Happy and Proud!

Wow! Is this awesome or what?!?! A new day has dawned. My heart is light and full of hope. I feel as if I had been wearing a heavy, heavy overcoat and lead boots....and poof...they disappeared and now I'm light as a feather.
Once again I can be proud to be an American. Once again America will stand tall in the eyes of the world. Sure, there's a lot to do and lots of sacrifices to be made, but now it will be worth it.

Special Election Night Live Blogging!

This is so cool......Fellow blogger Goldenrail of "Garter Skirts and Legos" is live blogging from a US Embassy-sponsored Watch Party in Abuja, Nigeria. Her comments are interesting and informed and really underscore just how important this election is--not just to Americans, but to the whole world. Check it out!

VOTE

Here's hoping that kindness and sensibility prevail over the horror show of the last eight years.

Fartwood Manor Halloween Photos

My Mac-O-Lantern, the last pumpkin to be carved, so it is relatively mold free and stable.

We had two great nights at the Fifth Annual Fartwood Manor "Legend of Real Spooky Place". Thursday night was preview night. We run the lights, sound and foggers, just to make sure everything is go. This also allows people who have something going on the 31st a chance to check it out. Various neighbors and friends stopped by...even the previous (once removed) owners of Fartwood Manor.
Friday night was great..a constant stream of kids and fun costumes. A lot of princesses this year. The estimate was over 300 kids. But we still have some candy left. A couple kids told Dale they were too scared to come in last year, but were proud to muster up the courage to enter this year.
Dale put up a nice photo page, so go and check it out!

The tree, while impressive, needs a little re-tooling to make it more stable.

TreeHouse of Horrors XIX

Be sure to watch! This is the one where Homer tries to vote!

Here's a neat little video retrospective (and shameless plug)
TreeHouse of Horrors Retrospective

Astro Weenie Pumpkin

I'd been itching to make one of these ever since I had seen it on Charles Phoenix's site. I finally got my opportunity when we had the Fartwood Cemetery open house on Thursday.
In the Fifties and Sixties, these edible topiaries were all the rage. Most of the time they were done for Christmas and used a conical Styrofoam base to make a Christmas tree shape.
I used a white pumpkin and all sorts of pickled goodies, tomatoes, cheese, and of course.....Lil' Smokies!

Smile Time is Over!

What do you get when you mix a carved jack-o-lantern with 90-degree weather? A big bloody mess is what!
Of 7 pumpkins, we ended up with exactly two last night that were OK to light and put out.
We had a great turnout last night--321 or so kids passed through the gates of Fartwood Cemetery.
Pics and story to follow later--I've got pumpkin guts to deal with at the moment.