What Transformations Are Ahead?

Humm . . . What is in store for next Halloween?

Come On In And Rest A While

The front lawn becomes a graveyard for the Halloween weekend. It looks benign in the daytime, but when the sun goes down it suddenly comes alive with ghoulish activity. Trick-or-treaters, young and old, big and small swarm in one after another to the see the ghouls and ghosts.

Waiting Zombie Ready To Break Ground

Zombie looking for his next victim.

This ghastly Halloween attraction received raving reviews from trick-or-treaters after they recovered from a real fright and calmed their thumping hearts..

Nightmare At Jefferyland!

This is the most disturbing of the Halloween attraction. A zombie baby pops up from inside a toy chest that is complete with flies and spider webs. The display is ghoulish, and the pop-up doll completes the horror! 

Step Seven – A Good Day to Say Goodbye

On some days things work out especially well. Wednesday was such a day. I took the newly-opened off ramp at 1114 South on the I-15 freeway to the UPS store. A helpful employee helped me carry the three boxes into their store. Each head weighed about 20 pounds. He added additional bubble wrap and packing material to make sure their journey was safe. (They arrived in Escondido on Friday as scheduled by UPS.) 

Go west new men, go west!

I said, “Goodbye” to my three friends before they traveled into the sunset. This was not a final goodbye to these future Grim Grinning Ghosts because I will see them again at Halloween.

No Love Stronger than that of a Mother!

Three Grim Grinning Ghosts

I now know there is no love stronger than that of a mother. This project if evidence of the truth of that statement. On Halloween my son goes all out to decorate his yard for that holiday. Last year he asked me to sculpt three heads similar to the ones at Disney's haunted mansion, the Grim Grinning Ghosts such as the those in this photograph. It took one day to sculpt them using water-based clay. Unfortunately the clay cracked when it dried and had to be continually touched up until the night was over. We decided it would be a good idea to make more permanent heads by making molds and casting them with hard material. When I started this project, I did not know what I was getting into! Before long I found myself in Halloween “Heck.” I’m from Utah where you hear a lot pseudo swear words, and before I finished this challenging project, I am sure I had said a few of them.