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Our neighborhood in Florida was full of retirees, and got almost no kids. Nonetheless, I was ready for them! In 2013 I probably did more outside, but here is just the wreath I made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 2014, I started doing up the foyer so it looked magical and spooky when I opened the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also built The Judge, who, sadly, was ruined by a shitty moving company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 2015, the outside was the same, and I did another foyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2016-7 Silver Spring, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe biggest yard I’d had in my life, and I went nuts. The display is similar both years. I built a mausoleum with a projection inside, there was a projection in the garage, and every window was lit and spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThose were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext time, we may or may not get to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2010-12 We weren’t in the type of apartments that had room for decorations, but in 2012, I took advantage of the apartment club house to throw a dark carnival themed party. I took inadequate pictures. I don’t want to post a bunch of pics of my friends, but let me just say they understood the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In 2014, I started doing up the foyer so it looked magical and spooky when I opened the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI also built The Judge, who, sadly, was ruined by a shitty moving company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 2015, the outside was the same, and I did another foyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2016-7 Silver Spring, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe biggest yard I’d had in my life, and I went nuts. The display is similar both years. I built a mausoleum with a projection inside, there was a projection in the garage, and every window was lit and spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThose were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext time, we may or may not get to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2010-12 We weren’t in the type of apartments that had room for decorations, but in 2012, I took advantage of the apartment club house to throw a dark carnival themed party. I took inadequate pictures. I don’t want to post a bunch of pics of my friends, but let me just say they understood the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I also built The Judge, who, sadly, was ruined by a shitty moving company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn 2015, the outside was the same, and I did another foyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2016-7 Silver Spring, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe biggest yard I’d had in my life, and I went nuts. The display is similar both years. I built a mausoleum with a projection inside, there was a projection in the garage, and every window was lit and spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThose were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext time, we may or may not get to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2010-12 We weren’t in the type of apartments that had room for decorations, but in 2012, I took advantage of the apartment club house to throw a dark carnival themed party. I took inadequate pictures. I don’t want to post a bunch of pics of my friends, but let me just say they understood the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In 2015, the outside was the same, and I did another foyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2016-7 Silver Spring, MD<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe biggest yard I’d had in my life, and I went nuts. The display is similar both years. I built a mausoleum with a projection inside, there was a projection in the garage, and every window was lit and spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThose were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext time, we may or may not get to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2010-12 We weren’t in the type of apartments that had room for decorations, but in 2012, I took advantage of the apartment club house to throw a dark carnival themed party. I took inadequate pictures. I don’t want to post a bunch of pics of my friends, but let me just say they understood the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The biggest yard I’d had in my life, and I went nuts. The display is similar both years. I built a mausoleum with a projection inside, there was a projection in the garage, and every window was lit and spooky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThose were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNext time, we may or may not get to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2010-12 We weren’t in the type of apartments that had room for decorations, but in 2012, I took advantage of the apartment club house to throw a dark carnival themed party. I took inadequate pictures. I don’t want to post a bunch of pics of my friends, but let me just say they understood the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9842\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Those were the best years for yard displays. I want to get back to that level of build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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