I See Small Bottled People...

 In our new house, we have a couple of things we've lived without for decades. When we built our house almost twenty years ago, we opted not to put in a fireplace. As we lived in that house, it was something we wished we had done, especially when the power went out in the winter--it would have been nice to have a secondary heating source.

So, we found a new house that had a fireplace and a fireplace mantel, two of the things we didn't have for a long time. We love both. But, when it's not Christmas (or in our house, Halloween...), the mantel looks a tad bare. That's why my wife found some nice home decor items that add a touch of class to the mantel, the fireplace, and the entire room.

Trouble is, she inadvertently encased in glass a couple of what appears to be little hobgoblins. One looks like Jack Skellington, though not a skinny one, and the other reminds me of a foot soldier holding a shield. Yes, you sort of have to look use your imagination a little bit to see them, but every time I look at the glass containers at a certain angle, they're there.

Of course, there aren't little people in our decorative jars. It's just a coincidence the dried flowers and yarn balls and other things she bought to fill the jars just happened to be placed just so, and those placements just happened to look like a couple of entities now reside on our fireplace mantel.

I guess it's all how you look at it.