We come home and saw some birds eating perched on Fred 3. Thought it was funny, one didn’t fly off, grabbed the camera. Figured they were after some stray corn or seed from the grass.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
No, they’re EATING FRED 3.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
A hand picked clean, most of a leg…
I can’t imagine that latex rubber and oil stain are GOOD for them, I’m baffled. Taken down for the time being…
Such was my daughter’s question when seeing this on the table.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
All skeletons are Bob, since we built, well, Bob.
I was rather impressed she knew I was making it a Fred, however.
“That’s the Bob I hold hands with.”
“We need to make more Bobs.”
A bittersweet weekend.
It saw the departure of a landmark.
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| From Year of the Charr |
Charr marked numberous landmarks for me. First segmented build. First use of burlap, which has become a staple. First use of conduit, which is also a staple.
However, he was BIG. And took a sizeable portion of my available storage. So, it was early in the year that I decided Charr must go. I had plans to go in and salvage the conduit and anything else I could muster. Toyed with the idea of giving him one final year. But, he had to go.
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| From Halloween 2009 |
Aside from Fred, no prop has garnered more comments than Charr.
It was a hard decision to let him go. However, I am pleased that Charr will live on, he has simply moved considerably south, finding a new home in Diablo’s Dome, a new local haunt starting up this year. There he will join Steve, and a host of my skulls in providing entertainment.
Shortly, a brand new Chimera will be heading south to join them as well…
Then we’ll get back to our regulardy scheduled oddities.
First light this morning.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
As you can tell I had already been at it for some time…
A pumpkin creeper body, waiting for a head.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
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| From 2010 Buildup |
Couple more hanging off the fence.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
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| From 2010 Buildup |
So, day’s end.
Front back together, and torches posted.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
I got this panicked moment when I realized that, with the gazebo broken this year, I had no way to get the chords across the path. Raven grass is my answer. I planted this stuff specifically for use on Halloweens, but hadn’t planed on using it this year. I’ll tie the tops of it I have posted to either side of the fence there to make an arch, and presto, chord up and over. (In about 2-3 years, I’ll have LOTS of this grass)
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| From 2010 Buildup |
I’m not a HUGE fan of the scarecrows, but it’s the clothes I could find in short order. (mostly cast aways from my son)
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| From 2010 Buildup |
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| From 2010 Buildup |
‘The orchard’ area. I’ve decided we’ll hang some lanterns and spray some webs in these trees.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
Fred on his spit.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
Fred seems to get better with age…(now 3 years old)
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| From 2010 Buildup |
The fence creepers. I was out fiddling, trying to get them on after dark. Torches lit to see what I was doing, and get a feel for things. A car was stopped in the street watching as I plugged these in and I just hear a “holy crap that’s cool” waft out from the window.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
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| From 2010 Buildup |
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| From 2010 Buildup |
The pumpkinhead scarecrow to honor the picture that started all this.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
Sorry it’s blurry, but I’m using the point and shoot sans tripod. Testing the battery tea lights I bought. Should work great.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
Even the crappy ‘crows look half decent in the dim torchlight.
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| From 2010 Buildup |
