I’ve got to confess to having a weakness for Spookytown miniatures — well, anything miniature, if it comes to that — ever since I read Piers Anthony’s now-classic fantasy On a Pale Horse (part of his Incarnations of Immortality series), and then spotted the “Death On A Pale Horse” figurine in that really good Toronto hobby shop, whasitsname… the store where it’s all about models and model-building and they do those demos…

Never mind, it’ll come to me later…

So, I’m thinking, can I really justify a scattering of Spookytown fantasy in my domestic decor, once we get past Halloween?

Well, no.

Not without looking like the total geek that old friends may secretly suspect lurks inside.

And certainly not if we’re talking about Spookytown’s miniature ghouls and zombies and mummies risen from the crypt…

But look, they’ve got these absolutely charming miniature trees — in autumn colours, too!

Like, no-care mini bonsai, really.

Imagine a few 4-inch trees in a long stoneware dish filled out with a bed of velvety moss… or a draped length of dark velvet, a tiny bright tree all nestled in the hills of its folds…

Do we feel a decorative Thanksgiving vignette shaping up on the fireplace mantel?

[Lots of Lemax Spooky Town miniatures via TheFind]