Haunted House Update: OT

This gave me the chills.....

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Tink" :

]Then she said that Mrs. L, the woman we bought the house from, was convinced ]that there was at least one spirit in the house. Particularly the one that ]comes down the stairs, moves past the fireplace, then fades through the ]dining room. That's the one my cats and puppy play with. ] ]Both the neighbor and Prairieson experienced someone tugging at the back of ]their shirt, then giggling.

gods, i'd be a basket case!

maybe they're happy to have young company?

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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It's a very good, happy feeling here.

I'm convinced there's more than one spirit: A woman, for sure, who seems to be excited about the work we've done in the dining room, garden and now the kitchen. A child, too... a little girl. I suspect my workroom was her room.

I think it's time to do some research in to the past residents of the house. I do know that a woman who lived here in the 1920s was a designer at an art glass studio here in Toledo.

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Tink" :

]It's a very good, happy feeling here.

that make it much better.

i'd still probably be a basket case - i see enough things as it is!

**grin**

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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I've found the little girl upstairs is a great playmate for Macy. Enough so that I've moved Macy's sherpa doggie bed up there. They play catch, apparently, among other things. Really keeps Macy occupied while I'm trying to get things done in the kitchen.

glass studio here in Toledo.<

Ahhhhh - she might be *very* interested in the goings on there now, indeed!

Carol in SLC (Newest stuff -

)Little sister's new JB auctions 7/12

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Tink" :

]I've found the little girl upstairs is a great playmate for Macy. Enough so ]that I've moved Macy's sherpa doggie bed up there. They play catch, ]apparently, among other things. Really keeps Macy occupied while I'm trying ]to get things done in the kitchen.

i noticed you said that in the earlier post [about the cat and dog playing with the ghost] that is truly bizarre! but it also means they have determined that the ghost is not a threat - which is a good thing!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law.Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own.

I kind of hope this is her spirit, but I don't think it is. My beads in the upstairs bedroom get played with... Sorted into piles... But I think that is the little girl.

Maybe if the designer's spirit shows up, I'll wake up to a full kiln of beautiful glass at some point. LOL!

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Tink" :

]Imagine my surprise when I saw smoke rising up from a trash can in the far ]corner. I had emptied ashtrays before bedtime, thinking that no one had put ]a cigarette out down there for several hours. ] ]I was shaken, but grateful, and I let 'her' know I appreciated her help.

well GOOD FOR HER!!!!

definitely a keeper.

[can i just be glad it's you, and not me?]

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

Bill of Rights - Void where prohibited by Law.Regime Change in 2004 - The life you save may be your own.

Hi. I'm a lurker and just wanted to jump in here, if no one minds. Lots of times spirit activity will pick up when a house is being remodeled It sounds like yours are very benign and not a threat. Don't get too caught up in them though. You are from two different planes of existence. Keep a friendly distance I would talk to them and be nice. You can all get along.

I live in an old Victorian-era farmhouse and we have spirits. We all get along. We used to have a lot of activity in our upstairs hallway, but it stopped when we put a computer in the room directly below. Something about electrical devices interferring with spirit activity.....

Florentine

Ooooh, creeeeeepy and kind of cool at the same time. I hope you have benevolent ghosts!

The only time I actually "caught them in the act", Macy was laying in the hallway, facing the bedroom/workroom. As I came out of the bathroom, I saw the ball rolling towards her, right between her paws. She had that perky-eared, tilted head, "I love to play" look going on, too.

*chuckle* When I'm lucky. But maybe I could tempt her into playing with the glass. LOL!

You open your kiln to find beautiful glass in it already... dont you? Hmmmmmmmmm:??????? :-) Diana

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:52:29 -0400, florentine wrote (in message ):

Welcome, Florentine!

I'm following the discussion closely, although we absolutely know the identities of the ghosts that live in our home. Our home is about 100 years old, and has always been the property of my husband's family.

Our ghosts are my mother-in-law, her mother, and her grandmother. (My mother in law and her mother were born and died in this house, Nonna arrived from Italy as a young bride) They usually appear around holidays, and seem to want to make sure that their traditions are being followed. They also seem to provide a protective fence around the front stairwell, because my MIL was always petrified that someone would fall down those stairs, "especially the baby," otherwise known as my DD.After my surgery, when I was wobbly on my feet, I could feel a protective arm guiding me by that stairwell on the way to the bathroom.

I can hear my MIL singing along with the group, off key, and mispronouncing birthday as "birfday" every time we break out a cake. My husband and daughter hear it, too; although my father in law claims to hear nothing. That would totally be within character: he didn't listen to her when she was alive.

These ghosts are comforting, and are comfortable where they are. DH's Grandmother occupied this room as her sitting room, and spent most days sewing, knitting and later, watching television in here. She likes that I use this room for my stuff, and that the television is on.

Bob's Mom occupies the Kitchen downstairs, keeping a gimlet eye on anyone who would dare modify her special recipes. One year DH suggested using boxed macaroni for a dish and all three of us heard her mutter "Lazy Americans...don't want to do anything. I used to work at the dry cleaners, walk home, start making macaroni and have it on the table by six."

Bob made the homemade macaroni.

We don't see or hear from the great grandmother often. She occupied the room that is now DD's. DD has claimed from her toddlerhood that someone shares her room with her, and that the "someone" keeps the room safe. We do know that the door to the attic, which is accessible from DD's closet, can only be opened by adults. To DD and her friends, no matter how hard they try, the door appears to be locked. It's not, I can open it with one hand. But I can understand why Nonna didn't want the kids up there: it has huge windows that reach all the way to the floor. Crash through one of those, and you hit pavement 40 feet below.

I don't think of them as ghosts or haunts, just the remaining bits of all the grandmothers, taking care of their families, like they did while they were alive.

Kathy N-V

Me too - I had a shiver down my spine then!

I agree with this. That was a great story! And you've handled it well. It's best to accept these things without fearing *or* encouraging them. There are negative energies out there which can begin to slip in with the positive ones if you dwell on this and continue to put energy toward it (i.e., begin to watch and listen for manifestations).

• TL *

Oooooo, shhhhpooooky, Tink. My SIL spent one evening telling me about all her ghost encounters, so I am very easily scared at the moment! I am compelled to listen/read, it's my own fault I sit bolt upright at night shrieking "WHA'SAT!!!" at the slightest noise!!!