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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 18, 2023 10:53:53 GMT -5
This 2+ hour black & white video montage is perfect background for Halloween night.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 19, 2023 18:34:35 GMT -5
Considering answering the door as zombie Jimmy Buffet this year. Too soon?
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 19, 2023 21:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 21, 2023 22:39:39 GMT -5
Got this utterly mad idea in my head yesterday. My house-front is situated so that you have a driveway leading up to a carport. Right where the carport starts is a little pathway that veers off to the front door. For Halloween night, trick-r-treaters always take the path up to the door and then return down that same narrow path to the driveway and back to the street. In other words, I've never utilized the carport as part of the haunt. I think I can easily hang black visqueen down to create a tunnel-like interior (though short). If I can work it out right, visitors will walk up to the door, then follow along the house-front a few steps and enter the carport/tunnel and then back to the driveway and street. Spirit Halloween sells this cool black curtains-like hanging cloth that I can drape down the front of the carport so that visitors can't see directly into the mini-tunnel. Should take about three of them to dangle off the front.
This will allow for animatronics inside the covered carport! That's something I've never messed with because my crap sits out in the elements and that's murder on animatronics.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 23, 2023 19:32:37 GMT -5
I'd all but given up on corn stalk bundles for this Halloween in the yard. The local farms north of here weren't any help. They need all theirs for their autumn corn mazes. Then it dawned on me while I was running an errand: My home is situated along some bluffs on the East side of town. If you drive north along those bluffs, they briefly level out along the bay before growing fairly high again, okay? Along that flat area, there are tall, cornlike stalks in abundance. I don't even know what exactly they are. They're not bamboo. I would not think corn would grow well along a saltwater bay. Maybe so? It's a little risky going down there and just chopping down a bunch and hauling them off, as the land near the train tracks is railroad property, the rest if federal land, and the place where I'd be parking is a little sketchy. Dammit though. Free cornstalks!
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 23, 2023 21:24:14 GMT -5
I'd all but given up on corn stalk bundles for this Halloween in the yard. The local farms north of here weren't any help. They need all theirs for their autumn corn mazes. Then it dawned on me while I was running an errand: My home is situated along some bluffs on the East side of town. If you drive north along those bluffs, they briefly level out along the bay before growing fairly high again, okay? Along that flat area, there are tall, cornlike stalks in abundance. I don't even know what exactly they are. They're not bamboo. I would not think corn would grow well along a saltwater bay. Maybe so? It's a little risky going down there and just chopping down a bunch and hauling them off, as the land near the train tracks is railroad property, the rest if federal land, and the place where I'd be parking is a little sketchy. Dammit though. Free cornstalks! Now I'm intrigued. Would like to know what these stalks are. Photos?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 23, 2023 22:03:33 GMT -5
I'd all but given up on corn stalk bundles for this Halloween in the yard. The local farms north of here weren't any help. They need all theirs for their autumn corn mazes. Then it dawned on me while I was running an errand: My home is situated along some bluffs on the East side of town. If you drive north along those bluffs, they briefly level out along the bay before growing fairly high again, okay? Along that flat area, there are tall, cornlike stalks in abundance. I don't even know what exactly they are. They're not bamboo. I would not think corn would grow well along a saltwater bay. Maybe so? It's a little risky going down there and just chopping down a bunch and hauling them off, as the land near the train tracks is railroad property, the rest if federal land, and the place where I'd be parking is a little sketchy. Dammit though. Free cornstalks! Now I'm intrigued. Would like to know what these stalks are. Photos? None yet. There's actually little parking access to where I wish to go. So, it being thr weekend, there were a fair amount of cars in the parking lot. My plan is to show up Tuesday or Wednesday, when it's supposed to be raining, and grab a car full then. Fingers crossed. If that plan fails for some reason, I will nonetheless try to snap some shots of these mystery stalks.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 24, 2023 21:52:47 GMT -5
I hope Creepy Co. isn't about to go under. Seems like an awful time for them to be "temporarily closed".
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Post by Deeky on Sept 24, 2023 22:22:12 GMT -5
I hope Creepy Co. isn't about to go under. Seems like an awful time for them to be "temporarily closed". Yeah. It can't be good news.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 25, 2023 11:14:51 GMT -5
I hope Creepy Co. isn't about to go under. Seems like an awful time for them to be "temporarily closed". Yeah. It can't be good news. Puts a damper on my zombie Jimmy Buffet idea, too. They have/had some sweet Hawaiian-style shirts that would have worked well.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 25, 2023 20:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 25, 2023 20:41:33 GMT -5
This one is "Coming Soon". Take my money already!
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 26, 2023 17:18:28 GMT -5
Ladies and gents, I'm pleased to announce that my first cornstalk run was a successful one.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 28, 2023 15:10:56 GMT -5
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 28, 2023 15:14:19 GMT -5
Ladies and gents, I'm pleased to announce that my first cornstalk run was a successful one.
Arundo donax. Not a ghost of a chance that it's corn.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 28, 2023 17:03:52 GMT -5
Ladies and gents, I'm pleased to announce that my first cornstalk run was a successful one.
Arundo donax. Not a ghost of a chance that it's corn. You sure? It smells like corn and slices your hand like cornstalks do.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 28, 2023 17:07:41 GMT -5
Arundo donax. Not a ghost of a chance that it's corn. You sure? It smells like corn and slices your hand like cornstalks do. Well, corn or no, I think it will do as a cornstalk substitute. Granted, would be better if the leaves were broader like corn...
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Post by Deeky on Sept 29, 2023 14:34:10 GMT -5
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 29, 2023 20:04:49 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 29, 2023 22:54:35 GMT -5
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