Enough Already!

 

Why does it always rain the entire week of Halloween? I'm trying not to complain, especially with what my fellow haunters on both coasts are dealing with right now, but enough already!

Sunday's forecast, at least for now, is looking good, so the tombstones and props will just spend a few more days tucked safely back in the garage.

Plenty left to do in preparation for the big night, so back to the (dry) garage I go. And may the Pumpkin Gods look favorably upon us all this All Hallows Eve. Send up your pumpkin offerings for a dry and windless night!

Only FIVE days to go until the big night! Are you ready?

 

 

Weather Report

Last night, we went to a neighborhood trick-or-treat party. It rained. We're heading to another neighborhood trick-or-treat party tonight. It's raining. And I just started looking at our city's weather forecast for Halloween night...

Not looking too promising... Weather. It's the one thing that I can't control for my annual yard haunt and it always puts my stomach in knots. I'm hoping that there's still enough time that the forecast will change a bit towards the better, but we'll push ahead regardless. It certainly won't be the first year it has rained on Halloween. And if there's one thing that I have learned while doing this, is that some rain won't stop the hordes of ravenous trick-or-treaters from visiting Highbury Cemetery on Halloween night...


I also wanted to wish everyone running their haunts tonight good luck. Regardless of the weather, push forward and do what you do! We are the ones who fight to preserve the glorious traditions of Halloween and keep it fun and scary for the next generations to enjoy. Our work is so important. Don't ever stop!!

  

A Final Weather Update

It's amazing that as haunters we can somehow control the weather for Halloween night. Truth be told, I still start checking the forecast two weeks ahead, knowing full well that the forecast will change another 50 times. And I still secretly pray to the Candy Corn Gods for a favorable forecast for the big night.

The weather is the one thing that can really make or break a haunter's yard display. And I also know that not everyone will have favorable weather on the big night. I'm already hearing horror stories about a storm packing fierce winds traveling up the east coast. My shriveled, rotted heart goes out to those haunters.

But as I make a final check of my own forecast, it looks as though my prayers and sacrifices have appeased the Candy Corn Gods! And for this, I am eternally grateful!

It's strange to see a chance of showers pop up today after initially being forecast for no rain for at least the last week. But I'll take a chance of rain today in exchange for my Halloween forecast. Dry and chilly, exactly as I had hoped!

And the Candy Corn Gods have given me great favor this Halloween season: two separate forecasts with a ZERO PERCENT chance of precipitation. Thank you, O Mighty Candy Corn Gods! You are most benevolent!!

One Week To Go!

And so many little things left to do! Why is it that every year at this time my head is so close to spinning off!?!?

At least after all of these years, I have learned to ignore the ever-changing weather report until at least a week until the big night. And truth be told, I still get a few sneak peeks in before then. I can't help it!

So now I can start looking at the daily weather report and hope for the best each time I look. With a week left until the big night, we're looking pretty good. Although I'm going to call today's report "threading the needle"...

Still a bit too close on those rain chances, but I'll continue to keep my fingers crossed.

  

I Can't Catch A Break...

Well this sure puts a damper on things...