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Our major project for Halloween 2004
was to replace the small decorative fence with forty feet of
realistic cemetery fence made from wood and pvc pipe. We used other
fences found on the web as a guide, but created the final design
ourselves. We also made some larger tombstones and "boarded up"
the windows. Some new props were added, including a gothic
chandelier over the porch, a small hovering specter and a full size
grim reaper.
We strategically positioned
the grim reaper behind a large tombstone, which concealed a red
strobe light that was shined up on his face. It looked great,
but I couldn't capture the effect on film. Sadly, our fog
machine "died" early in the day so we had no "fog spitting
jack-o-lantern". When we got a replacement, it was late so we
just put the fog hose under the Grim Reaper, which turned out to be
pretty neat.
The porch gets more crowded each year. "Frank" is broken and doesn't actually do anything, but the kids still get nervous passing that corner of the porch on the way to the door. Our new gothic chandelier, plus a ouple of cheap flame pots. Our new Grim Reaper. He looked great back in the dark corner with a red strobe light on him. Another new prop, we "floated" this specter by attaching him to the end of a black fiberglass rod. He looked very cool bouncing in the wind. A "natural light" picture. Some friends check out the cemetery. Note that fog chillers are sometimes no match for the Oklahoma wind. Another friend shares the bench with Mister Bones. Another "natural light" picture. Sometimes the fog chiller wins out over the wind and can do what it is designed to do. Yet another "natural light" picture, this time with some good fog visible. Obligatory picture of the kids. Obligatory picture of the lovely wife.
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