Y2/D228 - October 30th...Halloween House

So, I finally got in my long-promised walk to the The Halloween House. [I didn't got at night to the great relief of mother, since I'm not in the habit of walking about my area by myself at night particularly since the pandemic. We've had an increase in criminal activity and it's not exactly safe. Even though I'm not exactly the sort folks would target.]

Wore a mask. Some folks were, some weren't. But I wear masks when among groups of strangers regardless of where I happen to be.

Here's some pictures..not great, but serviceable.

It's a huge house...with a Victorian porch. And whomever is inside apparently went nuts with the Halloween decorations.






( evil clowns )

[It's kind of famous for its facade of evil clowns.]

( zombie research facility )

( Woman trying to escape zombie research facility. )

( pumpkinhead reading to his ghostly friends )

( graveyard with gargoyle )

( fake spiders and cultists )

( more un-scary fake spiders.. )

( The Butcher from Hell )

( three little pigs and the big bad wolf )

( witch and a girl with a picnic basket )

All of the above? One house. Personally, I found it a bit of an over-kill, but I'm a design minimalist. I admit that.

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Mother called me to inform me that she'd just watched the old Robert Wise film "The Haunting" (adaptation of Shirly Jackson's Haunting of Hill House) on TCM. Also to cry about my Dad again. ( Read more... )

She also felt the need to tell me that niece was going to a friend's flat for a Halloween Party. We were both surprised that they celebrated Halloween in Britain. Begging the question - where do they celebrate it around the world, and where don't they? I don't think it is celebrated in Australia, Germany or France. Not sure about everyone else...

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Been binge-watching S2Lock & Key on Netflix, which is actually slightly better than S1 in some respects. The demon Dodge is more fleshed out and a lot more interesting. As are the keys. It gets more into what lies behind the keys, how they work and why, and what created them.

I wouldn't say it was necessarily scary, so much as really creepy in places. It creeped me out enough last night to give me strange dreams. I've been having a lot of nightmares lately, or unsettled dreams.

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Haven't done much today though. Meant to switch the summer/fall fair with fall/winter. But I've been warm lately, wearing t-shirts indoors, so it's really hard to get motivated. I may wait until Thanksgiving. Also need to do caulking and enameling in bathroom, but still procrastinating. What can I say? My brother inherited the handyperson gene, not me?

Eh, should make dinner and stop eating Tostones (basically chips made from plantains).

Random Photo...

[This is from a different house, a more tastefully decorated house..]