Halloween and The Owls!

A visit from the owls!

Phoenix Wildlife Center will be bringing owls to Lovely Manors on Friday Oct 28th. Lucky us!

Halloween is really going to be a hoot for us here at Lovely Manors. We already have a great range of decor in the store (plus candy corn, which is frighteningly addictive!), and we've just confirmed that Phoenix Wildlife Center, which is located just down the road from us here in Jacksonville, will be bringing some of their rescued owls is to meet us on Friday October 28th, from 5-6.30pm.

Owls are very popular, and rightly so, they're amazing creatures. We have many owl-related gifts here in the store. In fact, as I type I am wearing a beautiful owl necklace, one of the great selection of handmade jewelry made right here in the USA. We also have stone owls, owl dishes, owl vases and more.

One of the owl statues we have here in store. Take yours home for $24.99!

Owls have had signifcance over the centuries - both as an omen of all things death, an indicator of bad weather to come, or of a change in the weather, and more recently as a symbol of wisdom.

Among early English folk cures, alcoholism was treated with an owl egg. The imbiber was prescribed raw eggs, and a child given this treatment was thought to gain lifetime protection against drunkenness. Owls' eggs, cooked until they turned into ashes, were also used as a potion to improve eyesight, and owl broth was given to children suffering from whooping-cough. Lets not forget their abilities to deliver mail to Harry Potter and his friends!

We're just looking forward to seeing them close up!

Phoenix Wildlife Center is just down the street from us here. We met the owners by chance after Hurricane Irene had washed away large tracts of their garden. Water was sneaking into the animals houses, so we remedied the problem with a delivery of topsoil!

The guys at the Center rescue a wide range of wild animals; some who can be released, and some which have to stay in Phoenix because, for whatever reason, they are not well equipped enough to go back into the wild.  They really do a great job!

Don't miss the owls, and a chance to talk to the guys from Phoenix Wildlife Center.