What do you mean the Wicked Witch of the West isn’t welcoming any boisterous bats, giggling ghouls, or pesky pumpkins on Halloween?*!

The moral to this tawdry tale is never tempt fate on All Hallow’s Eve unless you don’t mind being devoured by pesky Pumpkin Eaters.

Frankly, when the Wicked Witch of the West is dangerously undermedicated, clicking her heels together just doesn’t seem to do the trick!

Message to the Neighbors: "We got rid of the bats, the spiders and the kids because our black cat was allergic to them — what more do you want?"

Image Credit: happythanksgiving at flickr.com

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your blessed thighs!

 

Image Credit: Illustration by Dean Lewis, (from the front cover of Focus magazine, Volume 21, No. 3, December 2008, and insert for the article, "The Inconvenient Truth About Her Axe and His Tax" by Katherine Gordon) 

What would a "Snippets and Snapshots" gallery be without a few colorful characters?

The Legislative Precinct of James Bay has two prominent politicians, Gordon Campbell (Premier of the Province of British Columbia and Leader of the Liberal Party), and  Carol James (Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Democratic Party) who are known to frequent the neighborhood every now and then when the affairs of state demand their presence.

Thanks to the artistic hand of Dean Lewis, (a resident of James Bay who delights visitors to the Inner Harbour every summer with their very own caricatures), we now have some rather pithy portraits of these powerful political potentates.