Planned projects for this years haunt are already well underway. One of the things that I was looking to do this year was to animate some props.

With the help of a couple of shiatsu massagers I have a ground breaker now animated and an animated breakout skeleton as a new addition. Also, thanks to the project building group I now have a tombstone peeper.

New groundbreaker coffins have been constructed and I have revamped the old coffin.

The Spell book...

Last week, the local power company decided to install squirrel protection on the overhead lines.

They had previously advised that this would be happening, with a power outage anywhere between 8am - 5pm sometime between Monday and Friday.

So... Tuesday went off to work as usual - ever had one of those days you knew was not gonna go you way ? Yep it was one of them.

On getting home from work, noticed the PC screen was blank. Traci told me the power was...

Where is the time going ? The days seem to be flying past and the project list doesn't get any smaller !!

So where am I at with projects...?

I have built my columns, now working on the tops and then need to paint them. Hope to have these completed by the end of this week.

Finally came up with a motor to use for my witch stirring the cauldron. It's a rotisserie motor, completely encased so hopefully will be weather proof. Cost $1.50 at Value Village...

I purchased a few props today and boy did I hit the jackpot!

Amongst the haul I made was

A Don Post Flying Witch
A Vampire Ghoul
A Mario Chiodo Deluxe decor Stocks
Gemmy Magic Mirror
Gemmy Floating Ghost
62' Hanging Reaper
Battery Operated Scary Skeleton
4 glow in dark skulls
2 large bats
4 extra large spiders
jack Black Tombstone
2 battery operated motion activated tombstones
Spirit...

It seems like an age since I have been able to to focus on Halloween and the forum.

So, whats been happening in my world ??

Well first of all my wife decided she wanted the spare room back as a spare bedroom. So my stepson and I have had to clear out what we had in there and minimalize. Unfortunately this was used as my workroom

So all my craft materials are now confined to a storage cupboard.

So did this take that long to do ? No...