tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50700095204474998122024-03-13T23:09:36.130-07:00Frog on the PumpkinA large frog collection and a Halloween obsessionChris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.comBlogger1901125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-62353348175950116942020-09-21T11:23:00.004-07:002020-09-21T11:28:59.619-07:00Match Columns<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When we decided to put our display up at Clackamas County 'Scare'grounds this October, we knew if we wanted to take the demons and the metal Cemetery sign from our columns, we would need to make columns to match the real ones on our driveway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had to use a full wood frame to make this as heavy as possible because the metal frame that goes over the arch it has some weight and we did not want it to topple forward. There is a lip of wood at the top that is not foam covered, that is where the demons will slide down onto, similar to our current set up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We drew out the grout lines for 4x6 bricks (average size) with a T-square to keep square, then used a Dremel trio on the pink foam. We used our Demand Durarasp and a wire brush to make the grain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We use PL glue to glue the sheets to the boards and used wood blocks and strips screw into the wood at the grout lines to hold the glue for 24 hours to set.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We needed to add an extra layer of bricks (to match our fence) that we just glued onto the existing foam.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Painted them black (sprayer and hand painting) and then we had painted tinted to match the (real) columns and then brushed that over the black. Then I used a medium gray to paint in the grout lines with a small brush.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In order to attach the metal archway, we added PVC pipe painted black to the base (we had to cut out the foam to the base so they would attach directly to the wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When we installed them at the fair we used heavy, tall weights at the base of each column to keep it from falling forward. They are also attached to two fences that have steel bases to help brace it. We put the Cemetery sign up and placed the demons on top. Put Harold our gravedigger/keeper next to it and the first prop in the drive-through is set and ready to go.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-74809247493335422662018-09-19T14:26:00.000-07:002018-09-19T14:26:01.629-07:00Going to the Chapel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(We are almost done with the Chapel, in fact, if all goes well, most of it goes up tonight. But I have not been documenting it here. So I am going to retrospectively show you through the chapel build.)<br />
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After a few years of planning, we finally decided to sell the abbey and build a chapel.<br />
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The plan is that this will be easier to put together than the abbey has been. The abbey took an entire weekend, a scissor lift and an army of people to set up. This new chapel should go up in a few hours.<br />
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Here is the real chapel that we modeled it after.<br />
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Yeah, we decided to phone it in this year :D<br /><br /></div>
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I needed to make a prop to mud at a local<a href="http://www.nwhaunters.com/" target="_blank"> Northwest Haunters Association</a> monster mud class that I would be attending the following week.</div>
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So out of the blue came this idea. How about a praying skeleton prop.</div>
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Started by making a pedestal base out of scrap foam. It is a simple four-sided column with the top cut at an angle and a piece placed on top. This will accommodate a skeleton kneeling in prayer.</div>
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Next, I took a skeleton I had laying around from Halloween closeouts that was intended as a door prize for our annual Halloween Party.</div>
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In order to keep his legs straight, I had to use an extra piece of foam that still had a covering on it to prop the legs straight while I poured the foam.</div>
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To keep the skeleton upright (the bending legs caused it to fall over) husband cut me some metal rods and I used a little gorilla glue to glue them. We used the holes that were already in the skeleton to place the rods.</div>
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Then I decided he needed a book. So I took a small piece of thin 1 1/2 scrap foam and glued it to a piece of 2-inch foam to create the bones of the book.</div>
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You can watch how the class went in this <a href="http://www.nwhaunters.com/monster-mud/" target="_blank">great video from Northwest Haunters Association. </a></div>
Thanks to Becky Newman for hosting the class and to everyone in the association who made this event happen.<br />
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You could not pay me enough to be on that movie set. Nope.<br />
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Here are pictures of the (almost) complete shipment of foam for the chapel build. We have labeled all the pieces and cut them to length this weekend. The tools from <a href="https://hotwirefoamfactory.com/Industrial-Tools/">Hot Wire Foam Factory</a> arrive later this week and we can start making the more complicated cuts.<br />
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The abbey is loaded in the truck and on its way to Oklahoma City.<br />
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Took us several hours to play this epic game of trailer abbey parts Tetris. But we got it to fit in 14 feet of the truck (he has to pay to ship by the foot, we originally thought 17 feet, but we just that good.)<br />
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Even Hal, short for Halloween Cat, looks sad. I made my cat sad, that makes me a bad human.</div>
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I also sighted this guy in my garden take-over. Apparently, the original Bucky skeleton has a much better resistance to our Pacific Northwest weather, he has been there for 8 years now.<br />
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<br /><br /><br /><br />Remember this guy from years ago. He is still in the garden, and he is going to get some plantings to keep him company in a few days.</div>
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About 12 years ago we went to our first HAuNTcon. This was way before we were involved as much as we are now :) </div>
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It was 2006 and we took lots of classes, learned so much and met so many people that are now our haunt family. One of those people is Mike Krausert (Tattoo, then with Bad Boys Scenic Design). We took their foam texturing class and ran with it. That year we made two major (at least for us at the time) projects</div>
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The first was our new mausoleum.</div>
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Our first large foam facade was made possible by the skills we learned in that class.</div>
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This facade is long gone, we were sad to see it go. But we went on to build the abbey.</div>
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Now this facade is sold and will be on its way to Oklahoma next week.<br />
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Stay with me, I have a point. :) When we put it for sale I got a message from Mike asking why we did not contact him to buy it? I was like, what? You could so make something better than that. He called the abbey a 'work of art'.</div>
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Our mentor just called one of our creations a work of art. I would not in my wildest dreams have thought that back in 2006 we would be in in a place where our mentor say that to us. Just can't believe it. What a long and very fun journey this has been. This is why the DG Crew have been longtime supporters of HAuNTcon, who has been a long time supporter of Home Haunters learning and taking it to the next level. See you all in J<a href="http://hauntcon.com/">anuary</a>! <br /><br /></div>
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The Davis Graveyard crew is a great group of talented people. This was a prop from years ago, and probably one of our first solid foam props.<br />
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The eternal flame.<br />
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Here is how it was put together. This prop now over 4 years old is still a favorite and always hides in the back of the yard. Its location is not important because it is a perfect piece of the puzzle that works hard without being the centerpiece.<br />
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We have retired a lot of props, but this one is a classic.<br /><br />Thanks to the DG crew for this awesome staple to the display.<br />
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outdoors 24/7 in Portland Oregon is about 4-5 years and then they start to decompose. The first one is our first scarecrow for the garden. He was a traditional scarecrow with a straw hat and overalls, the hat is completely decayed and gone the overalls are following at a rapid pace.<br />
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This second one was my pumpkin head scarecrow with tree branch arms covered in burlap, very Sleepy Hollow like. I have not been able to find the head. </div>
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I want to go out at dusk and take more pictures. I am enjoying reclaiming my garden and it's Halloween flair.</div>
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After its unexpected closure, The Hollow Hotel invites you to its grand re-opening! But if you listen to the whispers in its winding corridors, you might lose yourself as each turn entices you to delve further in; until you can't turn back. Journey through a maze of hidden passageways that will either lay you to rest, or lead you further into the hotel's dark heart.</div>
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The Hollow Hotel an immersive interactive psychological horror that draws inspiration from the historical events surrounding America's first and most terrifying serial killer - H.H.Holmes - the man whose preferred instrument of murder was a hotel.</div>
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-13054465988558401452018-05-24T16:38:00.001-07:002018-05-24T16:38:05.867-07:00And now for something completely different<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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He is our ruined abbey we made about 6 years ago. We have been working on it each year to fine tune it. And now, we are off to something new.<br />
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A replica of Ardgowan Chapel in Scotland.<br />
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We are using our latest toy - the Hot Wire Foam Factory Router. If anyone remembers our NOLA project from January, this is the tool we got from them to make the scene that we built over that weekend.<br /><br />Looking forward to this new project. Will keep you posted with updates through the build season.</div>
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So as a Halloween blog I have to say that sometimes I have felt my inspiration corralled.<br />
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On that note, in order to get back to blogging, I will say that not all of my work will be about Halloween. Gonna talk about what moves me. May start a whole new blog.....not sure about the future <i>today.</i><br />
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That is because recently I have taken a journey into my past. Halloween was still part of it then, but this is not that story.<br />
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Husband and I were married in the early 80's. Husband, who started out as a theater arts major, quickly changed his course of study to computer science, because he was good at it....and it would make more money and more 'normal' hours.<br />
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After floating around for a few years, we ended up back in my old stomping grounds of Southern California. He worked at a computer sales store that did some custom programming on the side. We would spend our nights and weekends with friends playing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom">Infocom</a> games our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaypro">Kaypro</a> portable computer. I can remember spending my off hours around the store playing an Indian Jones type game on what I think was an early Apple computer.<br />
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Things progressed in the tech field very fast it was then that husband got a job at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory">JPL</a> as a programmer. Awesome opportunity in Pasadena with like most people in the area, a terrible commute.<br />
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This was the early days of computers when a desktop cost a silly amount of money, so building your own from parts became the way the 'nerds' did it. So I can remember the early <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8086">8086 chips</a> and so forth....putting a computer together from parts and testing and retesting to get the thing to work. There are a LOT of cabling and seating controller boards into motherboards in our past.<br />
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Working at JPL - Jeff got to work with one of the creators of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBase">dBase</a>, THE database software at the time. I looked on Wikipedia to see if I could remember the name, but he would have to give you those details.<br />
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It was an interesting, no, that is not the word, exciting time to be in the business - it did not seem so back then, but looking back, everything was changing fast. There was always something new from some little company almost every day. Both the software and the technology were growing and changing. At that time, not the monopoly that we have now.<br />
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No, it was what/who was going to replace what. It really was a race. Everything changed, all the time. And it was exciting and frustrating....and just a part of life and I have to say, as frustrating as it was, it was a ride not to be forgotten.<br />
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I almost had (forgotten) until I just finished watching "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)">Halt and Catch Fire</a>'. I always say that I know more than the average person about computers through osmosis. Living with a tech/programmer for over 30 years. But I am ashamed to say that I had to ask him what the title meant. Without missing a beat, he gave me the answer. That man never ceases to amaze me.<br />
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So into this show, we went. It is funny how much of this we could both relate to. Took me, cannot speak for him, right back to the mid 80's and early 90's when we both were working in computers (he a coder, me the person that impressed my fellow co-workers with my computer knowledge through osmosis from the husband.) I just finished the last episode, and it made me wax nostalgic and ...<br />
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...it made me do this. At 1:00 am here in Portland, Oregon, I went out to the garage and got these.<br />
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These are the licenses plates of husbands car from 1989 until the late 90's. After a few years living in Portland in the late 90's, dBase was all but forgotten and in these days of almost all popular PC programs ending in .exe.<br />
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Here is a trip down memory lane for my programming friends. Who remembers when some programs ended in .prg?<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-86365965421410843252017-04-12T18:30:00.001-07:002017-04-12T18:30:25.989-07:00Geeki - Geek Tiki Mugs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you know me you know I love Halloween. But I also love Tiki drinks. One of my neighbors owns <a href="http://www.bgreynolds.com/">BJ Reynolds </a>mixes (and co-founded the coolest tiki bar in Portland, Hale Pele) he has <a href="https://makeitperfectly.com/drink/recipes?co=599168bc-1e3e-11e7-8d3e-6fddc9edc12d">paired his syrups and drink recipes up with these great Tiki mugs</a>!<br />
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There is a new line of tiki mugs out that are classic monster themed. Check out <a href="http://geekitikis.com/">GeekiTiki</a></div>
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-50408857784637976682017-04-10T16:34:00.001-07:002017-04-10T16:34:14.826-07:002016 Home Haunter DVD Collection Pre-sale <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Back again, the 2016 Home Haunter DVD Collection.<br />
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We have 72 haunts from around the country waiting to visit your living room. These are great inspiration just in time when prop building season kicks into high gear!<br />
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<a href="http://hauntersvideos.com/purchase.php">Click here</a> to preorder.<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-44699419017578295552016-11-02T17:51:00.000-07:002016-11-02T17:51:52.620-07:00Something to do with my left over pumpkins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-69888726617618622062016-10-26T15:56:00.001-07:002016-10-26T15:56:43.800-07:00The Five Worst Halloween Treats According to Gordon Ramsay<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ASznZdlidI" width="480"></iframe>Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-9820599635431899762016-10-26T00:28:00.000-07:002016-10-26T00:30:39.454-07:00Otters like pumpkins too!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
....and bears, and giraffes.<br />
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Anyway, here is a cute distraction.<br />
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Our local zoo gives many of the animals pumpkins in October. Here is a video of their reactions.<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-52534587764341684742016-10-25T13:09:00.001-07:002016-10-25T13:09:27.545-07:00Something Wicked This Way Comes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>And some more love from our local paper the Portland Tribune.</b><br />
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http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/327171-206386-something-wicked-this-way-comes<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-89925512241017051332016-10-25T13:07:00.001-07:002016-10-25T13:07:35.173-07:00Thank my friend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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one of our friends and neighbors has a great blog and did a cool write up on the Davis Graveyard<br />
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http://www.bjdorr.com/201610256554<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-78950766382350634612016-10-24T11:21:00.002-07:002016-10-24T11:21:37.758-07:00Surveying his domain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hal is sitting on the hightest place on the property, watching the yard and the people. Basically doing his job.<br />
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BTW - no, he did not do that damage. The planter is on it's side on purpose and they yard is supposed to look overgrown and a mess.<br />
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Second week in November.....big dumpster for yard debris and a pressure washer are in my future.</div>
Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-49520590540233587412016-10-06T11:24:00.002-07:002016-10-06T11:24:33.616-07:00We got a new cat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is a black cat....and at night it glows in the dark.<br />
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WTH?!?!??<br />
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I do not usually buy decorations from chain stores anymore. I prefer to support my friends that make stuff :)<br />
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But when I saw this cat, I had to have it.<br />
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Needs a name<br />
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Chris 'Frog Queen' Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080568376145572154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070009520447499812.post-56989320583191604232016-10-05T09:00:00.000-07:002016-10-05T10:51:00.276-07:00 I'm very pleased to hear you say that, because I'm giving it to you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>I can't go on forever, and I don't really want to try. </i><br />
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<i>So who can I trust to run the factory when I leave and take care of the Oompa Loompas for me? </i><br />
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<i>Not a grown up. </i><br />
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<i>A grown up would want to do everything his own way, not mine. So that's why I decided a long time ago that I had to find a child.
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RIP Mr. Wilder. <br />
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You will forever the magical part of my childhood.<br />
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