CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[Gone in 60]

I went on a ride through the neighborhood last night to check on the progress of some of the more elaborate Halloween decorations. I wasn't able to get my CB into the pictures, as I'd have to park on the sidewalks, or take the photos from too far away to get any good detailed pictures.

My first stop was this house. The owner always changes his Halloween theme each year and goes over-the-top. This year, the theme is 1960s Beach Party. He has several skeletons enjoying a day at the beach to mark the end of summer, including a mermaid skeleton. A large altar is being consumed by an octopus, while a TV shows the movie Beach Blanket Bingo. A bubble machine pumps smoke-filled bubbles out into the street.

There is a ton of detail, and it takes a while to take it all in. The house itself is a vine-covered Victorian, and is creepy enough without a Halloween display. I always enjoy talking with the owner about the details he puts into the displays. Coincidentally, we both worked at Disney around the same time period in the 80s, and we stood on the sidewalk swapping Disney stories for so long that it got quite late, and most of the other displays in the area had been turned off for the night.



However, I swung by a favorite street on the way home to see what was still lit up, and the coolest one was still going. This is a complete Star Wars panoply done in skeltons, including a garrison of Storm Troopers, Luke and Dearth Vader locked in a light saber battle, and Princess Leia, R2D2 and C3PO doing their thing. Han and Chewie are sitting at their cantina table. The original Star Wars audio record is playing in the background.