Late Into Trick or Treat

Early Into Trick or Treat

Right Before Trick or Treat Started

133 Trick or Treaters

Pretty amazing considering the weather was cold, windy, and rainy. 'Spirit Grove: an enchanted forest' proved to be our best yard haunt to date.

Happy Halloween

It's finally here. Taking the day off of work to set things up for the yard haunt. Looks to be a cold, cloudy, and breezy day with some intermittent showers. Should be great for showing off the lights in the display. It will be Baby Holidays' first Halloween too.

Happy Haunting!

Weather Getting Better

Wind is dying down. Not raining/snowing/sleeting. Halloween Night could be better than expected. Father Holidays and I will start getting to work in the morning.

Halloween Eve

Pretty stormy here due to Sandy. Just hoping the power doesn't go out. Looks like it'll be a cold, wet Halloween tomorrow. Not expecting a record crowd this year.

Halloween Forecast

Day Oct 31

43^°FHigh

Rain

Chance of rain:

70%

Wind:

WNW at 15 mph

Humidity:

86%

UV Index:

2 - Low

Snow:

0 in

Sunrise:

8:00 am

Moonset:

9:40 am

Moonphase:

Waning Gibbous

Rain early... then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. High 43F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

Pumpkin Preview

5 Day Forecast

We could handle this, especially considering the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic states will probably be getting hit by the Hallocane/Frankenstorm.

Day Oct 31

41^°FHigh

Showers

Chance of rain:

50%

Wind:

WNW at 16 mph

Humidity:

80%

UV Index:

2 - Low

Sunrise:

8:00 am

Moonset:

9:40 am

Moonphase:

Waning Gibbous

1st Wave

1st Halloween Weather Forecast Is Out

42 degrees, cloudy, 10% chance of rain, light to moderate wind.

This would be a bit chilly, and we wouldn't be able to see the Moon, but it would probably be dry, without a lot of wind, and with the clouds, Spirit Grove's lights would start glowing earlier in the evening.

Definitely a forecast we could live with. We'll wait for the updated 5 day forecast on Saturday.

Preparing the Canvas

Did almost an hour and a half of raking and mowing in Spirit Grove today. Ready to launch on Thursday.

Fall Leaves

Taken from our backyard. Halloween magic is beginning to enter our world. Can you hear it?

Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Taken from Father in Law Holidays' neck of the woods.

19th Century Village

This evening, Mrs. Holidays, Baby Holidays, and I went back in time to celebrate All Hallow's Eve. We'll definitely be coming back again next year.

10 Day Forecast

I'm liking this forecast so far. Next Wednesday, Father and Stepmother Holidays arrive. Thursday is when we launch our first big wave of decorating for the yard haunt.  Saturday, we will be working on some things indoors, in a garage, or under the covered back porch. Then, if it does end up raining Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, I like the odds of clearing weather by Wednesday (Halloween).  But, of course, this is a 10 day forecast, and I read a National Weather Service article stating this type of extended forecast is only about 40% accurate.

10 Day Forecast

Updated: Oct 20, 2012, 8:04am EDT

Today Oct 20

56^°F

40^°F

AM Showers

Chance of rain:

30%

Wind:

WSW at 15 mph

Sun Oct 21

64^°

44^°

Sunny

Chance of rain:

0%

Wind:

SW at 8 mph

Mon Oct 22

74^°

53^°

Partly Cloudy

Chance of rain:

0%

Wind:

SSE at 11 mph

Tue Oct 23

76^°

55^°

Cloudy

Chance of rain:

10%

Wind:

SSW at 11 mph

Wed Oct 24

74^°

55^°

Mostly Cloudy

Chance of rain:

10%

Wind:

S at 8 mph

Thu Oct 25

75^°

49^°

Partly Cloudy

Chance of rain:

20%

Wind:

SSW at 12 mph

Fri Oct 26

61^°

44^°

Partly Cloudy

Chance of rain:

20%

Wind:

NNW at 8 mph

Sat Oct 27

59^°

42^°

Showers

Chance of rain:

60%

Wind:

W at 8 mph

Sun Oct 28

52^°

40^°

Showers

Chance of rain:

60%

Wind:

SSW at 10 mph

Mon Oct 29

58^°

38^°

Showers

Chance of rain:

60%

Wind:

SW at 10 mph

Halloween Enters Our World

Truly magical.



Courtesy Rhode's Blog

2 Weeks

...till All Hallow's Eve. Getting closer!  All quiet on the Spirit Grove front right now. The Big Bang starts next Thursday.

Revised Decorating Schedule

Weather-dependent, but here's a revised schedule:

Wednesday, October 24- Father & Stepmother Holidays arrive

Thursday, October 25- Tombstones, ghosts, sign

Saturday, October 27- Spray paint/glitter trees & basket; carve Jack o' lanterns

Wednesday, October 31- Leaves, Lanterns, Branches, Bouquets, Enchantress, Gnome, Fog Machine, Dry Ice, Jackos, Music, Candy

Weather

Due to the wind lately, the hanging bats and ghosts have been getting upended and entangled more than usual. In addition, the Spirit Grove sign got a bit displaced by some strong winds earlier today. As a result, I took down the sign and had my Uncle-in-Law take down all the bats and ghosts for the time being. We'll go ahead and wait till Father Holidays and Stepmother Holidays arrive in 10 days to start putting things back up. Looks like we'll have more of a Big Bang at the end this time around. Should be fun! 

Pumpkin Ale

After watching 90 year old Grandmother Holidays bowl again for the first time in about 10 years, I had to celebrate this evening.  

Drink provided by Spirit Grove's music director

A Halloween Classic

Fall

Photo by Mrs. Holidays

Another Ghost, Another Bat, Another Spider

Skull

Mrs. Holidays made a paper skull for dental school the other day and requested that I take some pics for the blog.

Van Helsing

Mrs. Holidays and I always watch this movie during the Halloween season.  Fun, action-packed, and even meaningful at times.

Bat, Ghost, Spider

Sunkist Halloween

30 More Days

...till All Hallow's Eve. Remember when it was 6 months?