Halloween, 1921
Photos probably won't be coming til a couple days from now, but here's a look at how it all ended up.
We're exhausted. These hurting joints seem to be an annual tradition. Super pleased with the end result.
The wind has finally died down and it looks like it's going to be a perfect Halloween.
Again, wishing you guys the absolute best and happiest Halloween!
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| The Twig Witches and Rusty-can Scarecrows are ready for the big night... |
The day before...
Full day and night of heavy rain and now we're dealing with high winds.
Everything's soggy.
The good news is the timing, as this would have killed a Halloween display.
Fortunately, I'm a madman and have loads of leaves in bags and wrapped in tarps in the garage. Our corn stalks for the porch are wrapped in plastic in the yard.
Not sure when the photo shoot will occur, as the sogginess is going to slow things down a bit today, so I might not post photos on Halloween morning as I've done in past years, but fingers crossed (as I tend to overreact and catastrophize).
The weather: High of 54, low of 34 for Halloween. I'll take it.
We'll definitely have the fire going Halloween night.
Wishing you guys a very magical and DRY Halloween.
And a huge HUGE thank you for following this blog.
So, after a full day of running around prepping for the big day (and tying stuff down in anticipation of a giant wind/rain storm tomorrow), I was on my way back home and saw something up ahead that made me smile - a jack o'lantern in the exact spot as the one I placed for The Great Pumpkin Project two years ago. Couldn't believe it.
Here's mine... the current jacko had circular eyes and a big grin (didn't have a camera to get a shot).
Off today prepping for the big day... listening to insane stuff like this (on a Pandora GOBLIN channel).
Hoping this storm moves forward and doesn't slow down and linger...
Was toying with doing the photo shoot on Sunday this year. But after doing this for this many years, you really can't even LOOK at the weather until a day and a half before.
Praying this happens.
Click below for details...
Not lying or embellishing in any way...
The large mechanical doors in the front of the wing in my department are now malfunctioning. The door with the wreath is actually stuck in the closed position whilst the door without the wreath is propped open with a door jam.
No one in here feels there is anything odd about the timing of this mechanical failure with the exception of me (the doors have NEVER malfunctioned in the years I've been here).
Advice: Do NOT carry on and on ranting that if there's a fire in here that we're all going to die like in the chained-doors Triangle Factory Fire of 1911. Apparently it's too soon. Just too soon.
Went to a favorite Mexican restaurant and walked into a haunted house. You have to love when a severed head is dangling from the ceiling in an eatery. The entire ceiling was covered in three layers of spider webs. There were giant spiders everywhere. On the way out I looked back to make sure I didn't leave anything (paranoid) and as I turned back around my face clipped a large spider's leg and its big furry butt. A proud moment in a crowded restaurant.
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| This wasn't the guy I got to know... |
Again I'm giving my highest recommendation to a Small Town Monsters documentary - Invasion on Chestnut Ridge. Amazing production value and some truly chilling tales. And another incredible film score by Brandon Dalo.
Been seeing this guy's pictures popping up more and more in my searches for Halloween images for the blog. After checking out his website, instagram, and facebook accounts and seeing absolutely no mention of my site anywhere as the source material, well, I wanted to call him out on it.
I simply do not get how someone can feel that they are truly creating if the entire premise of their works, the very end product of their hard work, exists solely because they saw it elsewhere. And I'm not even going to get into the issues I have when that person starts selling these works. Is it legal? Sure it is. Is it honest? Absolutely not.
Here's a photo of his "Guardians of the Gate" (Sentinels):
Bought Small Town Monsters' Invasion on Chestnut Ridge this morning to watch tonight, and while on amazon I spotted this gem available for streaming with Amazon Prime. Dear God does it look great...going to watch this as well.
Click below for the trailer...
The pre-Halloween "normal" decorations...
Put up the ol' scarecrow from the 2014 display and added some more lights to the garden.
I do believe this is The Skeleton Key blog's finest year...
Click below for a wonderful playlist by K.O. (loved the cover of the Stranger Things theme):
A great day for releases....John Carpenter's Anthology album and Small Town Monsters' Invasion on Chestnut Ridge.
