Lucrezia

New grave this year. This one is heavy. Storing it for the year I was crawling around on a raised shelf section of the basment trying to wrangle her!

Mr. Old Fashion Halloween did a lot more hand carving this year so by the time he got to this gravestone he bought the urn at Goodwill. Old lamp base or candle holder the top was broken off. Coated in Loctite and layers of paint.

In cemetery symbology the draped urn represents the veil between the living and the dead. The veil is canvas dipped in paint and drywall mud. The entire stone has multiple layers of paint. We now have a family chart for the Grimsby cemetery to keep track of everyone.

Day of the Dead

This was the neighbor down the streets 12 ft skeleton display.

The costumes were hand made. A really beautiful display. I took a little break and just now getting back to going through Halloween photos.

Halloween nIght

We have a Halloween parade in the neighborhood that winds around a short path and then they all hit the houses for treats. Big rush right at 5:30 and then a slight lull. I was running to to uncover and towel dry the treat station. Added some little LED lights used for camping that made treats easier to see in a black bin.

Solid down pour all evening only the soaking wet kids continued to show up. I was under a patio umbrella with a thermos of tea. Out of 190 treat bags 162 found homes. A case of rice crispy bars and some pretzels puts the count at around 225. I spent yesterday trying to dry all the electronics and pumpkins.

I will post some pics of the new grave markers and the monsters in the window this week. Halloween is on a Friday next year add I am already thinking about the crowds.

Happy Halloween

Have a safe Happy Halloween night! Getting my outside set up now and need to set up the treat station last. Trying to keep the candy dry.

Speeding on our hill, on a dark wet night, has made for some scary frights when kids run out from behind cars. Got these folks a sign for tonight!

Long time no see

October has not gone as expected. PLanning to get more photos up after Halloween. Mr. Old Fashion Halloween is away on a family trip so I am spending Halloween solo this year. Setting up each nigh by myslef is down to about 20 minutes. Shutting down takes a little longer. Pouring rain for days and a 90% chance of rain tomorrow night. I hope everyong else is ready for tomorrow night.

Work

So busy with setting up this year. We got most of the cemetery finsihed today. I managed to walk face first in to a big old web in the dark tonight! Working on the projector behind the cemetery and I went to grab something. The web spanned an area under the porch. Not cool.

Needed new hardware to make a case to protect the projector from the rain. Took the projector on a tour of Home Depot. Found the larger version of my cemetery pumpkins!

Hot water tap in the shower is leaking. I will have to set aside the Halloween decorating to rip this cabinet out tommorrow. The only access spot to the plumbing. Plumber will install a new fixture on Tuesday.

The Gift Shop

The display for the gift shop inside the hardware store. A fun collection this year.