Gone Feral In Idaho

I just saw this at the theater tonight. I had such a fun time, it was quite a roller-coaster ride. I jumped out of my seat several times and laughed maniacally. Click the photo above for the trailer. If you liked Gremlins, Poltergeist, and of course, Trick 'R Treat, I think you'll like this.

Review: The movie was really cheeky and fun. I'd recommend keeping it on your watchlist for next Halloween's countdown movies. It was no Trick 'R Treat which is my favorite Halloween movie.

I love this project.

2015 was an interesting haunt year, as all are. I spent a lot of time repainting my tombstones and aging several that I've meant to do for the past few years. I also hit a limit on new features to add when I had to stop and rope things in to be ready. That is always a tough decision. I tried advertising by promoting our new Idaho Humane Society donation collections with two of the local news channels. They told me that they'd post something with photos and details, but nothing was done. I paid for Facebook boosting on my haunt page and it got lots of hits, but the numbers were about the same. We had 34 trick or treaters and their families. We even handed out full sized candy bars that the kids loved. Sadly, there were no donations for the IHS. Haunters have to take the good with the bad. This was the monument I made for my sister's memory. My mom flew out this year for her first haunt experience and she had a good time. She liked the monument and we kept a real candl...

 There are many more to come!

 The cemetery is up. Characters and the light show go up this week.

We have a new infestation this year. The cemetery goes up next weekend. Tombstone repair that was much needed is underway. Here's to a great 2015 Halloween!

WikEd had a great post on how wonderful Halloween displays are ruined with bad photography.  He did the best job of explaining the problem. Flash photography sucks in this situation. Check out his blog (click the link above or the photo above). Please click on each photo for a larger version to see the detail. I stumbled across the problem when I started haunting and played with the automated night settings on my old point and shoot. I was getting really great pictures with no flash and a tripod. No flash means your shutter is usually opened wider and or longer which can result on camera shakes and blurred images. This is one of my first low light photos. After that camera gave up the ghost I was in the market of a DSLR. I've always love photography and it seemed like the next move for me. The cool thing with those is that you can buy multiple lenses for different situations. No it isn't cheap. Not cheap at all, but there are some descent deals out there and I h...

 I was feeling down and claustrophobic in the house today, so we gathered up the camera, tripod, and some lenses and headed to Boise's amateur photographer hot spot.  Kathryn Albertson Park. You couldn't swing a cat without hitting a DSLR. It is a great spot for portraits. I'm more of a nature person I guess.  There was a lot of wildlife to enjoy. We spotted a deer, but she was really well hidden.  This looks more like a pet bunny, it was HUGE.  Self portrait.  Some little kid lost a glittery boot.  These had a metallic sheen to them.  After an hour's stroll, I was feeling like my good old self again. I think I'll stalk this park over the next few weeks as the colors aren't in full swing yet.

C lick photo to watch.

I don't have words right now other than while I was tending the veggies another neighbor walked by with her dog. She told me our garden is beautiful and we've done an amazing job and that it is a joy for her to drive by every day when she checks out what we are doing.