Taking the trash out this afternoon I glanced over to our fledgling lime tree and saw a mysterious amber colored bottle at its base.
On closer inspection, the contents of the bottle revealed a thick, viscous, amber fluid with a small mushroom lodged inside.
If you look at the top of the bottle you'll notice the opening is much smaller than the head of the mushroom. This leads me to believe that it was grown inside the bottle instead of placed.
I have no idea how long it has been there. Months, years, last Halloween.
I've thought about it and the only logical explanation is that it is a hex. There is a hex on the house and the persons therein.
Even though things are actually going really well for me, it only means that the person who gave us this hex is incompetent. Or...it's on time release? Or I'm going down a horrible path of doom and despair...nah. And, hey, it could be a positive hex. A charm, I guess? I'll have to refer back to the Harry Potter lexicon for that one.
And, no, I don't want to theorize about any other explanations they aren't nearly as fun.
I am now obsessed with finding the corresponding spell. I don't want to move it. Maybe I will incur some unknown wrath lying dorment. I already feel I've handled it too much.
If anyone knows anything about hexes, charms, or hoodo spells of any kind (I'm in need of a refresher since my Wiccan High Schooler days where I did, not one, but two separate research papers on Voodoo and its offshoot practice, Hoodoo. Not a hint of a surprise on your face, huh?)
And to completely do away with any doubts about my status as a primo geek of the highest order (which, again, coming from a person who still has the AIM name of Eldorkorpide from Junior High, should have none of you scratching your head).
You remember that scene in Buffy season, I'm going with, 5, where Spike is nailing the Buffy Bot in the cemetery?
Good...me too :)