I want to thank everyone again for all their warm words of welcome.
Your invitations of friendship has ment more then you know.
I had a tough weekend this past week. After locking up my workroom for the last six months.
I have to say that it has been all of you that has brought me back.
I usually keep all my halloween stuff up for thanksgiving. Since my kids come home and I like to keep the grandkids busy. Last year while packing everything up in December. I got word my father passed away. All my collectiable were placed in a large box and put into the work room with the last of my props, I packed a few things and took off for Hollywood, Florida a five hours trip from Eustis, Florida.
I have not touch any of it since. There was no Christmas last year. Since I had literally forced my Dad to come up for Thanksgiving. I just didn't feel like it. I don't pull the poor me little girl act very often. But something made me do it. I did not know it would be the first and last time I pulled in on him.
He was 81.
This past weekend I unlocked the door to my work room to put lugosi's portrait in to keep it safe. I looked around and decided to clean up what I could . But that box of my collectable has not been touched. Yesterday I received a few of the new buildings for 2008. I hope this will help push me back to 100%.
Welcome. I'm not a baby boomer, but I DO prefer the scary over gory. I always lean towards 'classic' scares, themes, props, and ideas! Even earlier than the 50's I'd say. Anyway, hope you stick around.
So you are you still in Hollywood? Good to see more folks from the South around - This place (Florida) needs more umph at Halloween.
Deadted,
Was from Hollywood. We moved to Eustis four years ago. Needed to get away from all that traffic and noise. But still have family in the area. We are running down this weekend to go to our granddaughters graduation. It is strange the way everyone else grow up. Except for me!!
Skullie
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Being up so far north, I have have little choice but to take down the Halloween props to make sure that I have most if not all the Christmas stuff up before the snow flies. (Of, course sometimes we get snow at or before Thanksgiving as well, so it's always a challenge...)
"Skullie" I'm only about a month behind in welcoming you.
As a child of the 1940's I grew up on the old monsters too, always keeping an eye and an ear out for the newer much improved models to slide under my bed when I was away at school or something?
I have had my own year-round haunted house open for tours almost every night now for 20 years here in Mount Carroll, Illinois (middle of no where). This is all I do for an income, although with gas prices I may be compeating with the 80 yr. old men building quaint birdhouses soon..
I do not pander to the misconception that you have to duplicate Hollywood horror movies/monsters to attract the business. I feel opposite of this, I give them my own "Monsters"and work to stimulate responses whether scream or laughs.
Of course on the trully , real scary end, this is a haunted, haunted house and over the years I have been given the credit for some special effects that I can not do (maybe nobody can?)
If the customer wants to be less scared by saying it was an effect, I let them look at it this way.
take a look: hauntedravensgrin.com
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Being up so far north, I have have little choice but to take down the Halloween props to make sure that I have most if not all the Christmas stuff up before the snow flies. (Of, course sometimes we get snow at or before Thanksgiving as well, so it's always a challenge...)
so if you have have, do you have have double? got you! lol
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