Roger And The Root

In 1860, the people of Providence decided to create a suitable memorial to the founder of Rhode Island. Community leaders went in search of Williams's remains. When they dug up the spot where they believed the remains to be, they found only nails, teeth and bone fragments. They also found an apple tree root. 
The tree root looked as if it had taken on the form of Roger Williams. It had traveled the length of Williams's body, splitting at the hips, bending at the knees and turning up at the feet. Since 1860 the Rhode Island Historical Society has cared for this special tree root as representative of Rhode Island's founder, and has had it on display in the John Brown House since 2007.

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Thanks, Willow Cove!

Tweens To Be Tried As Adults In Slender Man Attack

My Roots scarecrow has surfaced again in affiliation with the dreaded Slender Man.

The caption is hilarious, beings I never heard of Slender Man back when I built him...
"An artist's depiction of the Slender Man, a popular Internet meme."


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Roots Blamed For Stabbing

Over the years, I've seen my Roots scarecrow mentioned in a few Slender Man web pages and in a couple of youtube videos. 
Here he is in a New York Post story about the latest Slender Man craziness.

Thanks, Sara, for the heads up.

Underlife

A sculpture by Jason Middlebrook.
When I win the MegaMillions tonight, I'll be buying this for my lawn, and a ton of other things for my insane Halloween mansion.

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Stan Winston School Of Character Arts

VERY cool to see my Roots scarecrow posted on the Stan Winston school's facebook page. Lots of nice comments too.

Thanks, Mr. Chicken and Joel, for the heads up.

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Old Croton Aqueduct

Urban exploration by Steve Duncan.

Viral

Roots has gone viral (sort of).
I find this one photo all over the place in my weekly searches for scarecrows.
Cool.


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Sunset Shot

Back in 2003, the Halloween display was ready to go and we were standing around waiting for nightfall. The sun was setting and the clouds started to turn pinkish blue. I ran and grabbed the camera and took a photo. A tradition was born. Every year I try to get a shot that includes the back of that year's scarecrow(s) and the setting Halloween sun.

It's also a neat way to document the weather. May we NEVER have rain on Halloween again.

Dead's End

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Roots

The Scarecrows

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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Field Of Scarecrows: Part XXIV

A great friend of mine (the same one that made me a mini-Roots), happens to make some amazing props for Halloween. Here's a scarecrow she built a couple years ago.

Roots

Going to put my new Roots groundbreaker up on the Pumpkin Hollow Etsy shop on Saturday.

Creepy Roots

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