new butler, fancies himself as somewhat of a mad scientist/witch doctor, and he came up with the idea to put the parts together and make a whole person out of them. Well his spell worked… sort of. The creature he created is dumb as a box of rocks. That thing lumbers around all over the place getting into all kinds of trouble squishing pumpkins and knocking the cauldron over. And I won’t tell you what Agnes thinks about the poor thing. Bernard named it Frankie, Pandora just calls him dumb dumb. Well I should go for now, I’ll talk to you more real soon!!!

Elizabeth

Frankie

Bernard (The Butler) Stein

Family Portrait

Hi everyone, good to see you all again!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Elizabeth has asked me to help out with the blog from time to time, I AM a journalist and photographer at heart (reaping is just my day job). For my first project I have started adding biographies to the webpage to let you know a little bit about each of us. I will keep working on it and add to it as I get more done, and of course I will be adding pictures too. Just click on the "PUMPKIN ABBEY BIOGRAPHIES" link at the top and it will take you to the new page. Hope you enjoy it and please make sure to drop us comments and let us know what you think. Talk to you real soon!

Grimm

Q: Why weren't there any treats left after last years trick or treating?
A: Because everyone was a "goblin"

Martha Stewart would be proud!

Hello everyone!!!

How are you all on this fine Labor Day?

We are doing really well here at the Abbey. Last week was the annual cauldron lighting, witches from all over road their broomsticks in to celebrate. After the cauldron was burning we put up the Halloween tree and started destroying the halls, we had a blast. I’m posting the pictures cousin Grimm took so you can see how the decorations are coming. Those little rodents keep sneaking around and ruining all the shots though, oh rats (pardon the pun).

Speaking of annoying, we haven’t seen much of those little pixies this year, which worries me. I know they are up to something. What could it be…?

Well, I should run for now, my sisters and I are off to a spell convention for a few days. I’ll let you know how that goes when we get back. Have a GREAT week everyone, and stay safe!

~Elizabeth

Are they making fun of us???

Bonjour to all you mortals out there (Faire la bise)!

I thought I would pop in and see what everyone is up to. We had a great time at home in the “other” world after last year’s night-o-fright! But it’s always good to get back to the Abbey and get our hands into the cauldron again! LOL!  Speaking of which, when Alice and I were scraping the debris out of the fireplace to make room for the cauldron three little rats came scurrying out. They were in black dresses and wearing pointy hats, I think they were imitating Elizabeth, Agnes and I, how rude!!! I grabbed Grimm’s camera and snapped a picture, what do you think, should we be insulted? 

Well, I’m gonna skedaddle for now, tonight is the annual cauldron lighting and a girls gotta look her worst ya know!

À bientôt, Pandora! <3

Hello out there all you bats and ghouls!!!

It’s been such a long time since we spoke, but we haven’t forgotten about you. My sisters and I have been cooking up all kinds of evil things for you this year! I don’t even know where to begin with all the things that have been happening around the Abbey while we were gone. The grave diggers were, of course, minding the Abbey while we were in “the Spirit realm”. When they were digging some new crypts in the back they found a lot of…shall we say…”spare parts” buried back there. You won’t believe what those rascals did with them. But you will have to wait for now, I’ll tell you more about that later LOL.

You know how much we LOVE our pumpkins here at PUMPKIN Abbey; well we are in the process of conjuring up a way for you to have one of your very own! Imagine that, a Pumpkin Abbey Jack-o-lantern of your own to scare all the spooks and goblins with on Halloween night! Wouldn’t that be AWESOME?!! I’ll give you all the info as soon as we work out the details

I don’t think we introduced Alice to you last year, she is our house keeper and we couldn’t manage without her. She keeps all the cobwebs and dust right where it should be. And we recently hired a butler to pitch in and give Alice a hand or two (or three) around the ol’ place. His name is Bernard. I’ll post a picture Grimm took of the two of them the other day while they were on their afternoon gruel break.

I can't believe it's been a whole year since I started this little blog; it's been SO much fun! I look forward to sharing all the gory details of this Halloween season as well!!! I'm going to run for now but I'll be back soon...

Until then,

Elizabeth