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wraithfodder ([personal profile] wraithfodder) wrote2008-10-31 10:46 pm

CSI: Pumpkin, or Zombie Bambi Returns!

A ghostly visage seen inside the house tonight!




Well, every year we do a little Halloween setup. Drag the skeleton out of the closet, etc., stick it in a chair. Ah, wish I'd had a Bear Stearns cap or something to put on its  head. Adults appreciate that warped sense of humor, although some of the kids were like "ooooh!" when they saw the skeleton.



The skeleton, covered with fake cobwebs and some new spiders. That, or it's someone waiting for their 401K to rebuild itself.



The porch, complete with green cobwebs!


Should be green, but oh well, sorta ghostly, eh?


Crime scene tape a friend gave me a few years ago. Finally, a use! :)

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The squirrels chewed up the pumpkin, so, since I couldn't quite carve it the way I wanted, I just drew up some eyes and stuck 'em in with pins.


The pumpkin seems unsure...


Possibly cuz Zombie Bambi has left the safety of the woodpile to come back to the front yard.


Fuller shot.

And that's it. A few times when I opened the door (after doorbell rang), I found kids clustered around studying it, and then I'd tell them that oh yes, it's real bones, coyotes killed the poor deer.. One kid said it was the best set-up he'd seen all night! :)

And oh yes, that g hostly visage in the first shot? Took a shot of the cat on the stairs. Forgot to turn on the flash.
 

[identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Red tape? Oh wait, yeah, got a friend in the midwest who said that you couldn't bury ANY animal in your yard as otherwise they'd be knee-deep in dead livestock, so she had to bury the guinea pig at night under a fence post!

[identity profile] mackenziesmomma.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, red tape. Our county recently enacted a law that prohibits the burial of any livestock on your property. Though the problem then arises that there is no livestock disposal companies that will take sheep/goats as there is the fear of Scrapies(don't get me started on it mmmK?) and it is a giant hassle.

Though since we have 3 acres and only 2 are 'by the road' we just go out to the way back of the property beyond our fence(that doesn't go all the way to the property line due to trees and such) and just stick 'em out there. Or if they are little we burn them. Which may sound odd but it really works when you are starting to run out of space.

[identity profile] wraithfodder.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
they'd have a fit with out backyard with cats and dogs and now the dead deer bones (well, the coyotes sure cleaned that up)