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happy halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2009 - Filed Under adventures | 1 Comment

I’ve posted before about our crazy-down-the-road neighbors who dude up their house for Halloween every year like nobody’s business. This year is no exception! 2009’s theme is Zombies, particularly Decapitated Zombies who are Carrying Their Own Heads, and, oddly, these are a special subset who have their brains resting right on their shoulders. Apparently carrying [...]

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jack-o-lantern valhala

Posted on November 1, 2008 - Filed Under adventures | Leave a Comment

There is a bridge nearby, an old one-lane bridge, where they do all these festivals and celebrations throughout the year. For Halloween, it is an amazing tunnel of jack-o-lanterns.
This picture gives an idea of it…

Spooky! Cool! The black space there is just JAMMED with people in costumes, touring the show. It’s like walking down a [...]

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world’s best halloween decorations!

Posted on October 31, 2008 - Filed Under adventures, making things | Leave a Comment

Yesterday I showed you our neighbor’s Halloween creations from last year. Today we have the promised pics of THIS year’s spooky masterpieces…
First, the big picture.

Here are some of the floating ghost people. Poor suffering things.

And a little social commentary:

Can you see the giant spiders eating that person who is hanging out of the house window [...]

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with neighbors like these….

Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under adventures, making things | 1 Comment

Our neighbors down the street go crazy for Halloween. It’s fantastic. These pictures are from LAST year’s extravaganza. I’ll post some pics of this year’s, completely different, spooky display tomorrow.
Yes, this is all in their front yard!

These are from the ‘book club’. The yellow book is “How to be Less Dumber.”

This book is “When Your [...]

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