A Name...

The Haunt title in the previous post - Creepy on Coolidge - got me to thinking of the oddity of the Haunt Name.  I remember coming up with Pumpkinrot for an old email address and just thinking it was cool, and then trying to name the scarecrow below and it just seemed right to call him PUMPKINROT.

So then I kinda just used that for my website and then it just sorta became the Pumpkinrot Haunt over the years until I think I became Pumpkinrot.

So I guess I'm asking the question:  Where did YOUR Haunt name come from?

Four Thousand

4,000 blog posts. And no intention of stopping any time soon.

Figured I'd post a pic of my Pumpkinrot scarecrow for the occasion. It's funny, the name Pumpkinrot was around long before I built him. And when I decided to enter a scarecrow into the annual contest, I submitted a description of him (per the instructions of the application) and was stumped when I had to write his name. I labored over a name. Didn't have a clue what to call him.

I had used pumpkinrot for years for my email address, and happened to look up at my inbox while struggling with his name. And it clicked.
The Pumpkinrot Scarecrow.

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My site came about in 2003 when I was posting photos to show family, friends, and coworkers photos of my Halloween display. Pumpkinrot.com seemed the perfect name for it. And the blog.

Maintaining the blog has been such a cool way to keep Halloween going every day. It makes me think back to the day when I did my blog updates through my website. I made a page using dreamweaver and I'd delete all of its content the day after each year's Halloween, to start fresh each new year. I think I did that for three whole years of photos and links. What was I thinking?

But looking forward... No end in sight. I keep thinking the Halloween blog-material well will run dry at some point, but there's always something neat out there, and a whole lot of cool people who love Halloween and all things Dark.

Halloween. It's so close now. Can't wait for the weather to break. For the trees to change. For decorations and pumpkins to appear in windows and on porches.

Halloween. The BEST thing ever.

And it's going to be a really neat year.

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.

Rotten Egg

Found someone's online photos of the 2003 Scarecrow Contest. Neat to see Pumpkinrot through someone else's lens.



And that horrible [blue-ribboned] Egg.

More photos here.

The Scarecrows

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  More photos at Pumpkinrot.com

Old Files

Going through my old files today and found an animated gif I made for an old page years ago. I can't remember where this was used on my site. Fun to find it though.

2003 Haunt

About to Dine