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.

Yard Art

Recyled metal artist @2redpenguin on Instagram.

Salem Art Fair this weekend. Frankenshovel might have been my favorite.

Jumping Pumpkins

Found these little party favors on Amazon for the trick or treat bags. The Letapapa Halloween Party Favors for Kids, 24 Pcs Jumping Popper Spring Launchers Toy for $15.99.

6 different faces to make 4 sets. They are so cute they might not make it in to treat bags. Playing with stringing them as garland.

A new tombstone is coming to the Grimsby family cemetery and it is tall! The new cemetery fence is done. Having trouble staying motivated and focused this year. We dropped from days in the 90s to the 70s so that should help me get back to work on Halloween decor.

35th wedding Anniversary is Coral

Hubby walked in to Lowe's to give me a report on how this bad boy looked in person. We had watched a Vlogger assemble one for his home. Got a text saying he looks OK. I said how about he is our 35th wedding anniversary gift to each other? Without knowing it the 35th traditional anniversay gift is coral! How perfext to get a deep sea gift!

This is a really good looking animatronic on its own. The plan is to do a re-paint, add some padding to the costume, add a dive belt, and make a sea bed base for Bob. He is living room decor when the Yule tree is not in that corner. The work on Bob will be in December while the tree is up. The light only comes on with sound so we plan to add internal and external lighting.

Big fan of Scooby Doo and the episode Silence in the Library from Doctor Who. Bob reminds me of characters from both shows.

Halloween on the brain

The little snake bottle is from DeeDee & Shark a very talented artist making spooky, creepy, and truly unique ceramics. Her in person shows have smaller items if you happen to catch her at a Pacific Northwest show.

Is everyone working away on Halloween projects? We knew the cemetery fence needed replacing so it is being copied using black Sintra board this summer. First test cutting of a section was this week and the sturdier fence pieces are impressive. We had bigger plans for this October only Mr. Old Fashion Halloween will be traveling with his brothers over Halloween. Disassembling the yard by myself and I need to keep it simple.