tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36123506179621645812024-03-27T16:53:21.259-07:00Midnight in the Garden of EvilGood gardens, gargoyles, gates, gnomes, ghosts...and other things that don't start with the letter G.trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-63315019736958681572012-09-26T06:48:00.002-07:002012-10-05T22:51:45.371-07:00More Pumpkin TopiariesI'm back to pander to the people who love the pumpkin topiaries from<span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://midnightinthegardenofevil.blogspot.com/2010/10/pumpkin-topiaries.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">my</span> <span style="color: red;">previous</span> <span style="color: red;">post</span></a></span>.</span> Here are a few more inspiring ideas.<br />
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I like the ease of adding store-bought letters to convey a message:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">photo: <a href="http://adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/2011/10/glitter-pumpkin-topiary.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">a diamond in the stuff</span></a></span></td></tr>
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Carved with a house address, this stack of pumpkins is practical as well as pretty: <br />
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Unless your pumpkins are carved or painted, the layering between them is important. This one uses yards of wired ribbon and faux berries for a lush look:<br />
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Can you have too much layering material? I think not.<br />
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Here, spiders are used as layering of sorts: <br />
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The definition between layers can be done with just about anything:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">photo source: saffronmarigold.com</span><br />
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This topiary with a face has a lot of personality:<br />
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Try topping your topiary with an owl pumpkin like this one:<br />
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These topiarys in classic Halloween colors are from sandandsisal.com, and she shows how she made them using a large paint stick for the center post. See her post <a href="http://here./">here.</a><br />
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A tutorial from <span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://paisleyfarmhouse.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">paisleyfarmhouse.com</span> </a></span>also shows you how you can use 1 spotlamp to light all 3 pumpkins:<br />
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Dress up your pumpkins for a very different look:<br />
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I must say, I love the look of the white pumpkins, and they probably show up very well at night.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">photo: <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.inspirationformoms.com/2011/10/white-pumpkin-topiary.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">inspirationformoms.com</span> </a></span></span><br />
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White pumpkins or orange- whatever your favorite flavor, try stacking them for added impact this Halloween!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-81369169163927009302011-12-20T23:10:00.000-08:002011-12-20T23:23:46.320-08:00Dracula's Christmas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Yesterday we attended the Steampunk exhibit at Muzeo, a small museum in a re-purposed old (1908 through 1987) library in Anaheim, CA. <br />
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You know a place is cool when there is a labyrinth outside it. This one has an monument honoring soldiers at the center. Low waterfalls near the benches were not operating, but it is easy to imagine how serene it must be.<br />
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Inside, there was a room that was dedicated to the influences of Steampunk, including Jules Verne, Edgar Allen Poe, Nickola Tesla, and Mary Shelly. Each had their likeness displayed in a frame with a bit about their work. Here is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the code he used in his popular Sherlock Holmes story "The Case of the Dancing Men", though mainly it is his Professor Challenger tales that were Steampunk influences.<br />
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There were few costumes in the exhibit, and some headgear.<br />
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A very large hand-painted canvas poster took up almost one wall.<br />
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Disney movies were mentioned several times. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and Time After Time were two that I can recall.<br />
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Other canes included the Doc Holliday Nut Cracker cane, the Tesla Plasma cane, Samurai Grip Handle cane, Faucet cane, Cylinder cane, and the (Citizen) Cane Time Extractor.<br />
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There was also an exhibit of Victorian art in the adjacent building, all of it on loan from a couple who must be extremely wealthy. I didn't want to aim my camera at any of the many old and delicate oil paintings, but they were beautiful, as were their frames, and several were life-size.<br />
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The same couple also collected Victorian personal effects, such as these imaginative match cases in all manner of shapes: heads, moons, animals... They were often humorous, and at the time, were considered a conversation-starter. <br />
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We also went to see Wicked, the musical, playing at the gorgeous Pantages Theater in Hollywood.<br />
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This is my second time seeing Wicked. I swear they must tell the actresses playing Glinda to channel Kristen Chenowith, who did play this role once. They all sound exactly like her. But then, the actor playing the Wizard of OZ this time seemed to be channeling Jimmy Stewart, and the actress playing Elphelba, the lead character who happens to be green, had the voice of Sarah Jessica Parker- which wouldn't be poor casting, either.<br />
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The set for Wicked is rather Steampunk, by the way, with lots of clock gears almost always in view as a major part of the scenery. Here's Glinda and some clockwork.<br />
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And guess what else is nearby?<br />
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We also recently saw Martin Scorsese's movie "Hugo", which also was full of old clockwork.<br />
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Well, Halloween 2011 is over and it's time to start thinking about that next major holiday: Halloween 2012. <br />
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My mom's friend sent her the above photo of an amusing display at a house along her commute. Aquick search revealed the pattern for the dog chasing a skeleton at the Winfield Collection (the link is <a href="http://www.thewinfieldcollection.com/product/Skeleton_Chase_Woodcrafting_Pattern/All_Halloween" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>.)<br />
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They have several good choices for easy designs from plywood. Here are two more:<br />
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We were rather entranced by this standing skeleton in the 2011 Better Homes and Gardens special Halloween Tricks and Treats edition of their magazine, and were further intruiged when we saw how light and poseable it was. We also liked that this is a realistic-looking skeleton, and that it is of a thick, durable plastic. <br />
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</tbody></table>The magazine did not have a source for the skeletons but our friend Doktor Calamari was also searching for them and told us it was at a seasonal store, Halloween City, a division of the year-round Party City. we visited thier website to find locations and found a 20% off coupon, which we printed out. This brought the price of each skeleton down to $56 plus tax. <br />
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This is the first year we have seen these skeletons, and since they were hard to find and sold out quickly, this post is dedicated to them, in the hope that it helps other people who have seen the skeletons in the magazine and are also trying to track them down. <br />
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These 63-inch tall skeletons with eyes also have a small button on the head that activates flashing blue and green colored lights and some sound effects, which we were ambivalent about. I doubt that I'd ever need to push that button again, and really, I'd be fine if the skeleton came without the eyeballs. But because the eyes light up red, removing the eyeballs would reveal a hole where the electronics go (and also leave some giant eye sockets) so I guess my skeletons will have eyes for the time being.<br />
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Another good feature is that the entire skeleton glows in the dark. <br />
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One tiny negative: there is random brown paint on the glow-in-the-dark bones. One of my skeletons got a big dose of the brown paint on one leg and not so much on the other. <br />
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The skeleton's stand is very small and unobtrusive. Just some black metal plates, but they do attach to pipes that go up his legs and across his hips. The plates are <em>not </em>easily removed or adjustable. It is surprising how stable he feels on such a small stand.<br />
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The only assemply is to attach each thigh bone to it's respective shin bone. The right and left sides are even labeled 'A' and 'B' so it really is simple. <br />
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Here's the box:<br />
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We're not sure, but we think they are made by Halloween International, because there is a logo on the box that says that:<br />
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We also see on the box that they are distributed by Christmas International <br />
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To make it a little more complicated, the side of the box says Halloween USA<br />
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Something else I really liked about him was that his joints ratchet into place, so he will hold a pose with having to use glue or other means. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The skeleton from Halloween International</td></tr>
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2011 was a bumper year for new skeletons on the market. For comparison, here is the above skeleton standing between two other new skeletal offerings:<br />
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The $30 Walgreens skeleton is hanging on the left. It has an aged appearnce and is super lightweight, but the plastic is thin and brittle. I returned it to the store, and saw another in the store had his neck torn. Hanging from the right is the $40 Target skeleton, which glows in the dark, is of durable plastic and has ratcheting joints. I like his face and am pretty happy with him, but I do wish that he could stand on his own (the stand is a big feature in my book and worth the $17 price difference). I don't have a photo of it here, but I hung the Target skellie next to an expensive <a href="http://www.anatomical.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_CH10D4"><span style="color: red;">Bucky skeleton from Anatomical Chart Supply</span></a>, and they look quite alike. I won't be buying any more Bucky skeletons, since there are these inexpensive and realistic options now.<br />
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So there you have it, a quick round-up of the new skeletons of 2011.trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-60235207769014859062011-10-24T07:52:00.000-07:002011-10-24T15:22:23.631-07:00Halloween Magic at Boney Island<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCmaAjQwDItsrXveAXt1Tbx4nZDmentOWtP7rzD95Hwx70bniBzvthYf4tgI8y-vZeUwfYRzJMMt_qDtRLVBF_eUBxMh_PkQjQZQ0aK9Sa_Tp7VjFhwNVnNY2wS1BI4jXIKZ8CLKt11r9/s1600/237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCmaAjQwDItsrXveAXt1Tbx4nZDmentOWtP7rzD95Hwx70bniBzvthYf4tgI8y-vZeUwfYRzJMMt_qDtRLVBF_eUBxMh_PkQjQZQ0aK9Sa_Tp7VjFhwNVnNY2wS1BI4jXIKZ8CLKt11r9/s320/237.JPG" width="213" /></a><br />
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You may recall my post about <a href="http://midnightinthegardenofevil.blogspot.com/2011/08/boney-island-returns.html" style="color: red;">the return of Boney Island</a>, one of the most beloved home haunts of all time. Friday night saw the debut of Boney Island's new theme of skeleton magicians performing tricks. The show was a great success with a large turnout, including the press. You would never guess that the plan to put on a new show was hatched only this summer, and that many of the items to build this show were obtained in only the past month or two.<br />
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Here's creator Rick Polizzi:<br />
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The popular fortune teller answered questions and amused the crowd:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neighbor David, on the right, is the secret voice of the fortune teller </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crowd usually gets deep for the fortune teller</td></tr>
</tbody></table>A magician passed a hoop around a levitating skeleton:<br />
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One skeleton held a flashlight while another talented skeleton made shadow puppets with his boney hands, including a bird, a witch, a castle- even the Boney Island skull logo!:<br />
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Like Houdini, The Man In The Can was a skeleton bound in a strait jacket, and wiggled to escape it while under water in this creepy confine:<br />
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Another skeleton magician sawed other skeletons in half...but he made a few errors:<br />
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Oh yes, the pumpkins are in that crazy 3-story tall treehouse.<br />
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In <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i>, Harry breaks his arm while playing quidditch. One of his professors, an incompetent named Gilderoy Lockhart, tries to help Harry but ends up removing half of Harry's arm. Harry spends the night in the hospital and is given a dose of Skele-Gro potion from a bottle shaped like this one. Skele-Gro is a medicinal potion that can regrow missing/removed bones, though it tastes terrible and the process is very slow and extremely painful.<br />
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This Skele-Gro bottle replica is available from Hotshot, a member of the Replica Prop Forum. He has hand-made a limited number of about 60 of these bottles from foam and clay, and is selling them for $80 each including shipping. This item is for display only; it is solid- not a real bottle- and therefore unable to hold liquids, but it does<i> look</i> great, from all sides! A separate base shaped like skeleton legs (not shown) keeps the top-heavy piece stable and the clay skull bottle-stopper attaches to the bottle magnetically.<br />
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A life-size Skele-Gro bottle is not available anywhere else that I have found, so this is indeed a rare opportunity to own one!<br />
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The bottle stands about 12.5" tall and is 4" wide.<br />
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You must be a member of Replica Prop Forum to purchase one, but registering for the forum is free. The link for this Skele-Gro bottle is<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.therpf.com/f13/hp-cos-skele-gro-bottles-list-closed-118790/index8.html#post1937552" style="color: red;"><i>here</i></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Click</span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nightmaresfearfactory/with/6170112175/" style="color: red;">here </a></b>to see a set of photos of the hilariously frightened victims at the <a href="http://www.nightmaresfearfactory.com/" style="color: red;">Nightmares Fear Factory</a> Halloween haunted house in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.</span><br />
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This French Pleurant (Weeper) resin statue at <a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/ghoulish+statues/french+pleurant+statue+%28medium%29+-+ng31567.do#"><span style="color: red;">Design Toscano</span></a> reminds me of another exhibit we saw at the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. It was called The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy.<br />
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Forty small mourner sculptures from the tomb of John the Fearless, second duke of Burgundy, were on display, in different poses conveying mourning or consoling other mourners, but all dressed similarly. These pieces have been on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, France for almost 200 years, but are now on tour because that museum is being rennovated. <br />
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Most are faceless, and rather eerie. I can imagine full-sized versions of these in a yard on Halloween.<br />
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John the Fearless's tomb, including these mourner figures, was completed following his death under the supervision of his son, Philip the Good. <br />
If I were born in that time, I know my name would end with "the Weird."<br />
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The walls of the room holding the exhibit told the story. <br />
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One wall explained that funerals of that time "were lavish events that included black drapes and canopies, a golden drapery over the coffin, presentation of the insignia of the deceased duke’s power (his banners, weapons, and horses), and candles and music in abundance. Hooded black cloaks were distributed to all the participating laypersons, from the members of the duke’s family on down to pages and grooms, while the members of the secular and regular clergy wore the garments of their station. The carriages and horses were also draped in black....<br />
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...Class distinctions, normally expressed through dress, became temporarily suspended, the black of mourning reminding all present that death was an experience shared by everyone. " <br />
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These carved figures are obviously all in white, but that's probably because black marble was hard to obtain.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the property where the tomb was located was sold off as national property in 1792, "the tombs were kept for the nation because of their historical value. The mourners had always been perceived as the tomb’s key attraction, and they were felt to possess a 'correctness' of style and modeling rare for the Gothic period." So forget the dead body- the mourners are the key attraction. That's a bit sad.</div><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;">In another building of the museum, we found sculptures that were <i>FAR</i> less intriguing, other than causing us to wonder how they could have possibly have been deemed credible enough to warrant being placed inside a museum. For example, there was the giant litter box full of clean kitty litter: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9Ar27KbEJOhR2k3ZrE6Xkf4NwABxMUtvATzx1YZKRsSRhFWHQ6QfkGXY7wzMSG9mnNOrNzhRqaGMBqLl83U0FWfL85vgAV-379zgrQ0zFmbucN1YfgXjnrBScWFLL0LkG3_9VAAUc0I4/s1600/liiterbox+lacma.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9Ar27KbEJOhR2k3ZrE6Xkf4NwABxMUtvATzx1YZKRsSRhFWHQ6QfkGXY7wzMSG9mnNOrNzhRqaGMBqLl83U0FWfL85vgAV-379zgrQ0zFmbucN1YfgXjnrBScWFLL0LkG3_9VAAUc0I4/s320/liiterbox+lacma.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>Now that is some crappy art. It reminds me of this cartoon:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then there was this ingenious painting, shown on the wall with its title card: </div><br />
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<i>No Title (Blue Oval)</i>, 1994<br />
Screenprint on spiral-bound acid-free paper and mixed mediums.<br />
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<div align="left">I researched it. The artists says: “Blue oval; all is a mirror, a female apogee, my mother. Because of the edges, which recede toward the wall and create a shadow, from a distance it seems to float, and because of the paint, it seems solid or hollow. This shows one aspect of the figure-ground play I’m looking for.”<br />
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Really? It just reminds me of a blue dot. And an episode of the 1980's TV show "Bosom Buddies" where Tom Hanks's character, Kip Wilson, sees a painting of a red dot that is highly regarded by art critics, and disgustedly exclaims "It's the flag of Japan!"<br />
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Someone is even selling a t-shirt with those immortal words:<br />
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The shirt designer and I are probably the only two people on earth that remember that episode :)<br />
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This thin glass case looked like there should be a poster in it. There's even a pushpin laying in the case. It looks like the cases in the halls of my old high school. But guess what? It's art. The museum's docent told me it was a work of "deconstructionism."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKUZWZ74tlLzZ0Fd-lisX8ozuqZVAM-gBBjMCU31ER_GjXuGn8Hx40VaDMCrrZxygdgeb_oWhSraKD31OyaB4cUmqHMQO-jAcIAaumznDGul1Ppt6d5zCWKirHeTg72LT2DlJOJSbqgeq/s1600/deconstruction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKUZWZ74tlLzZ0Fd-lisX8ozuqZVAM-gBBjMCU31ER_GjXuGn8Hx40VaDMCrrZxygdgeb_oWhSraKD31OyaB4cUmqHMQO-jAcIAaumznDGul1Ppt6d5zCWKirHeTg72LT2DlJOJSbqgeq/s320/deconstruction.jpg" width="240px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>At least there was this cool, interactive, large piece of art outside:<br />
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during the day the noodles gain energy, and they glow in the dark at night. <br />
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And as everybody knows, if it glows in the dark, it's <i>good </i>art!<br />
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</a></div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-38948820567475703722011-09-15T04:48:00.000-07:002011-09-15T04:48:31.433-07:00Skull WaterfallWe saw this skull waterfall on display at the Los Angeles County Fair, and it was instant love! The vendor is<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.thewaterfallcompany.com/" style="color: red;">The Waterfall Company</a>, based in La Puente, California. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An man standing nearby lends perspective as to the size of the skull</td></tr>
</tbody></table> The skull's eye sockets had recessed multicolor LEDs lighting up the water. <br />
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</tbody></table> There was also a mist-maker to create a fog effect and more multicolor LEDs inside the big basin.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div> The signs on it indicate that the cost for Skull Falls is $2,999 installed and $500 down would lock in that price.<br />
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Just think, you could have something like Skull Rock and the waterfalls in Disneyland's Fantasyland back until the rock's removal in 1982 during a major remodel of the area:<br />
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At night, it was lit from within with green lights, and green lights highlighted the foliage in the area.<br />
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A similar one now resides in Disneyland Paris with a less dramatic fall of water:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klingon65/2601632666/in/photostream/">Gary Burke</a></td></tr>
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Try using a skull as part of a grotto near your pool:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo: <a href="http://www.arizonafallslv.com/MurphyResidence.html" style="color: red;">Arizonafallslv.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo:<a href="http://www.arizonafallslv.com/MurphyResidence.html"> <span style="color: red;">arizonafallslv.com</span></a></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I imagine a skull water feature would look just as good near a koi pond, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-12545389345622051122011-09-06T17:24:00.000-07:002011-09-14T19:55:55.361-07:00Tim Burton Art Exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0xu6RTk-UxndWe0W-vkLKSRzihj9QtB_btdQmLAQXLu6aUZWatjksKO8LYGeMXBw_neooGT7Aw5djmvIPLy-8Fqn0BhGjOjgMncpRZn6OAwXIMAPKkwXeybA6YeMmMkEGy80RzPz67hf/s1600/dep+rooster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A Sketch of Stain Boy, from Burton’s 1998 children’s poetry book “The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories.”</td></tr>
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A retrospective of Tim Burton's work is currently on exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art. We went to have a look at the 700 pieces that were on display.<br />
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</a></div>A topiary stag from "Edward Scissorhands" greeted us outside the venue, and even if everything about it was plastic- the mulch-mound it stood on, the hedges around it, and the brightly-colored flowers strewn about- it was still exciting as "Edward Scissorhands" is my personal favorite Tim Burton movie.<br />
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</a></div>Honestly though, my bet is that came from Johnny Depp's private collection. He used to have this giant fiberglass rooster in his yard when he lived in L.A. (read it <a href="http://interview.johnnydepp-zone2.com/1993_05USMagazine.html" style="color: red;">here)</a><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: white;">and he <i>did</i> loan some items for Burton's exhibit.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Also lurking about on the museum grounds near the cafeteria and gift shop was this giant inflatable Balloon Boy, created by Burton just for this exhibit. The press release described it as "<span style="font-family: inherit;">a 21-foot-tall, 8-foot-diameter many-eyed creature, an amalgamation of the tragic characters that Burton first introduced in his 1997 book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories."</span><br />
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Burton also designed the entrance to this special exhibit. Patrons enter through this giant mouth, which has a red carpet for a tongue and a red-and-black spiral wall inside, which I imagine to represent noise and a vibrating uvula.<br />
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Because it was a "special exhibit", separate tickets were required. Even though we had timed-tickets, the line was quite long.<br />
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</a></div>The line was slowly shuffling through the first 2 rooms before it opened up into a broader space. Sometimes the line didn't even move, as this first room had a sculpture of Burton's 2009 drawing "Robot Boy" in the corner and many people were fascinated by it. <br />
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</a></div>The next room seemed to take us to the beginning of Burton's tale. The room was called "Surviving Burbank", and there was a chronology on the wall, starting in 1971 at age 13 with an untitled stop-motion short involving cavemen and a live-action short called "Houdini". Below that was a display case with so much paper ephemera from his junior high and high school days in Burbank, California, you had to wonder if someone in the family was a hoarder- who else saves a teenager's hand-written list of 20 or so horror movies on blue-line notebook paper?<br />
Some early samples from that wall: <br />
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These pages from "The Giant Zlig", a proposed children's book written and illustrated in 1976 by a 17-year old Tim Burton, were on the walls in that room :<br />
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</a></div>Moving into the large third room called "Beautifying Burbank", we see several free-standing walls with many framed pieces of concept art for unrealized projects, and you can see a progression in technique and persistent themes. Subject matter includes animals and clowns. After graduating from high school, Burton attended the California Institute for the Arts. He continued to make short films and by 1979, Burton became a puppeteer for The Muppet Movie. In 1971 he became an apprentice animator for Walt Disney Pictures "The Fox and the Hound." In 1982, at age 23, he wrote a manuscript for another children's book called "Numbers", and Walt Disney Pictures gave him the green light on his animated short "Vincent", about a boy who idolized Vincent Price. This image from the movie appears on the tickets to the exhibit:<br />
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Here's an image of a young Tim Burton with models for "Vincent":<br />
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The large canvas in the center of this wall is an oil painting called "Blue Girl with Wine", from 1997:<br />
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A closer look:<br />
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Notice that Blue Girl has facial scars similar to Sally from "Nightmare Before Christmas".<br />
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I loved the layering in this drawing with an "Unknown" title that has a pet cemetery:<br />
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I can admire this artwork of a pet cemetery, but I won't be able to watch his Frankenweenie movie, a remake of his 1984 film about a dog brought back to life, Frankenstein-style, after it is hit by a car. That just hits too close to home for me. Frankenweenie is due out October 2012.<br />
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Besides paintings, there were also small sculptural models based on his artwork. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That sure looks like Tim Burton on the left in this small sculpture!</td></tr>
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You could clearly see Tim Burton had several different styles of drawing, but the same types of characters and subject matter was recurrent. This room also had two of Burton's very early films playing: the aforementioned "Vincent", and "Hansel and Gretel", a live-action short from 1983 that aired once on the Disney Channel. It is shown playing on the right in this photo:<br />
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Tim Trivia: Did you know Tim Burton had cameo acting roles? Here he is in 1992's "Singles":<br />
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(By the way, I have a co-worker named Tim Burton, and he is the exact opposite of this Tim Burton.)<br />
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We enter the final room, called "Beyond Burbank". This covers approximately 1988 to the present, and includes several costume pieces from his films, such as masks and a Catwoman suit from "Batman" and a mannequin dressed in the Edward Scissorhands costume.<br />
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The scissor hands were housed in their own showcase:<br />
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Here is the scarecrow from "Sleepy Hollow":<br />
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</a></div>When the exhibit was in Melbourne, they promoted it with a headless horseman in a carriage on the streets!<br />
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The next room held only these air-blown figures that whipped around:<br />
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The Tim Burton exhibit runs until Halloween 2011, and related events include a costume party, matinee showings of Burton's movies, and a Price-a-thon film series. More pictures at <a href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/index.php" style="color: red;">the museum's website</a>.<br />
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It's 11" and made of ceramic. They refer to it as a punchbowl with ladle, but I think I'll use mine to serve mashed potatoes or chili. I might even add a wire handle to mine using some #9 wire from the hardware store. The total cost for this cauldron with ladle and lid, including shipping, was $46.90. To get yours, click <a href="http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/17r/i10162.html" style="color: red;">here</a>. To see thumbnail-sized photos of all 349 Victorian Trading Company Halloween offerings, click <a href="http://www.victoriantradingco.com/catindex/C14-46-all.html" style="color: red;">here.</a>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-58262742993022609002011-08-27T13:22:00.000-07:002011-08-27T13:31:08.284-07:00Boney Island Returns!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx1zMzLeoFcW7XpqIhMbyR_IM0wwu6HhYvvao0EVZqySrv8zu38vqa1AUBhiykRPMM2cl6e844qgf80kbfqqzk8ISA70LATz3-74tsy8eLfF8nLgNZjkridoYLcefcClX-TyixWpqo1xU/s1600/R+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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This is Rick's Emmy award:<br />
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Rick got the Emmy for being a producer on The Simpsons:<br />
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But for 10 years, at Halloween, Rick was also the creator of Boney Island, an amusement park filled with over 100(!) plastic skeletons doing silly things in his front yard, like batting at bats in a batting cage:<br />
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Or getting their caricatures drawn by another skeleton (of course, every skull looks exactly like the next one):<br />
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Or getting duped into being shot out of a cannon, and being called The Once-Human Cannonball:<br />
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Or even playing Whack-a-Mole, only here there were witches and vampires popping up, so it was called Whack-a-Ghoul:<br />
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Did I mention that is is all animated and each scene had it's own amusing soundtrack to support it? You may have seen some of this on HGTV's "Extreme Halloween" special a few years ago. Or maybe you've seen it on HGTV's "What's Up With That Haunted House?" The 7-piece skeleton band is pretty memorable:<br />
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And the hot-air balloon that traversed across the roof:<br />
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There was so much more, too. You didn't just view this amusement park from the sidewalk, either. You would wander among the attractions and and hear all of the amusing soundtracks. Some of it was interactive: you could play Simon Says with a talking skeleton, get your fortune told by another skeleton, and jump into a large, spinning, spider web that was projected on the ground. The yard would fill up with hundreds of people to the point where it would appear that there was an actual carnival taking place. One year, over the 2 weeks prior to Halloween, over 13,000 people came to see Boney Island. It was good, clean, old-fashioned, family-friendly Halloween<i> FUN</i>.<br />
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Did you notice I was using the past-tense?<br />
That's because after 10 years, Boney Island was shut down in 2007 to satisfy some neighbors across the street. Everything in Boney Island was auctioned on eBay. Boney Island vanished.<br />
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But now, four years later, those neighbors have moved. Rick had an idea for a new Boney Island, one that would use magic as the theme. And so now with less than 2 months to plan and execute, Rick is working hard to bring Boney Island back, starting from scratch. If all goes well, there will be 3 flying carpets circling up on the roof, one of which will be a toilet bowl rug- because everything is done with humor worthy of The Simpsons. There will be magician skeletons sawing other skeletons in half, and a magician skeleton pulling something out of a hat- perhaps a rabbit skeleton? There will be a skeleton casting amazing hand-shadows on the wall, and there will be tall jets of glowing green water bursting from cauldrons. But first, the cauldrons have to be procured, and the right size has not been located yet.<br />
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Rick is a member of our haunt club. After making arrangements, I paid a visit to Rick's house to donate some skeletons, and I saw the FCG rigs used to animate the scenes were laid out to be spray-painted: <br />
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Rick graciously gave me a tour of his beautiful home, where shadows cause a heart to form on the bathroom wall:<br />
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And I loved the recently renovated yard, with 3 water features including the pool with water falling all along the edge of the retaining wall:<br />
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and this diamond-patterned trellis of star jasmine:<br />
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But my favorite room was the game room, with seemingly every toy and game from my childhood displayed on custom shelving:<br />
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<span id="goog_1142208182">I asked if he had one of my favorite toys, the Mattel Thingmaker Fright Factory, which had little metal molds of skeletons in which you poured liquid Goop. After heating and setting, you had your own rubbery skeleton. I used to hang mine from straws and make them dance, marionette-style. </span><br />
<span id="goog_1142208182">He did indeed have a bunch of Thingmakers, including the Fright Factory:</span><br />
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<span id="goog_1142208182">By the way, Rick recently chased and tackled a car thief! He also told of one the home's original occupants stopping by. The man said the house used to be the only one on the block, but there was no block of tract homes then- it was surrounded by orange groves. The man, who had no knowledge of Boney Island, knocked Rick's socks off when out of no where he told how they use to love to decorate the house extensively for Halloween! It seems the house was destined to always be a Halloween house.</span><br />
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<span id="goog_1142208182">These days, just standing and talking with Rick's family and a neighbor on the front lawn causes more than one car to stop and the occupants to lean out and ask "Is Boney Island coming back?"</span><br />
<span id="goog_1142208182">This year, happily, the answer is <i>Yes, Boney Island is returning!</i> </span><br />
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Want to bring a happy little garden gnome over to the dark side? An attitude adjustment can be had just by the addition of eerily glowing red eyes. Instructions here at <a href="http://hackaday.com/2011/08/08/video-turning-good-gnomes-evil/"><span style="color: red;">Hack-a-day</span></a>.trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-7780337312710053272011-08-09T18:41:00.000-07:002011-08-27T13:35:17.922-07:00Gnombies -The Zombie Gnomes<a href="http://rfrpodcast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/attack-of-the-gnombie.jpg"><img alt="Attack of the Gnombies" class="size-medium wp-image-3550" height="225px" src="http://rfrpodcast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/attack-of-the-gnombie-300x225.jpg" title="attack-of-the-gnombie" width="300px" /></a><br />
<div><a href="javascript:window.close()"><img alt="Mini Gnombie (Pre-order) - Click Image to Close" height="340px" src="http://thegnombies.com/zengnombie/images/259825_128250943926351_119130601505052_223152_6112061_n.jpg" title=" Mini Gnombie (Pre-order) - Click Image to Close " width="349px" /></a></div><div></div><div>The Gnombies are coming! The Gnombies are coming! Coming October 7, 2011, that is. <br />
Pre-order your very own zombie gnome today at <a href="http://thegnombies.com/"><span style="color: red;">thegnombies.com</span></a><span style="color: red;">.</span> </div><div>Regular-size Gnombies are 20" tall by 14" wide, and a mini size gnome zombie is 6" tall. Gift certificates, stickers and t-shirts are available as well. <br />
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You may also enjoy my previous posts about skeleton gnomes (click <a href="http://midnightinthegardenofevil.blogspot.com/2010/08/skeleton-gnome.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://midnightinthegardenofevil.blogspot.com/2010/10/female-skeleton-gnome.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a> to view them)</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-14034475032303232712011-08-08T12:19:00.000-07:002011-08-11T18:10:18.779-07:00Skull Chairs, Skeleton Chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuVlw03QJdXiy9rRZgHt8Ly_e8UbXws6RE4tQh6zqjG3_fkDNYghryKnQXDz5TmFexdsy0FbgBXniova5Phga_8rjr7uIVjLiiPnpLYl9_M44N098QDGdqXvftmIAvFPYMnila9MqOfNC/s1600/medevil+collectibles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</a></div><span class="st">Plastic “Souviens toi que tu vas mourir (Remember that you will die)” s</span>kull chair <span class="st">from the </span><span class="st"> “Nouvelle Vague (New Wave)" collection</span><span class="st"> </span>by the French company Pool:<br />
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3: Sensory Deprivation Skull chair by Dutch Atelier van Lieshout:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuVlw03QJdXiy9rRZgHt8Ly_e8UbXws6RE4tQh6zqjG3_fkDNYghryKnQXDz5TmFexdsy0FbgBXniova5Phga_8rjr7uIVjLiiPnpLYl9_M44N098QDGdqXvftmIAvFPYMnila9MqOfNC/s1600/medevil+collectibles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuVlw03QJdXiy9rRZgHt8Ly_e8UbXws6RE4tQh6zqjG3_fkDNYghryKnQXDz5TmFexdsy0FbgBXniova5Phga_8rjr7uIVjLiiPnpLYl9_M44N098QDGdqXvftmIAvFPYMnila9MqOfNC/s1600/medevil+collectibles.jpg" /></a>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-16886104173151769892011-08-03T01:32:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:32:26.163-07:00Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LEUUSDZOy7MyI9nPNNgydwv9aW6NLjKcBvlhEEn3pTjdIgDgFRdqicSwk3j6OMwZCZnbRkaIJMo9B-tr-YhYqekYZUR4SADB-7t9qnxQXbvyKWPvf0Sa1D3nfim2YkHJnTO2AHjO1wqA/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LEUUSDZOy7MyI9nPNNgydwv9aW6NLjKcBvlhEEn3pTjdIgDgFRdqicSwk3j6OMwZCZnbRkaIJMo9B-tr-YhYqekYZUR4SADB-7t9qnxQXbvyKWPvf0Sa1D3nfim2YkHJnTO2AHjO1wqA/s320/015.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div>Have you heard about the man who wanted to commit suicide by Black Widow spider? He mail-ordered a Black Widow that was guarenteed to provide a fatal injury. It didn't quite work and he had to resort to other poisons.<br />
I heard this tale last night as I had the pleasure of meeting author Amy Stewart and hearing her talk about her new book "Wicked Bugs."<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=midnight03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1565129601&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
She had come to a Pasadena, CA, bookstore and was only a 15 minute walk from my work, so I <i>had</i> to go. Actually, there was no need to twist my arm, since I had enjoyed her previous book "Wicked Plants" quit a lot. <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=midnight03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1565126831&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
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Of these wicked living things, plants and bugs, Ms. Stewart has concluded that we are not afraid <i>enough</i> of plants, and we are <i>overly</i> afraid of bugs. <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Regarding plant materials, she says many people will eat anything if told it’s “all natural” -but hey, cyanide is all natural, strychnine is all natural, and they are poisonous. </span><br />
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She was kind enough to hand out bugs encased in acrylic so we could all get a close look. The bugs were obtained through <span style="color: red;">The God of Insects. </span><span style="color: black;">Yes, that is actually what he is called.</span><br />
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Hairy legs like this do give me the creeps:<br />
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It was interesting to see how big a bed bug is (its that speck to the left of the cockroach. So they <i>are</i> visible to the naked eye). <br />
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Amy spoke for about 75 minutes, telling stories of the bugs she had passed around. Stories about the only Med Fly ever found in Miami. There was a bit of a panic and it was specially flown to Washington to be investigated to see if it was pregnant. (It wasn't). And about the chigoe flea that burrow into people's toenails and lay eggs. Some men have actually cut their toes off because of the chigoe flea. <br />
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She told us about the Puss Caterpillar (<i>Megalopyge opercularis</i>), describing it as "like a little persian cat". I guess it does resemble one, a little. Very furry. But it <i>stiiiings</i> like a you-know-what. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puss caterpillar. (Weird, ain't it?)</td></tr>
</tbody></table> We learned that Japanese Beetles (found on the east coast) have an adverse reaction to Pelargoniums (geraniums), so pesticides are being developed using that. We learned that brass beds helped reduce bed bug populations since the beds don't provide as many hiding places as a wooden bed does- and that the bed bugs are attracted to you by your carbon dioxide. And we learned to be on the alert for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, which is developing into a big problem- but hasn't appeared here on the west coast. Yet.<br />
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Later, Amy Stewart signed the books we bought. <br />
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These are all her other books<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I have a secret to tell you. I must whisper it, so come close. Ok, ready? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Pssst! Look for information on a wicked book giveaway, coming soon to a blog near you!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-57545383912811646422011-08-02T19:32:00.000-07:002011-08-11T18:08:54.039-07:00Gothic Garden: The Witch's House<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzSfsU5PjReTMAATokHNMtRW8-hfAdCEFcO-1UMnpyGty6k3axt0V04BfjMfEFCehyphenhyphenh0YhBRtjpHhDYRvaaLzqJvYjeVpOE7haaDjbSyQJzLYwlmaA-gqhqFANOgy7PxUThVCESJf1j-A/s1600/115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzSfsU5PjReTMAATokHNMtRW8-hfAdCEFcO-1UMnpyGty6k3axt0V04BfjMfEFCehyphenhyphenh0YhBRtjpHhDYRvaaLzqJvYjeVpOE7haaDjbSyQJzLYwlmaA-gqhqFANOgy7PxUThVCESJf1j-A/s320/115.JPG" width="320px" /></a><br />
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My last post was about the Witch's House in Beverly Hills, but today the focus on the property's south-facing front garden. Much of this garden receives full sun, with very few areas receiving partial shade. (The photo above was taken around 6:30pm, so those are late-afternoon shadows you see.)<br />
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First of all, I would call the landscaping at the Witch's House more of a gothic "Halloween Garden" rather than a "Witch's Garden", because it does not rely heavily on the medicinal plants and herbs that are traditionally used in a witch's garden. Instead, we see a lot of fall colors, especially blacks and oranges. (Note: black plants are almost never truly black, but the term used for very dark-colored plants.)<br />
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Here, dark-leafed, orange-flowered "Dahlia Mystic Desire" mingled with green-leaved varieties of dahlias:<br />
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A dark backdrop was achieved with this ground cover of "Dragon's Blood" sedum (<i>Sedum spurium</i>), shown here near the pond's edge:<br />
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Here is a planting of pygmy crimson barberry (<i>barberis</i>):<br />
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A variety of dark-leaved coral bells (<i>heuchera</i>) were used along the sidewalk, along with orange-blossoming California poppy (<i>Eschscholzia californica</i>, not in bloom at this time): <br />
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Even the pads of these water lilies (<i>Nymphaea</i>) were streaked with a very dark purple:<br />
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</div>I'm told these tall plants resembling cornstalks are called Black Sorghum and were planted by seed:<br />
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Here is a closer look at a seedhead:<br />
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This type of sorghum can be used in dried flower arrangements, and has healthful antioxidant properties if eaten. The sorghums are supported by uniquely loopy wire cages as seen below:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've no clue as to the name of this distinctive plant with its alien-looking seedheads:</div><br />
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Curly corkscrew rush (<i>Juncus grass curly wurly</i>) grows like a witch's untamed hair by the pond:<br />
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I'm not sure about this weeping shrub or young tree, but I'm guessing it's some type of Weeping Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum). The branches look like they also have a crazy twisted form:<br />
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It certainly stands out against the gothic setting of the black plants:<br />
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As I mentioned earlier, the flowers tended to be in Fall colors of orange and yellow. These are milkweed/butterfly weed (<i>Asclepias </i><i>curassavica or Asclepias tuberosa</i>) :<br />
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Blanket flowers (<i>Gaillardia</i>) provided more orange and yellow blooms:<br />
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Another dahlia from the Mystic series, coreopsis, and gaillardia:<br />
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Black mondo grass (<span class="st"><span class="f"></span><i>Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens</i>') line the pathway in the west side garden: </span><span class="st"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelnXqmuK4pcA6C9AsVGnFU8sEPDNOFeFrB0uF5HKgL4gFn70OrlY3njPH8YifT1AwmEWXaEayh136dV8qGmxrqbd0Z5E4YDLGk_xVT5v5Ev5IgKyck7Q3-oN6EcN7I2u18OrWmMwQEHJ0/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelnXqmuK4pcA6C9AsVGnFU8sEPDNOFeFrB0uF5HKgL4gFn70OrlY3njPH8YifT1AwmEWXaEayh136dV8qGmxrqbd0Z5E4YDLGk_xVT5v5Ev5IgKyck7Q3-oN6EcN7I2u18OrWmMwQEHJ0/s320/049.JPG" width="240px" /></a></span><br />
The dark plantings and grassy plants with an intentionally overgrown look blend the parkway strip into the overall scheme:<br />
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The hardscaping tied the home's Storybook archetechture to the surroundings by the use of various-sized stone in walls and and in walkways:<br />
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Landscape lighting was provided by rock-shaped fixtures. This one was postioned by the only rosebush I saw in the garden, a rose with dark red blooms:<br />
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The wooden fences had uneven pickets:<br />
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The pond is used as a moat; one must cross the bridge to get to the front door of the Witch's house:<br />
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The bridge used faux tree trunks, formed from concrete, as pillars:<br />
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This etched rock by the front gate, (partially covered by sweet peas <span class="st"><i>Lathyrus odoratus</i> that are past their prime),</span> credits landscape designer Jane Marshall. She can be reached at her website, <a href="http://janemarshalllandscape.com/"><span style="color: red;">janemarshalllandscape.com</span></a>. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Hope you enjoyed this garden tour. If I've misidentified a plant, please leave a comment to let me know.</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-17683277679989703852011-07-25T21:00:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:14:51.874-07:00The Witch's House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Built in 1921 by silent film art director Harry Oliver, the structure was originally built to house offices and dressing rooms for Willat Studios in Culver City, a city to the west. When financial losses due to the advent of "talkies" struck the silent film studio, the building was abandoned and became a source of curiosity for many passing by. The Spadena family bought it in 1934 and moved it to its present, more private, location in Beverly Hills. There has only been one other owner, a woman who lived there a long time, decorated the interior in 1960's fashion, and who eventually could not keep the house and grounds from falling into disrepair. But this woman had the spirit of the house within her, and she would greet trick-or-treaters on Halloween dressed as a witch. Some began calling the place "The Witch's House" and the name stuck.</div><br />
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The house now belongs to 47-year old real estate agent Michael Libow, who originally merely showed the house to potential buyers back in 1998. But time after time the interested parties indicated a complete tear-down would be in order to meet their needs. No one was inclined to preserve the house. So a determined Libow bought the house himself for 1.3 million dollars, and began planning renovations to provide more living space that would blend with the existing Storybook styling he was intent on preserving.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The curved wall to the sideyard contains a door with a spider web design. Note the Storybook element of the stones that are embedded in the wall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bit of vine-like ironwork serves the same purpose as barbed wire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backyard. The rear windows all resemble the one seen here (click photo to enlarge)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the back gate, a portable toilet remains from the home's recent construction </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The garage and room additions as seen from the back alley</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My next post will be about the gardens at the Witch's House</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-60161483267445054892011-07-15T20:45:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:24:02.544-07:00Butterbeer Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjOEJaNnXiM5Z34t2I1GdqaeY8EUIGSeivskyJ6DoQ8NGRaP6XGioeVqw7K5HeQ__rWomFNLmg12vMTKzouXohbPwObktA-ZL_wlCInQRlMB8xkY8hid5TFKqLVNOcQNBR4d_nQadrwJo/s1600/butter-beer-mug--jennaflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjOEJaNnXiM5Z34t2I1GdqaeY8EUIGSeivskyJ6DoQ8NGRaP6XGioeVqw7K5HeQ__rWomFNLmg12vMTKzouXohbPwObktA-ZL_wlCInQRlMB8xkY8hid5TFKqLVNOcQNBR4d_nQadrwJo/s320/butter-beer-mug--jennaflower.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
Would you like to sample some of Harry Potter's Butterbeer?<br />
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This is from Amy Small who says she's tried many Butterbeer recipes, and this is her favorite.<br />
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1 can of Cream Soda (A&W, Mug, Jones etc.)<br />
1 teaspoon of Rum Extract (imitation rum extract is in your grocery store for $4, or try ordering pure online)<br />
1 teaspoon of Butterscotch Extract (probably need to order online)<br />
1 tablespoon of Brown Sugar <br />
1 cup of Vanilla Ice Cream <br />
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It's delicious and very frothy and it looks just like beer.<br />
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Note that both of <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=midnight03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004QXIXJM&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>the extracts can be ordered from Amazon. I bought 4 ounces of both from OliveNation via Amazon,, and with combined shipping it came to $21.66trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-57809104513601975642011-07-14T17:02:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:27:07.181-07:00Signs of Harry Potter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTux3t1DwdStVx68tA9lQhdaSDp6pF8icI8AJjq1Sasr1IXsJzfnDs_qNVsOS95qrbmr9kYyKWVuYwa1K-F0wm0XKlX57eFfPxhuqq_R_Wu8FXpcMYv_VFaJ0dfoyd-iHedH2rqmNO6IXT/s1600/Image17024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTux3t1DwdStVx68tA9lQhdaSDp6pF8icI8AJjq1Sasr1IXsJzfnDs_qNVsOS95qrbmr9kYyKWVuYwa1K-F0wm0XKlX57eFfPxhuqq_R_Wu8FXpcMYv_VFaJ0dfoyd-iHedH2rqmNO6IXT/s320/Image17024.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>We recently visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, and we were completely blown away by detail work that tops anything Disney has done. As a huge Disney fan, I certainly don't say that lightly. For example, the rocks pictured here on the castle cliff don't just have a paint job; there is three-dimensional lichen all over them. Trash cans resemble iron barrels. Store clerks hand you a quill pen to sign your credit card reciept. Even the smallest of details were attended to in this section of the park. <br />
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While the other areas of Islands of Adventure looked tempting upon arrival, we made a beeline for the back of the right-hand side. This is where the area called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter lies, just over a bridge. The entrance arch to the area has a sign that said "Please respect the spell limits". <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTK9PlrKon6eYA5rr5ZDGgSkioiYpaSDzn6OtHLMmAwL6Q2JbUaBMN71jVq3W1f0xI6Piz2FcZ16j-M4HMzAtCGtFH6gpdDpFpDWSItxj5pqMUX16j1gAorMvFA68kLOBMZKsq9XexQhc/s1600/280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTK9PlrKon6eYA5rr5ZDGgSkioiYpaSDzn6OtHLMmAwL6Q2JbUaBMN71jVq3W1f0xI6Piz2FcZ16j-M4HMzAtCGtFH6gpdDpFpDWSItxj5pqMUX16j1gAorMvFA68kLOBMZKsq9XexQhc/s320/280.JPG" width="320px" /></a>When you walk in, the village of Hogsmeade greets you with a riot of snow-capped rooflines, and the soundtrack to the movie plays from hidden speakers. <br />
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Visitors dressed in their house robes, like this Gryffindor boy, add to the illusion of being in Harry's world. (Adult robes are $99 at the park or pay $12 shipping and get the same robes-and other merchandise- at Universal's online store <a href="http://www.universalorlando.com/Merchandise/Shop/Wizarding_World_of_Harry_Potter/Merchandise.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>. Select Filtch's Emporium.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set decoration in Dervish and Banges' inaccessable 2nd story includes Spectra Specs and an Advanced Potion Making text book, as well as a broom that "flys" slowly up and down a bit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Owl Post is stuffed with parcels to be mailed (all are set decorations)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Owlry is an open-sided bench-filled pavilion with many animated owls roosting on the high beams.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The owls very subtly swivel their heads and flap their wings and blink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Monster Book of Monsters was sleeping and snoringin a big cage with a warning sign. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">skeleton in Zonko's Joke Shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini Halloween candy buckets (on the drum) at Zonko's joke shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cart looks like an old funeral coach to me. (The Hipppogriff rollercoaster is behind it.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pumpkin lids on the rather vile-tasting Pumpkin Juice. At first it tasted good, especially when you are parched in the heat, but then it turned flavor on my tongue. I poured mine down a drain and kept the bottle.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, the signs of Harry Potter, or really, the signs of Hogsmeade, each one so unique: </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">golden snitch at Spintwitches sporting goods (fake storefront)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of the Golden Snitch with quidditch balls. Spintwitches has quidditch supplies in the window. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="left">Hanging witch and wizard signs for the ladies and men's restrooms. Above hangs a mortar and pestle for the 2nd story Potions shop (fake store)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Potages Cauldrons (fake storefront) gets 2 hanging signs. A room with more cauldrons and an oven with a self-stirring cauldron are viewed through the window. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zonko's joke shop's hanging sign is a man with a big mouth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ollivander's wand shop's elegant hanging sign</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dervish and Banges for clothing and souveniers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomes and Scrolls (fake storefront). The animation in the window is a quill pen scribbling unassisted in a book. </td></tr>
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</div>trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-15041244030764320682011-06-17T04:06:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:30:13.408-07:00Dick Van Dyke's Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuLEnMeKKauD7-Svpvlsgk5NX0YulvHgwosyT-HrUd9r9QkeRFjRWpj6X_x5tf733TwEF1SUT5mJQs1Q1j8Kx2tWlVLitt5sZJX9CpOIMzx89-6X4UtD1My8nxd2XLCUmJVkeKZbys5EJ/s1600/dick+carey+van+dyke.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actor Dick Van Dyke activates a prop at his haunt</td></tr>
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If you love Dick Van Dyke as much as I do, you'll love him even more when you realize he is a Halloween addict who hosts a yard haunt. At his home<i> in Malibu.</i> The clicky link to see the pictures, video and read more about it is here at<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://disneytravelbabble.com/halloween-at-dick-van-dykes-house/" style="color: red;">disneytravelbabble.com</a><br />
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And apparently, Dick instilled that love of Halloween decorating into his son Barry Van Dyke, as he had a yard haunt in Agoura Hills, CA. for many years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Van Dykes: Barry, Dick, Carey, Shane</td></tr>
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In turn, Barry passed the addiction on to <i>his</i> son, Carey Van Dyke, who has a haunt at on Evanwood Ave., Oak Park, CA. Changing themes each year, this actor and screenwriter who specializes in horror films has done a zombie apocalypse haunt and a demented clown haunt, and borrows pieces from the movie studios. His latest venture is The Watching Hour, a screenplay which he co-wrote with his brother Shane about a home invasion with aliens. Carey has four children, so his love of Halloween may create a 4th generation of home haunters; we just have to give them time.<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://creatingthislife.blogspot.com/2008/10/never-again.html" style="color: red;">Creating This Life</a> is a blog by Carey's wife Anne revealing how hard they work to put on the haunt;.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a scene from Carey Van Dyke's home haunt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another scene at Carey Van Dyke's</td></tr>
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Incidentally, Shane directed A Haunting in Salem, due out on DVD in August.<br />
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which was built in 1886. It's very private now, with a tall hedge all around the wall you see in this old picture of it:<br />
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Dick Van Dyke recently became a first-time author at age 85 with his memoir, 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.’<br />
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I haven't read it yet, but in it he may discuss his 30-year relationship with Michelle Triola Marvin. You may remember her as being involved in the first palimony lawssuit, against actor Lee Marvin. Sadly, she died of lung cancer in Dick's home the day before Halloween in 2009.trickortreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187280549519866534noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612350617962164581.post-29629397866376079872011-06-13T01:31:00.000-07:002011-08-03T01:17:58.326-07:00Labyrinth of Jareth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0orA1QIteu_wN3CINIlpZtYPqM22qenI74GOE8UmpanEMtgtl5zuXurXUNqzaZiolDFHeePrayFUcRoq2G4jrfeHuloU6n130JoPXrslxQ8Vlv410jRfmnZVxvHl7gXEsSXmp3k7x3p6D/s1600/Image6633.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0orA1QIteu_wN3CINIlpZtYPqM22qenI74GOE8UmpanEMtgtl5zuXurXUNqzaZiolDFHeePrayFUcRoq2G4jrfeHuloU6n130JoPXrslxQ8Vlv410jRfmnZVxvHl7gXEsSXmp3k7x3p6D/s320/Image6633.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The <a href="http://www.labyrinthmasquerade.com/"><span style="color: red;"> Labyrinth of Jareth</span> </a> is an annual elaborate masquerade ball held in Los Angeles where just any costume won't do. It should be fantasy-based, as the idea of the ball derived from the goblin-mocking masquerade ball in the 1986 David Bowie/Jennifer Conolly movie "Labyrinth". <br />
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</tbody></table> Now in its 14th year, the ball is held in an architectural wonder called the<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.parkplazala.com/" style="color: red;">Park Plaza</a>. It was built in 1925 as an Elks temple, then it became a luxury hotel, and now it is no longer a hotel but a venue for weddings and the like.<br />
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Some of the entertainments spills out into the outdoor courtyard, where large sculptures have been set up to compliment the theme.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An elvish dancer entertains in front of a sculpture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dancer in one of several ballrooms</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Last year there were tents to wander through outside, where members of the <a href="http://leagueofsteam.com/" style="color: red;">League of Steam</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>displayed their Steampunk inventions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steampunk inventions on display </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inventor Crackitus Potts (Nick Baumann)</td></tr>
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</a></div>And then, of course, there are the most stunning costumes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These detailed costumes, masks and props are entirely home-made</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behold the vinyl unicorn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful butterfly wing dress</td></tr>
</tbody></table> There were some minimalist costumes<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bet you're looking at their wings, right?</td></tr>
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And several people who painted themselves<br />
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This golden girl's costume was pretty elaborate, with a wide wingspan and lights:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Labyrinth"-style goblin </td></tr>
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Here's a video I took walking through the crowd: <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The house that was used as Michael Myer's house for John Carpenter's 1978 classic horror film "Halloween", starring Jamie Lee Curtis as babysitter Laurie Strode, is 10 minutes from where I work. I went for a visit this week, but first let me tell you about the house that was used for the Strode's house, because it is the most fun to visit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The house at 1115 Oxley Street, South Pasadena, CA, sits on a corner and has a garage/apartment addition added to the back: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay9OzoCpkgqEkU3Z4t0cdq1d31HmAgO-VVIifKMNq6hxuttF1X2mUYjGL2ePdejQOp0qCKaDIHW8iYcoOIlzgvcK8yfGB-r_i0_TLWUL2_TZVivUFXR3HV7d2cDJCQNHXmr7Ank_Z3VT3/s1600/123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgay9OzoCpkgqEkU3Z4t0cdq1d31HmAgO-VVIifKMNq6hxuttF1X2mUYjGL2ePdejQOp0qCKaDIHW8iYcoOIlzgvcK8yfGB-r_i0_TLWUL2_TZVivUFXR3HV7d2cDJCQNHXmr7Ank_Z3VT3/s320/123.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As you walk along one side, under that tree, you see an open porch. With pumpkins. And a sign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And the sign says: "YES this is the scene with Jamie Lee Curtis from the 1978 <u>Halloween.</u> You may borrow the pumpkin. Have a good time." There is also a photo of Jamie Lee holding a pumpkin while sitting one of the low columns near the sidewalk. It's an more panoramic version of this photo:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I did what any sensible person would do, and took a pumpkin to the column to have my picture taken.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qNi7FZZ0fbeiyg1Xk9xbDCBnpE2c8gXoxO1mq4-cm9_J4T2C7DERnRysJaheymgbihHCBmEgFPErTraE4kr7S9UFJVZsONfrCZyVgW9XJRaFFc-L_uC6lVHOsdyW-mcxkoNDqDLM9Xv9/s1600/113.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qNi7FZZ0fbeiyg1Xk9xbDCBnpE2c8gXoxO1mq4-cm9_J4T2C7DERnRysJaheymgbihHCBmEgFPErTraE4kr7S9UFJVZsONfrCZyVgW9XJRaFFc-L_uC6lVHOsdyW-mcxkoNDqDLM9Xv9/s320/113.JPG" width="320px" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hats off to the homeowner for accomodating fans in this manner! 33 years of horror fans stalking the house, and he still cares enough to set out pumpkins. (I don't really know how long the current owner has lived there, but I do know that he is an author of books for young adults.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now on to Michael Myers' house. Here's how the circa 1888 house looked in the movie:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtrevI_J82rIOh6gpnylkN3xK-nsXvLjhT2o5oZhjc5f4lSFweg3IOvFspLo1QmTBH15jPc1E_VIMXIcCSKdsWwcOd5bx7R-_5rihRUXuelyotKzfiyKq62Hjv3YQqsaxZurugEe3DHhi/s1600/myesrhouse+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtrevI_J82rIOh6gpnylkN3xK-nsXvLjhT2o5oZhjc5f4lSFweg3IOvFspLo1QmTBH15jPc1E_VIMXIcCSKdsWwcOd5bx7R-_5rihRUXuelyotKzfiyKq62Hjv3YQqsaxZurugEe3DHhi/s1600/myesrhouse+1.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's how it looks today:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X0APAswSOPsowu4zAFDJr3jEDHQz3rvP24jIfnX4z9ADF23Od7wV3LdcfxRv_OHLfl6XzXRyOzFS1ASykfBqcJI0zX9p_RiEXkVuU7T0OCwqFH1YDG-xVuwWMs2tFGH5k8ovlQGWqHLz/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X0APAswSOPsowu4zAFDJr3jEDHQz3rvP24jIfnX4z9ADF23Od7wV3LdcfxRv_OHLfl6XzXRyOzFS1ASykfBqcJI0zX9p_RiEXkVuU7T0OCwqFH1YDG-xVuwWMs2tFGH5k8ovlQGWqHLz/s320/030.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It now serves as an office building, mainly for several financial firms. I didn't feel like I'd be welcomed to open the door to take interior pictures, so I didn't.<br />
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</div>The house was about to be torn down to make way for a new development, when someone bought it for a dollar and had it moved a block or so to 1000 Mission St, South Pasadena, CA. The full story can be read on <a href="http://www.myershousenc.com/"><span style="color: red;">this site</span></a><span style="color: red;">.</span>The new location is at an intersection and just a few yards behind the Metrolink railroad tracks. It doesn't have the best view, but with the train station just diagonally across the street, the occupants can come to work by train. That train station (Called "Mission") also makes it a quick and easy stop for sightsee-ers who come by train from Los Angeles.<br />
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Also at this same intersection is the brick building that was a hardware store in the movie. It's now a restaurant.<br />
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</a></div>Rob Zombie re-made "Halloween" in 2007 and used a different house for the Myer house. This house is on a street just behind the train station. It's got signs in the windows saying that it is state property and no trespassing allowed, but I took a look in the window anyway. <br />
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As you can see, it looks nice, with modern paint schemes. This house was also used for "My So-Called Life".<br />
Perhaps this house was not spooky enough, or perhaps the John Carpenter version of the film resonnated more, but it's the first Myers house that continues to receive the most attention. Someone even made a cake of the first Michael Myers house. Here it is, complete with Michael hiding:<br />
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