Goldie,
I appreciate it. Yeah, the weather was a bear, but it calmed itself down nicely at just the right time. Interestingly enough, the wind has been ferocious again for the last few days. The Great Pumpkin was smiling on my haunt this year and provided me with perfect weather. Glad you liked the pics and the new prop. And yes, the Spooky Shadows Halloween Projector is in my room.

Dave,
I know what you mean. One of my props never saw the light of day this year. Your display absolutely continues to raise the bar on yard haunts too!

Rot,
Thanks, man. Glad to hear the detail came through in the photos. It was a lot of small stuff that added up, but nevertheless it was fixes I knew I wanted to incorporate after seeing last year’s images. That’s one of the great things about taking photos and videotaping the haunt – you can analyze what needs work.

These photos are amazing. The haunt is stunning.

I never was because you and I are dear friends and know MANY aspects about each other. Therefore, given the cumbersome weather patterns–or lack there of–and taking it upon yourself to build so many new props in less than a few weeks, I was AMAZED that you were able to put so much up and out this year. Moreover, anyone who has read your blogs, be it this page or Windofthesoul, knows thoroughly how insanely detailed you are about your work. My grandpa used to be the exact same way. Even if he went over his due date, he would rather know he made it correctly and how HE envisioned it. Never to rush a job to appease people outside of him. Your blog writing style is identical. You never, let me repeat, NEVER EVER just throw something up for the sake of posting. Every single one of your blog entries has great meaning and deep significance.

Your props and Halloween decor is IDENTICAL to how you conduct the blog postings my friend. How could it possibly be any different? Plus most humans are so used to just slamming something up that often they forget the pain staking time, detail, sweat and loss of sleep that goes into making such a huge display from scratch. The corn is a classic example. Your right. If the corn were in bundles, it would have NOT felt that you were looking into an actual cornfield/graveyard. Like you said, a big, OH HELL NO!! Given the abrupt time alotted, I’m shocked you were able to get so much up and out. Also, though your new props, I felt, looked grotesquely fantastic–they HAVE TO live up to YOUR STANDARD of physical appearance and if they don’t, in the garage they go.

I loved your display. I thought it looked realistic, eerie, frightening, ghoulish, and extremely supernaturaly ghostly. The new sideways prop is EXCELLENT. I loved how it looked like it was battling the Earth to get OUT of the ground and DIDN’T have perfect posture. My favorite part about that prop is the looooooong arm reaching out and those lengthly boney fingers…..gives me chills to look at it.

So for those of us that are a fan of your work in more ways than one, John–we understand completely and no need to explain. Besides that, wow, Halloween for 2009 at the Wolfe house is going to make Wolfe Halloween history By the way, what a fabulous last name to have!!! Personally, I cannot wait to follow SOS as 2009 rolls along and see what your creating and what your thoughts are pertaining to the display of your Halloween masterpiece.

Ok, lastly, admit it…….come on John, admit it…….the spooky light projector…..it’s in your bedroom isn’t it Come on, fess up and don’t blame it on the cat Love your sites, love your work and deeeeeply appreciate your tremendous eye for detail. NEVER STOP that John and always remain true to yourself. Great job this year….lol, and against all odds too, wind, rain, puddles of water covering the corn…..you pulled it all together in perfect time. Thank you for sharing with us along the way for we are all extremely GRATEFUL.

Many Blessings Dear Friend, G~*~