Sunday, November 2, 2014

SPOOKY FRANKLIN 2014

Spooky Franklin 2014 is in the books. The weather gods tried their best to deliver a knockout punch but we braved the afternoon squalls, which at moments showed dashes of snow and 30+mph gusts to make it to a cold, clear and very windy Halloween eve.

The winds were as such that the fog machines were pretty much rendered useless. The driveway bonfire was a slight reprieve from the cold but winds sent smoke in every direction so burning eyes were the price for warmth. Attendance was down from last year- but the weather probably had some parents pulling the plug on Trick or Treating.

All that aside, we made use of cool new colored 2w telfon bulbs in pan fixtures - which essentially replaced all of the old-school ground lighting. Much more vivid colors and far easier to work with.
The new lighting, a couple of new scarecrows to go with four of last year's sentinels, Ned the blue spook, Frankenstein in the garage, Nancy upstairs and a record 33 carved Jack o Lanterns all added up to a fun Hallow's Eve. At around midnight when everyone was packed up and inside there was a few of those dead silent late night Halloween moments between epic wind blasts. No complaints here kids…
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3 comments:

  1. Awesome - love all the pumpkins. How ever did you manage to carve all of them?

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  2. Brilliant as always. You guys knocked it out of the park again. So sorry the crappy weather put a damper on it (um, no pun intended, honest). Can't wait to see next year's epicness.
    XOXO

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  3. Thanks guys!
    We gutted 33 on Thu and carved 33 on Friday.
    Tanya did the first 9 on each day and I did the rest. My hand was not able to grip a knife by the time I was done - which was right around the time the storms moved in!

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