Today I am thinking about Issac Ross ( my 5th Great Grandfather ) who fought in the Revolutionary War:
and my Grandpa Bert who fought in WWII for the United States even though at the time he was a British citizen and petitioned for US Citizenship in 1944
My Grandfather Bertram William Macdowell Godfrey Aged 18
And my Uncle Larry ( and his brothers, my Uncles too ) who fought in Viet Nam:
My Uncle Larry Guzman
This thought is for my Grandfathers, my Uncles, my Cousins and my niece- today is your day and all the rest are mine because of what you have given our country.
According to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum this is not just a copy of Edgar Bergen’s famous puppet, Charlie McCarthy, it’s a HAUNTED version of Edgar Bergan’s famous puppet.
When I took this picture of my Granddaughter and the haunted puppet I just told her to look at the puppet and I asked her if she thought it was scary as I set up my shot and this was the look on her face, which I didn’t notice until I was going through my photo album.
Pboto A.M. Moscoso “Jemma-Riplelys Museum, Dells WI USA
The puppet looked creepy and I thought my granddaughter’s expression as she gazed up at Charlie was pensive, which surprised me.
Creepy dolls aren’t a deal breaker with Jemma, she has a zombie baby doll that she says is her sister and she dearly loves her baby doll.
Jemma and Gwen Photo A.M.Moscoso October 2024
I have this theory that if you move a picture to gray scale, you see more.
In black and white Jemma’s reflection in the display case clearly isn’t pensive, she and Charlie have the same expression
I’m not sure if that’s good, I’m not sure if it’s bad.
It’s a bit bizarre and I like it.
Pboto A.M. Moscoso “Jemma-Riplelys Museum, Dells WI USA
“Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.” –Sophocles
The thing about secrets is that the truths they enshroud always and I do mean always find a way to leak out.
Like, in my family we would tell ghost stories during the winter at family gatherings like Christmas parties or at family dinners. The common theme seemed to involve people who buried their victims in the basement and ghosts who were attracted to the water.
Years later I found out that my Great Grandmother’s childhood home had served briefly as a funeral parlor when another family owned it and indeed the mortician’s work was done in their basement. The Funeral Director died on his way to a cemetery. He had heart attack they said.
My Great Great Grandfather ( her Father ) died under mysterious circumstances. His body was found in Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Canada. He had been in Ottawa to attend his Mother’s funeral.
Neither of these incidents were talked about outright, but shades of them turned up in ghost stories.
These threads haunted us I suppose.
“Jemma” October 2023 Photo: A..M. Moscoso
Last week my family visited an attraction in the Dells, Wisconsin called “The Upside Down House ” The Upside Down House is the White House-
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House ” Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
And it is being guarded by big scary robots-
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
The secret wasn’t what was on the main floor- you paid the admission and you could walk right in.
What you did was to discover the secret look straight ahead ( which isn’t as easy as it sounds because you are looking up so much that when you look down you go your sense of balance goes wonky ) to find the holes in the walls, from there you had to walk through these forced entries to find the secret that was hiding in the Upside Down House.
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
Then you had to follow the signs, like my son did.
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House ” Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
This is where things got good.
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
What are they hiding in the Upside Down White House? What is the secret that has leaked out?
Why, the secrets is all about Aliens of course.
Aliens are in the basement of the White House and they are in the midst of conducting medical experiments.
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024
What were the Aliens trying to accomplish in their experiments? What were they trying to achieve?
That’s a secret they’ve kept in the basement of the Upside Down House and if we are lucky, it will stay down there.
Photo A.M. Moscoso ” Upside Down House “ Wisconsin, Dells October 2024