The Octopus in my Greenhouse!

  During the month of October, the Little Bayou House and the surrounding outbuildings are usually transformed into something totally different than what they usually are.  During this time, many changes are made to accommodate the Clue Hunt on the Bayou.  This is a family/close friend oriented bit of entertainment that Son and I throw together (with lots of help from Mark and Darling Daughter, Elizabeth!) each year.  It has been fun for all, it seems.  This year, however, I had to scale back things a bit.  Health issues stood in the way of any elaborate scheming so the hunt is limited to several rooms in the house, a bit of the yard and the greenhouse.  Hopefully, next year will see my health vastly improved so I can go back to a more exciting hunt.

  Still, there is an octopus in the greenhouse!  Yep, for some strange reason, I decided that an octopus painting would be the perfect prop for one of the puzzles that needed to be solved to obtain a clue.  The fact that it is an octopus has nothing at all to do with the clue hunt except that it has eight legs and eight is a lovely number!  A scrap of plywood (actually about 2 feet by 3 feet!), lots of paint and a couple of afternoons were all that was required to get my friend octopus in order....at least for my part.  Son, on the other hand, had to deal with the mechanical part of the puzzle and, as usual, he did an outstanding job of interpreting my "dream".  The prop works like a charm!  (Yes, dream.  Most of the puzzles we make come to me in dreams.  No wonder I am always tired in the morning!  I work all night!)

  Since Son hung the octopus in the greenhouse back in September, I have grown accustomed to it being there when I go in to water the plants. It will seem strange to remove it once the hunt is over at the end of the month.  I am pondering....just what do you do with a huge board painted with a sea creature??  Where should I put this guy?  Perhaps the octopus will become a permanent fixture in the greenhouse since it would seem a tad out of place in the Little Bayou House.  I could live with that!  The octopus in my greenhouse...pretty fun, if you ask me!