Well... what do you know... we go how long without rain and guess what night it decides to show up? Had a heck of a time getting pictures of my jackos. Otherwise, the whole day was perfect Halloween weather. Typical fall day you folks back east take for granted.
My old roommate wanted me to come over to her place in an attempt to recreate one of our past successful Hallowe'ens but I figured, with all the effort I put in stringing up lights and whatnot, I didn't want to waste that work, or disappoint any potential ToTers at my place. I say potential because my house is at the top of a crazy steep hill and only insaneiacs would walk up it. Didn't occur to me they might drive up, so I didn't buy enough candy. By 'not enough' I mean, I had enough for the Toters but I don't have any left over for me. Sigh...
I actually had a few people drive up just to take pictures of my decorations. They'd seen the lights the last few weeks from down on the street and were curious how they looked up close.
I swear I see a ghostly face in the picture below.
Just kidding!! I did a shadowcast pumpkin. Carved three different patterns into it so I could turn it around and cast different images onto the wall.
Neighbors across the street, who I'd just met, brought their kid up, we drank some beers while their daughter watched videos which I was projecting onto the garage door. Only thing that marred that moment was someone across the canyon blasting music with a lot of %^#$! language. It's still going on in fact. Grrrrhh!
I was a bit disappointed in how this year's theme pumpkins came out. They actually turned out well but I was having trouble getting pictures because of the wind and rain. I did manage to get some between squalls though. In honor of the TV show I give you 'Headless'...
In front of the 'Big Face'...
Of course I had to try it! Even though it was raining, it's still dry enough here that I could have started one of our famous October fires.
My scare tactics worked pretty well. I wore a glow-in-the-dark skeleton shirt and skull mask with black pants. With the black light at the front door, all the ToTers could see while looking into the dark doorway was the skeleton walking towards them. A couple kids started crying and ran back to their parents. I call that a success.
Overall, a fun Halloween so far. Days of the Dead fall on Saturday and Sunday this year so I'm gonna head down to Old Town, maybe visit the Whaley House while I'm there. Finish up on Wednesday... Bonfire Night, with a fire in the back yard while projecting 'V for Vendetta' onto the side of the house.
Next year... Saturday Halloween! Think I'm gonna try growing pumpkins again. I saved the seeds from this year's pumpkins. As long as the drought doesn't get worse, I'll give it a shot. Way more satisfying slaughtering your own pumpkins than someone elses.
Mwahaha!
