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From a bit closer

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this was on the back of my Christmas card from Carl over at ILHM (he can draw too!?! Wow!)- my favorite card this season! Thanks Carl! Happy Horridays to everyone!

From Canada

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with love. Here is the Christmas card we got from our friend Grant up in Edmonton. Zombie Santa, with a sack full of brains....just warms your heart doesn't it ? :D

Happy Solstice

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It is beginning

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to look a lot like Halloween again. Yes, this year the Davis Graveyard once again "took over" the Milwaukie Umbrella parade . - We can fit Halloween into every holiday! :D Nothing like a mass of black umbrellas with Christmas decoration sported by a crew in black top hats with skulls on them to outshine Santa :D We even got the "group" award! Woohoo!!! Thanks everyone for showing up! Looking forward to next year.

OMG! It is snowing here too!

Thanks Guy (House Bloodthorn) for the how to. And yes, us marketing types are easily distracted by shinny (in this case snowy ) objects! Sometimes....it is the little things. :)

It is snowing

on the House Bloodthorn blog. How cool is that!! I gotta spend more time learning how to update my blog than make these endless posts! :D Happy Holidays! Check it out!

Things that are not going

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back out in the yard in 2010. After sitting through hours of video footage....I am on a rant! So here goes...things NOT going back in the yard in 2010: Those stupid white tapper type candles with the bulbs on top. Every time I see them in a photo I cringe :( One of the worst ideas I have ever had. I apologize to my friend Jason who, per my request, wired up about a dozen of then so they would run off a power supply instead of batteries....sorry man, thanks anyway. Fake polyester spider webs...the ones I purchased this year were terrible quality and did not stretch worth crap. Now that the new webber gun is working.....no more polyester webs for the graveyard. Note to self to buy glue sticks in bulk :) Will B. Back tombstone - I am not a fan of the reversed out tombstone for the display. It is a modern design and not the type of grave stone from a UK cemetery. This is one of those times where I forced an idea on the graveyard without being mindful of how it would look in the yard. L...