2024 Pumpkins Portrait

One last gathering of our 2024 jack-o-lanterns before they are laid to rest and become one with mother earth again.

2024 Haunted Eve Yard Haunt Photos

We have our "official" 2024 yard haunt photos up on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBQhGA
More photos and video clips will be published on Instagram over time, so be sure to follow us on Instagram as well.

Halloween 2024 Postmortem

Another Halloween is in the books and it's time to reflect! Every year we try to up our yard haunting game and we think this year's haunt may be one of our best. Weather for a change was fantastic. Temps remained in the low 70s during trick-or-treating last night (extremely rare for western NY) and the rain and wind held off until hours after the last trick-or-treaters arrived. We had 142 trick-or-treaters, a new record for our 15th Halloween in this neighborhood. We were told by numerous visitors that we have the "BEST HOUSE" every Halloween. Also what was extremely gratifying in this age of big box store homogenous Halloween decorating is that people noticed our props and decorations aren't "common". People asked "Where did you get this stuff?" A few noticed that our "Ghostly Blue" skeletons didn't just come off the rack from a store. And despite us dialing back the complexity of our jack-o-lantern carvings this year, people recognized the effort of carving real pumpkins versus buying fake ones off the rack that get reused year after year. That's the true artistry of yard haunting: making it your own, making it unique. We have probably close to 1000 photos from this year's haunt, but after we sort through them, we'll post when they're up on Flickr. Also check out our Instagram page regularly for Halloween photos and video clips as well.

Mrs. Haunted Eve

Mr. Haunted Eve

Happy Halloween!

We have the haunt set up and ready to go for tonight. We did our photoshoot last night and will try to get some more photos after trick-or-treating tonight. It's going to be mild for a change but there is a chance for some showers (of course). We should have the "official" haunt pics up within a week from today.

Haunted Painting From The Mind Of Christine McConnell

Haunt Starting To Take Shape

We're making progress with the haunt setup despite some unforeseen circumstances. Mr. Haunted Eve slipped and fell down the basement stairs late this past Friday night because he was an idiot and went down the stairs wearing just his socks. He spent the wee hours of Saturday morning in the ER. He bruised his rear left ribs and pulled some back muscles, but didn't break anything. He's in lots of pain but fortunately the bulk of the haunt materials were already moved from the basement to the garage. It started raining here now, but tomorrow and Halloween are looking good weather wise and we should get this all done in time for the big night.

Ghosts From Birds and Beaks Designs

Birds and Beaks Rescue and Rehab has an Etsy shop for helping raise money for their bird rescue and rehab organization and are selling really cute 3D printed Ghosts and Turkeys!