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It's been a busy week at Trish's. Everything is disappearing, and even soon the farmstand will be empty.

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Frost has kissed Chicagoland, but days have been beautiful. Dusk brings falling seasonal temps for October.

Late in the day Lara and Emilie are doing some last minute shopping!

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Lara: Hi, Emilie...can you believe all the choices here?

Emilie: Very fine, so much color and the courge and potiron, how you say?

Lara: Pumpkins and Squash...yes they are very colorful.

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Emilie: Dees Squash with zee painted faces...so adorable.

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...and ce chat noir, ees adorable. Henri, we must have this for the patio.

Henri: Yes, the squash cat is...very seasonal for Halloween. Did you see anything else you want?

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Emilie: There is so much to see, let's look everywhere.

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Lara: Everything looks so festive, and you must have been very busy over the weekend.

Trish: We were wiped, my brother and cousin were here this morning with a complete restock. I don't think we can last until Halloween. The farm was so busy this weekend to. I feel guilty staying in the city.

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Lara: The shop is fun too, can you make up two of those small pumpkin arrangements for me. I have two new sales, and I want them to feel welcome at the new project on Asher. We only have two units left.

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Trish: Flowers, or just produce and pods? I can have them boxed up and delivered tomorrow afternoon.

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Lara: Your choice and tomorrow will be perfect. I love all your seasonal changes, I can't wait to have a real place of my own, soon. Living in whatever is left over on a project isn't really my choice.

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Lara: I see no one is in at Vickie's. I know she had more electrical issues this weekend. Honestly I'm pretty dumbfounded...we can't figure it out what is going on.

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Lara: That tree is spooky fun----love that moldy green stuff, y and it sorta glows in the dark.

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Trish: That tree was fun---say do you want to catch some supper, after I close up everything!

Lara: Sure...and it looks like they are ready to pay.

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Henri: We never did Halloween in Montreal when I was young.

Emilie: Nor, I in Paris. You have so many scary things, I love the pumpkeens, and zis sweet chat.

Trish: That is almost our last painted gourd cat. We have an artist that does those for us, and they have sold very well.

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Trish: We try to have fun things each year. Do you want these wrapped or just take them as is?

Henri: This is fine, we only have a short walk.

Trish: Good night and thank-you for shopping here.

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Trish: Now to remember all the lights!

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...I hope we will have enough stock, it's still three weeks until Halloween.

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I think that's it for this side.

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Fence is closed. Now to turn off the shop and the last of the lights.

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Lara: Well, what are you hungry for?

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Trish: Anything but pumpkin, squash or apples....LOL.

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Fixtures:Tutorial Here

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Greenhouse sourced and altered from IKEA

Vickie's Spooky Tree: $TREE-Tree Tutorial

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Part 1 Vickie's Vintage and At the Bijou

Part 2 Vickie's Vintage and At the Bijou

Part 3

Vickie's Vintage has suffered a slew of strange happenings, peculiar sounds, power and electrical issues. Russel Pittman, the BMR Ltd. contractor, inspects the building to address all the complaints.

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Lara: Vickie said the power was out for almost 2 days? Well Russ, what do you see?

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Russell: Well, this wiring seems secure and checks out. Did they find anything on the security tapes that showed what the problem might be?

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Lara: Just some hazy interference of some sort late at night. Nothing clear or concrete, then black when the power was out.

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Russell: Well, the security system is motion and sound sensitive, so something should have shown if it was a night critter.

Lara: Night critter? Can you be specific?

Russell: Well, raccoons, squirrels, mice, rats...even bats will set off a sensor and not really show up on tape.

Lara: Yech, bats....ugh!

Russ: (laughing) Let's check downstairs.

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Russell: The Wifi system -checks out-so do the register connections. No humming here?

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Lara: There's another camera over there, hidden in the ceiling molding.

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Russell: I don't see or hear anything unusual. This wall backs up to a storage room, right?

Lara: Yes, and the loading dock. You can check there before going downstairs.

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Russell: I didn't know Vickie's had guys' stuff...I like those bowling shoes! Do you bowl?

Lara: Not in a long time...

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...the downstairs was over half guys' stuff this summer, now it's going to be just for Halloween.

Russell: Okay on to the backroom.

Later....

Lara: Carly said there was noises coming from this wall? Which I don't understand, because it's just the wall to the downstairs stairwell.

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(Russel turns quickly and knocks Lara off her feet, .....

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...And catches her!)

Lara: Ooohh! Thanks for catching me, Russ. I wouldn't want to crash into all the boxes behind me.

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Lara: (straightening her skirt) Thanks, uh, Russ...um...I have another appointment now. Vickie said El is downstairs and can fill you in on the strange stuff that has been happening down there. I left Vanny to help if necessary. See you, hum, er...soon.

Russ: No problem, I'll call or text you with a list if I can figure out what's wrong.

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(Downstairs---the Halloween Shop is several days behind).

EL: Oh, it's you, the fixit guy. Hi,---I'm EL. Do I have a list for you. And, we lost complete power down here for two days, for NO reason.

Russell: Well, shoot that is what I'm here for, EL. So what else is up? (Looking around at the almost bare room).

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EL: The worst is I swear I hear saxophone music when the sound system is off. Kinda a low wailing type and sometimes really fast it sounds like bugs on a screen, but so soft you can hardly hear it.

Russell: Jazz or Blues bugs? (chuckle) My Grandpa said this building use to be a Speakeasy called the Bijou in the 20's.

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EL: I'm not kidding, really, mostly at the register area over there. The sounds system buzzes sometimes and some sort of musical humming, too when it's off. I then turn it on and up the sound system to drown it out.

Russ: Okay, let me check everything out.

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Vanessa: Lara said to take notes...do you really want me to write down saxophone music?

EL: Yes...it's unnerving. I'm down here a lot on my own and it's been getting really WEIRDER every day.!

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Please help me get this Mermaid up here...you know it's spooky enough down here getting ready for Halloween without having strange noises 24/7.

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Vanny (A mermaid, is that what this is? What I do for my job...yikes!) Is this high enough?

EL: Just a little higher!

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Meanwhile...(Russell checks out all the electrical connections at the service desk.)

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Russell: Maybe this is a culprit, a loose metal panel that hums from the computer fan? I'll just fix this and see if it helps. (shaking his head)

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Russell: I can't find anything else here, I'm going to check the freight elevator and the furnace room. These old buildings have lots of sounds to them. Pipes, heat runs, air vents...I'll be back.

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Later----

Russell: Well, ladies, I bled the water system, cleaned the filters on the furnace, adjusted the fan settings and fixed a loose wire on the elevator. Really nothing that you could be responsible for your 'symptoms of saxophone sounds', but let me know if any weird stuff continues. I left my card on the desk.