DONE FOR ANOTHER YEAR!


Halloween that is!



My haunt stuff arrived back from the town south on Sunday [7th], all loaded up in a 16' trailer! It was full!


Sadly only 2 had come to help the unloading? Their organizer thought my son would be home to help? He's only here 4 days out of a month?


45 minutes and tons of sweat later, all was done!


It was a happy person seeing them drive away...finally I could finish off the Halloween!


Alas, I had the full garage to contend with before work the next day...

Before

After

Note all of the HUGE boxes!

I had packed everything into SMALL [managable by me] containers and had labeled what went in each box/container! The marked containers came back [not with the right stuff listed in it] but not the boxed ones that fit where I needed to put them!

Resorting took hours with the big goal to see that ALL of the big boxes were gone, before I was done! Except for the ones that held the mannequin parts. I was glad that I sorted them because they had included some of their stuff too! Plus I was missing a phony mechanical hand! Everything else seems to be there. I didn't go through the costumes or masks boxes as yet and it will be done a bit later.

All that was left was the transporting to their new hiding spots.

The next day, 2 vans [my outside storage units...our used vehicles] and half a room later hosted these treasures for another time. Thank you to the help of Pod!


My yard is a huge hill with a van on the top and one on the bottom! It's murder when cutting grass but a great leg work out...so was the stairs to the storage room! Needless to say one didn't need to go to the gym later [as if I do anyways?]...;{ Can we say Jello Legs and arms!






So was it worth it?




To them YES.....700 victims were put through their haunt! They had to turn people away at Friday and Saturday night's performances. It was a roaring success! They charged 5.00 each so they made 3,500! There was no hall fee and their only big expense was the trade show curtain rentals and the advertising. I will guesstimate about 500 spent. So they might have cleared 3000! Not bad for 3 nights of performances! They said they had 30 people helping the last night and never needed our help.




To me....you tell me!


Even though I/we didn't work or set up the haunt I/we did spend some time on THEIR project and has to be called volunteer work for them...


Get haunt stuff ready for shipping....4 hrs
How-to Haunt Info sheets..............6 hrs
2 trips [x2] for meetings.................6 hrs
Put away.......................................8 hrs
Total time donated.......................24 hrs minimal plus the use of ALL of my stuff for free


What kind of a price would you put on it?




All was done with the kindness of my heart


or stupidity...?






Did get a sealed card that said "Thanks it was so nice of you!" with the inscription that read..."Thanks so much QoH for all your help and letting us borrow your stuff! signed K. Players"


And a 50.00 Gift Card to a department store...




They plan on doing the haunt next year... 






Hmmmmmm.....?

FASHIONISM WEDNESDAY...

 NO...not really.

Just our costumes for the Halloween's Family Dance on Friday night.

PoD is "Princess of Darkness", AJ a "Glamor Girl" and JD wanted to be a "Skeleton".

I came as "Mother Nature"...

Which totally blew away all the little kids!

I was amazed at all the little kids who couldn't stop touching the orange tulle cape that I wore. Some even followed me? Many came up to me and with awe in their voice told me how nice I looked...calling me "Mother Nature". I figure their parents must have explained who mother nature was and they took it as something special? It sure stroked the old ego!

It wasn't much of a dance, more like a milling around of dressed up kids and very few costumed parents? Happily there wasn't any judging of costumes...it's too hurtful to children. All feel their costume is the winner and those who just throw something together are no match for the store bought ones. My preferrence is for the thrown together ones.


Would like to share more photos of this dance only the Exes camera confused both PoD and me, so you will have to take my word on it being very amusing seeing the variations.
PoD and I did get "Honorable Mention" on the best costumes, though. Screw the award, my reward was the look on the kid's faces!
Two hours of sugar frenzied kids was enough for us!




Next up...first my rant




The adult Halloween dance was held on Saturday and it was also a "Benefit Dance" for this poor little boy [2] who is bent over with a tumor that is growing on the side of his neck and spine. It is huge! The parents are extremely young and the financial burden is emmence! They needed this dance to help pay for the numerous treatments and surgeries that it is going to take to help this child...if he survives it that is!


What was very noticeable was the absence of the older citizens of this supposedly close-knit town! I was maybe the 4th oldest? I can't help but compare it to the fund raiser for the boy who lost his father due to a heart attack, the turn out for him was shameful compared to what this boy with the tumor got! That other boy will probably someday have a new dad to raise him whereas this boy with the tumor may not live to even enjoy a dad, period!


Most may not enjoy getting dressed up and hate Halloween but that gives no excuse for not showing up and giving your support to this young couple and HIM! Happily there were 2 that came with no costume just to support him! All I can say to those who didn't attend from this town [with no valid excuse like sick or dead] SHAME ON YOU! You better be sending a check to them or donating through some other means!

There was guys there that were only working in the area...they paid out the 20.00 entrance fee and didn't even know the kid!




As for what you missed...

PoD..."Princess of Darkness"

PoD forgot her staff...note she is wearing killer "slut" boots. With her crown she is about 6' tall!

And me as the "Queen of Halloween"...

and my killer shoes...[5.00]

No high heeled concotions for me! I prefer being close to the ground and have to problem with being 5'3"! Seems I was smarter that those who did wear those killer boots...most came off when the dancing started...;)

We, as usual stayed with our group...

This is our normal look...us and the Orbs!

Its like we have this wall around us and everyone else is afraid to approach it?
Except for the 50/50 ticket sellers and the table cleaners.

Lived here for 28 yrs and still not approchable? Although I did get a few inquiring on sign work...guess that's the only topic they figure I/we know?

Did get compliments on our outfits but they weren't winners.

Best Male Costume..."The Mad Hatter"

This was our selection too!

Best Female..."Cruella Deville"

It was okay but not note worthy in my books.

Didn't get a pic from the front cause it wasn't that great.

Why they picked it was beyond me?

Best Couple...."Extension Cord and Outlet"

PoD had taken the photo before they won and it was our choice too!

Even better was the fact that this was the boy that my son grew up with and practically lived at our place, a second son, you can say. So happy for him and his girlfriend. Both him and my son very seldom see each other any more, as they have gone their separate ways...;(


The next choice wasn't my pick but it was PoD's!

They were dance costumes and won mostly because they looked and were called the "Skanky Ninja Turtles". The pic shows the 3 of them without their "Skank" boots on. The outfits must have been uncomfortably short as most spent their time trying to keep the skirt down. Don't know why they were wearing shorts underneath?


Guess it's jealousy...I used to be that skinny!

They were cute and well made outfits.

We did do some dancing and have pics to prove it...even though it only looks like we are just standing there...

Will be show more Orbs and some diffrent ones

Not sure if can be called a dust mote or Orb...can you see a face in it?

PoD lost her boots after the first song!

Something about "Jello Legs"?

Here's PoD dancing with a few more Orbs...

Do you see a face in the brightest one?

The larger one is probably a dust mote. See the difference?

Yup...even I dance

Doesn't it look like I'm talking to this Orb?

We did have fun without anyone else...even though the dance floor was full.

Here a selection of costumes for your own ideas...

They even held a mock fight...notice the Orb with the face on it?

No...I'm not just pointing to his crotch...;}

Note this one...it has a very distinct face

I never noticed that the mouth looks like it shows teeth in the smile?

One of the final shots. 

We have such a large dance floor area, yet the crowd stayed shoulder to shoulder close near the stage? Granted the rest of the floor got pretty sticky from spilled drinks!

Why do people have to dance with their drink in their hand? It's not like one has to be worried about anyone slipping anything in your drink! This is a small town, everyone is watching your every move!

It got really hard to take near the end...all one wanted to do was go home. Feet tired and it's not entertaining, yet one has to stay because they bought 50/50 tickest and PoD bought a chance on the big TV they were raffling off.

Her ticket was half a playing card. A card that showed all sorts of promise for being lucky!

A Cat Card...a witch's familiar and the 7 [her lucky number] of diamonds

They pulled the 7 of hearts on the cat card!

Guess close only works in horseshoes...;{

And yes my Halloween has already disappeared from my house til next year!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Thumber keeping watch...decorations don't faze her.

She plays with NONE of it! Weird cat! Great because I can use anything, dangle it and have lots...she shows no interest and all are untouched!

This is what the office sort of looked like in the beginning...

It changed often because decor turned into costume...photos later on costumes

The usual clutter...

More photos to come...




I lost the battery charger to my camera so I can't take photos until I do. Until then, my Ex had loaned us his camera for the Halloween dances, so I have to wait for him to get the camera from PoD so he can send me the info.




And the fact that I am too F---ing tired to type anymore...






Your going to have to wait like I do!.....



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HAPPY HALLOWEEN

TO ALL MY

CAN'T GET RID OF THIS BLACK LINE?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

TO ALL MY COMMENTING FANS!

......and you lurkers too

SHOCKTOBER...

Was the name of the town-south-of-here's haunt.


I told you we [PoD, her daughter AJ, and son, JD] were going Thursday night and I haven't had time to write about it until now.


For people like me who are hard to scare, it was boring, but have to give it 100 percent, for visuals and acting! I wanted to stop and stare at everything and was too distracted by the decor/acting to be scared. Granted, it would have been hard for anyone, really, to scare me...;)!

JD [11] gave it a ho-hum also! He can be scared by some scary shows so it's not that he's immune like me and his mom. It wasn't dark enough to be scary...that would have got him! AJ became a clinger the whole time [to her mom] during their walk thru [we were split] and she would classify it as scary!

So it really depends on what level of scare you can handle. One should never judge the haunt until going thru it!


I think they did a FANTASTIC job for putting it all together by themselves [poor ego...;{]!


A group who held true to their word!

:)


All I did was loan them the stuff [did not make any money off them] to make it and gave them written instructions, they did all the rest!



Best yet...we never had to work it either!



I would have enjoyed it no matter how it was, bad or poor! Scary would have been the plus!

What didn't go so well was MY experience in there!


Did have some problems in it that had to be addressed later to the director of this event. Some safety issues and workers touching and getting in your face!


I have sight and balance issues lately, thus depend on help.

They had a huge amount of leaves to walk through [long walk too] right from the start and those can be sooooo slippery! I might as well have been walking on ice or wet floors! I went with my grandson and he was too excited to hang with his granny [why would I have needed help anyways]...I was being too slow! Plus visibility was great for him...not dark enough. For poor sighted me it became a challenge!


That put me in a not too good of a mood right there!


They had a fantastic doll room! The best was this doll sized person sitting at a little tea table sipping tea. She moved like she was robotic...really cool and quite creepy! Only boring after awhile because that's all that she did. I wanted her to stand up and lunge towards my grandson...that would have scared the crap out of him, maybe even me, if she had done it quick enough!


They had a great distraction down a hallway but again...not dark enough to be scary.

They depended on a lot of jump out and yell boo crap?


They had a gore scene that was like a bad "c" grade movie with "Chainsaw Dude" who got right into my face, trying to get me to move...his breath was creepy tho! That helped :{


Too close...almost touched me!


What might be a mistake was the "Exorcist Room"! Not a good idea to mess with religion in a haunt...unless you WANT to have that type [religious], mean-mouthing you later? That's not my complaint! The room was well done, had great distraction. My complaint was the idiot [dressed like a priest] that jumped out right next to me [she had to have been able to see me] poked me with her book [bible?] and spit in my face as she yelled about hell and damnation?


So far...almost fell, almost hit by chainsaw dude, now being hit [not hard, was a poke] and spit in the face [plus more bad breath]...


Can you imagine my mood at that point...


Next add some strobe lights AND MUD RUTS ON THE FLOOR [kids thought they were rice crispies] to the mood...


Which now is ticked off, dizzy, off balance and wanting to hurl...


NO HARD WALLS TO HANG ON TO...it's semi dark and I can't see or concentrate to navigate further!


NO JD....he's not scared enough to stay close! He knows gramma is a strong person so why should he worry...to him, I'm a pro in the dark!


So it is a befuddled and ticked off me that arrives too late to see what's happened at the next stop [also the ending], which was the cemetery scene!

So I waited for them to repeat their performance.


Remember...they can see me and when I arrived, so all should have known that I wanted to see what it was!


Their "Frankenstein" had decided that I had outstayed my welcome and it was time for me to go! So he shines his flashlight in my eyes, that doesn't move me [I'm busy looking at the scenery and what might happen], so he grabs me with both hands, TIGHTLY and physically turns me away from the scene and gives me a slight push forward!

Doesn't say a word, like "please keep moving or don't hold up the line"...nothing!



Remember my temper gauge...0 to boiling point in .0001 secs


IT'S TRUE!


All I said was....
"REMEMBER...TOUCH NOTHING AND NOTHING WILL TOUCH YOU"...LOUDLY!


He did apologize right away but you know how I feel about apologies! Too late!


The ending was a long walk back to the start not knowing where one was supposed to go.


Directions like..."see the black figure wayyyyyy over there...go that way", to poor sighted me?




How did it go for us, our comments:


PoD..."It was okay"
AJ..."That was scary!"
JD..."Gramma's was better!"
Me..."Hope they learn from their mistakes if they do it again, but "Excellence" for their first try"!

Up next is the Family dance last night...

ADD HOAR FROST TO HALLOWEEN DECOR...

Wished my camera was of better quality because the hoar frost made the webbing look real cool.and kind of creepy like this morning.

Kind of an eerie orange glow.

This could be my entry to Blue's color thingy...Pumpkin Orange...;}

PoD said she found it to be cool and soft when she touched it.

It felt odd to me.

I love the look of it!

 Speaking of "Orbs"...;}

Notice the big orb on the left side window, by the spider lights [I forgot to blow it up]...

Different shot, but orb in same place but a little higher?

No...it's not dirt on my lens, or it should be in all the shots

Back to the decor thingy...


I like that hoar frost look in the webbing, so I'm going to use that artificial snow stuff to copy that look. Would work good in the indoor haunts.

The hoar frost did in the poor sunflowers who were struggling to live...

It was too sad to take pictures of the poor frozen sweet peas...;(

On the Halloween side...






WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK THE HAUNT TONIGHT!!!!!




YIPEE!




We are FINALLY going to enjoy a haunt put on by someone else!

Will be kind of weird to see all my stuff being used by someone else and how they will utilize it.










IS IT TIME TO GO YET.........:}

MONDAY MUSINGS...

What would I have to bitch about if it weren't for the sticky fingered souls around here....?

Before....

After...

Yup......they just had to have the hat

Must have needed it for their costume...

Hope they like my last name written all over it in black felt pen!

Can't see it in the dark but can in the light...;)

Did screw it down...

Guess I didn't use enough screws

Sing-a-long-with-me...

IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN......

IT'S GAUDY DAY!

....from National Days list [see velvis]

They were thinking of me when they thought of that day...;}

As I have often pointed out, I love "shiny" things and must add colorful too, only most will label this combination as GAUDY...;)

Then gaudy I am!

 

Speaking of gaudy...

My newest addition to my Halloween decor outside was hit by spiders yesterday!

BIG ONES!

What does one do when they have a dream about putting dead tree branches in the ground

and covering them with phony webbing crap....

Why, do it of course!

No....I didn't sleep walk...;}

Wished I had....

Soon as it was daylight out enough and hopefully too early for most people to be out and about...;} I went hunting for dead fall [creepy looking] branches in the trees by the old CPR Station. Was lots in the bushes, only hard to get out without breaking them into a million pieces [they were really dry]!

It was as frustrating as the game "pick-up-sticks" is!

Managed to get 2 out in fairly good shape! Did a butt plant once, while trying to retrieve the main walk one...happy no one saw me waving my legs in the air! Nothing got hurt but my dignity....;}

Then I had to drag them home....up hill! The trees were light enough, just big and bulky, plus I wanted to get them home without shattering them worse!

I have a tendency to forget that I am 59+ and no longer a spring chicken with energy to spare!

I was friggin' worn out by the time I got back to the house!

It was a lot easier in my dream!

There was a LOT more of them in my dream too...

TG, I only dragged back two, as they took some more effort to get them into the ground!

It was easier putting them into the ground in the dream too!

Did think about using cat litter to cement them into the ground once...;} [No, I didn't]

Got them in the ground, added lights and webbing...spiders to come later, if they survive vandalism!

All while it was BITCHIN' COLD out! Winter like winds!

That part wasn't in my dream either!

So....

I figured if they make it through those winds yesterday then they should be able to make it til Halloween...IF they don't get destroyed by those who just "HAVE TO" do that sort of thing.

Here's my "twilight" display so far...

 

There is purple lights in the corner web above...

Did you know there is only 14 days til the 31st....I'd say Halloween but "Those With Children" have decided that it's too hard to dress their kids up TWICE?

There is a family costume/dance planned for Friday night and the school kid's party will be the same day. So they want their little "monsters" to get the "Trick of Treat" over with too?


Can you imagine it....


School party starts at lunch....games and lots of goodies
Trick-or-Treating right after school lets out....running around, more goodies
Family Dance....more excitement, more goodies,


Can we say....buzz city! Sugar rushes.....wound-up, crying kids?



HOW ABOUT SICK KIDS?




Saturday will be the adult dance....




Maybe it's for the hang-over ones the next day?




So I guess that just leaves us with the Tricksters on Halloween Night......




This should be interesting.....






Got to get back to My Gaudy Day.....




Making my two costumes for these two events. For the family dance, I am going as "Grandmother Nature" and for the adult dance, I will be "The QUEEN of Halloween" [pun intended]...;)


Pictures will follow soon...

WHAT AM I DOING FOR HALLOWEEN....YOU ASK?

Believe it or not, my Halloween began in June!


I was approached by the Theatrical Club from the big town south of us whether I was interested in helping them host a "Haunted House" in the old Zeller's store at the mall!


Seems my reputation as a "Scare Master" has spread further than here...






And I said YES....of course! [there goes that ego thing again...;}]






BUT.........with restrictions this time...:)






I offered to loan them the use of my stuff and help them out with what I have learnt so far.... but NO major construction, like wall building!


Happily they wanted to do all of it themselves! :)


The first stuff to leave was my 4 binders of Halloween Ideas and other haunts I've done....these are 3" thick binders!




That still didn't scare them...;)



That was their first warning of what they were getting themselves into....








So, in June, I had to dig out my Halloween stuff and figure out what I had so I could figure out what size of vehicle it would take to get it there....plus list them! Man was I happy that I had made a list of my stuff already when I did that "Haunted Museum" in Devon [AB] 08'. All I had to do was update it!


Sounds short?


It wasn't! It was also HOT AND MUGGY where I had stored it! whine, whine, whine



But I DID get it done...only to have HALLOWEEN stuck in my brain from that point on....;}




Cute decorations snuck out early...




I even beat the vendors in getting the decor up faster....:)




Anyways...


They were going to need two trucks with 8' boxes or a big grain truck!




Not all of it was mine!


My brother "Tank" and "SewLady" gifted me [they say dumped] with their collection [half a truck load]. Seems their children have decided not to "DO" that sort of thing? My grand kids drool over mine...:) Their loss....not really because I have kept a list and when they come to their senses I can gift it back.




I did whip up a big prop for their new venture because they had an actress who wanted to do a scare....the "Well" from the movie the "Ring"...

Turned out not too bad...looks scarier in the dark

All of my "haunt" stuff left here at the end of August....

 Should have taken a picture of the happy moment...;)


The last I saw of it was the unloading at the site.




Talk about HUGE space to fill....they had lots to cover!




Turned out, it was to be downsized quite a bit from the original plan...which was to cover the whole building.
Which ends up to be a good thing!


Fast forward [finally] to last night...



Up until now, the only thing extra that I have done, besides the other previously mentioned stuff, was to write a 5 page instruction manual on building and running a Haunt. I called it "Haunt Making Tips - 101"...;}



Which nobody has read....from what I saw when we got there?



Pod, JD and I toured their "haunt" set-up and were impressed by some of what they have done so far, but has left us wondering how they are going to pull it off?


They have lots of people...at least a dozen and not much is done? Our haunts [3 yrs] was mostly just her and I doing the set-up [3 floors] and decor. In Devon, there was just 6 of us with one week to do it.


One of the main points that I stressed the most about was SET UP THE WALLS BEFORE YOUR DO THE DECOR!!!!!


We got to see a LOT of decor and little of the walkway!


We had hung back so we could view it alone without anyone explaining anything and all we got to see was chaos!  Hopefully it's because they haven't really gotten together much and they will find their rhythm soon?  


When first walking through their doorway one was faced with a huge open space [main sales floor area] with LOTS of pillars. A huge 10' x 10' covered over Greek gazebo looking thing, is the first thing we saw...this had 2 steps. Steps are hard to manage in the semi darkness especially to people like me who's eyes are getting bad. It has nothing to hold onto to step up with? Hopefully they will go around it?


After that...not sure? We went to where we saw light coming from....a door leading into a small hallway with two room to your left. One was fully decorated with none of the items that I own...I won't say what...yet. Not sure if they plan for anyone to go into the room or not or it just might be just a visual one before the scare? The next one wasn't set up yet but we knew what it was anyways. The hallway elbows and continues down to the next open area with a couple of more rooms. The hallway is a "black light walk" and they had taken the time to cover the walls/ceiling all black...hopefully the tape holds when it gets hot in there.


Then we see semi decorated areas with few some walls. One was a hard wall made out of black plastic cardboard...big expense! Maybe they got a deal? Wasn't needed from what I had seen done so far. We were impressed with the Spider Lair! Very cool and well done! Wasn't too impressed with seeing all of my rubber bugs/creepy crawlies in areas where they could be stepped on? My items sheet list was 8 pages long and had "return in same condition" written on it! We kicked them out of they way and reminded them later, on not putting things in harms way.


After that things were chaos!

They did find two guys to hang the black plastic that they had for the walls. Tank can attest to how hard that was with all the wiring that we had to do for theirs [Devon].

Try doing it without wires or guide wires?

[I can hear you laughing T]

How about doing it while they turn the lights off and on? ;}


Yup the designers were testing their lighting areas while these poor guys were trying to see what they were doing....on top of 10' ladders!

?




Haven't a clue how they are going to finish the end of the haunt?




One of our reasons for going was to let them know, in person, that we weren't going to be available to help with the actual haunt on the 29 & 30th but will on the 28th, their opening date...due to our town finally getting their asses act together and are having dances those nights. One family and one adult...yahoo! This will be our first family fun together without haunts/illness getting in the way [fingers crossed]!


And to pick up costumes, etc.




Was not impressed when I saw how my stuff was being treated! Don't know how anyone could find anything in that mess in the back? If it was the back?




We got what we needed and quickly left them to their chaos!




I know their director wasn't too happy with our decision to not be there those nights but was graceful to our faces....hopefully after we left too? I feel their worst night will be the first night anyways and they ARE going to need us for the timing for sure with the crowd. Our town alone won't make it those nights either and odds are they will on the opening.

I can foresee a phone call a couple of days before start up [hope they prove me wrong].








This  is one haunt I AM HAPPY I AM OUT OF!!!!!

FINGERS CROSSED!

20 DAYS AND COUNTING....

Til Halloween night...

Did manage to add more...

If you can't tell what....

It's the continuation of the orange mini lights/black garland, step-staked fence. Did add the blue-white bush lights to the outer edges...3 on one side and six in the front

Of course my crappy camera shots don't do it justice but you get the idea any how...;}

And in keeping with my title of this BLOG is.....

An ORB SHOT....?

This odd mark on the above [full] photo is located at the left side of the house in the shot.

There is a neighbor's light [across the back alley] that does shine once in awhile but is much higher....and was NOT on!

If it is a dust mote...where are all the others?

We are in FULL harvest right now...dust motes should be everywhere! Just ask my sinuses...;{

So......?

Anyways...

Still have the usual vandal....although just a mild one...

If you can't tell what it looks like.....

think of some A-hole, just having to lash out at something!

 

Probably using their foot kicking at this poor feeble fence...;(

This wasn't meant to be a strong restraint fence....just some light decor?

Did try to straighten it....but these are just light aluminum!

Bet you can guess who it might have been.....

Remember...I have to say "might"...cause I have NO physical [picture] proof!

Do have some facts!


1. Not a well walked area...especially on my front side walk! On the street....yes! One would have to deliberately change their course to do what they did and would most likely try to do worse for having to have had made the effort[?]


2. The party people right next to me have taken jobs up north so the house sits empty [except for her abandoned cats...which is another worry for me] and there has been NO visitors going in or out! I've actually enjoyed this fact!


3. The other neighbor's kid still has the hate on for me! Although he has been somewhat nicer....but could be a ploy....;{?


4. What idiot would stop their car, get out and run up the incline, kick the little fence...then leave without doing more?

Don't think the little sweet heart next door likes me quite yet?

Hope this was the only thing that will happen [fingers crossed]

Anyways....




Still enjoying the wonderment of my pretty sweet peas! Now have seen the red one become full!

Haven't had the heart to cut them either....they deserve to live in the sun while they can!




Besides it's an oddity for the visitors too!





As for the other Halloween part....



stay tuned...;}