Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween storytime at the bookstore

And this is what happens when the human finally lets us loose in the book-and-candy store.

There's storytime an cookies.

And coloring on the floor.

Or just catching up with friends about the latest books.

Candy and afternoon tea in the sweet shop

There's a place for tea for two.

Or just filling up the candy box

At the end of the night, it's time to see what's in the final haul

The owl is here to supervise.

Someone did in fact hand out apples to go with all that sugar.

But there is more than enough candy to go around.

Even if there's a furry candy thief lurking and waiting to pounce.

Halloween at Honeydukes

Happy Halloween!

Kana and Lily (and Sam hiding in the back) here.  We're having a study break/tea party at Honeydukes to celebrate.  (Yes, we're still here.  The human managed to acquire an 1840s schoolhouse up in the wilds of Vermont, and has been occupied getting it set up for other humans and us.  We will, at some point, have our very own one room schoolhouse.)

But that's not what you came here for.  You came here for what lovely food we have.  The menu for afternoon tea is cauldron cakes. chocolate covered strawberries, pasties, pumpkin tarts, and the obligatory Honeydukes candy:  a chocolate frog and a box of sugary butterfly wings.

Sam's off reading about quidditch and other fun library books (Lily's studying potions again, and I have a few chapters of history of magic to work through.  Much less fun.)  The 'afternoon snack for 1' has a cauldron cake, 2 pasties, and a chocolate frog.  There are so many chocolate frogs everywhere.

Owl la carte, anyone?

 And if you want individual cakes to go, just pay the owl on the cart.  You have your choice of tarts (pumpkin, lime, citron, or bakewell), caudron cakes, and candy.  By the box or the half dozen.
Orders, anyone?  If you place them now with the human, she can have them ready by Christmas.

Magical potions and other drinks

Cauthrien here.  My only explanation for this is that Anora convinced me I should do this.  I do not have any idea why she thinks this is a good idea other than she's spent far too much time with Shep and Lily recently.  I am, usually, the last person you want attempting to hold polite conversation.  Yet here I am, attempting to man the drinks counter.

You can tell, by the number of things that only vaguely resemble drinks, that Lily's been rather busy.  I do not know or care to know what her potions do.  I only want them to be not my problem.  Which, at the moment, they are.

Refreshing Nuka Cola.  In six flavors.

Somewhere, I know we have actual drinks.  But for now, we have some rather exotic (and radioactive) Nuka Cola, in original, cherry, victory, quantum, and quartz.  This can't actually be blamed on Lily.  It's entirely the human's fault.

Setting up a new bakery

Kana here.  I'm still not sure whose idea this was to set up a bakery.  We don't really have enough of anything, which means I'm the one baking.  Because after the last three incidents with food, potions, and the swapping of some vital ingredients, Lily has been banned from the kitchen.

Not that it stops her...

"Where do you want these cookies?"

"Wait, those aren't done yet!  They need something extra!"
"NO THEY DON'T!"

"Now they're magical snacks.  They'll turn whatever you're wearing
into a ball gown!"
"Lily, not actually helping here..."

"I am not actually involved in any of this.
This is so above my pay grade."

Weekend Baking

Kana here.  Trying out some new furniture in our lovely apartment.  Instead of the craft/study, we've set up a nice little living room and parlor instead.  We'll need to hold a garage sale soon for all the little things we keep accumulating.  The cat is back, along with its friend, the lynx hiding under the windowseat.  It's also been here for nearly forever.

Doing homework

Nothing like a windowseat for reading

A new stash of Jane Austen novels

The human went on a book-making binge a little bit ago in between making tons of stuff for the Harry Potter craft show in December, and as usual, the photography fell behind the crafting.  We now have 5 Jane Austen novels in our collection (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abbey).  No, the human hasn't read all of them.  They're on her list.

Get off the table, cat.

Time to try out the new cookbook.

Meanwhile, someone let Lily in the kitchen again.  And Cauthrien and Anora are helping.  This does not bode well.  Namely because Lily thinks cooking is just like potions-making (and sadly, she's not too far off) and doesn't quite care about the difference between potion ingredients and baking ingredients.

Berries, eggs, and what else do we need?

I'll get the milk and butter.

Maybe we made too many cupcakes?

The cookies are not for you, cat.