Author: DOuG pRATt

Halloweak

Looks as though my projector notification idea won’t be needed. The neighborhood at the top of my dead end street came up with a plan for a Halloween parade. Participants are supposed to put individually wrapped pieces of candy on a table at the end of their driveway. I learned about this too late to take part, and it runs from 4-6, so it will all be over before dark anyway. It’s 5:15 now, and so far I’ve seen only two families stop at the driveway tables at the two houses across the street.

Holloween

After much self-deliberation I decided to not hand out candy this Covid-cursed Halloween. Not that I expect many trick or treaters anyway. But not wanting to just leave the house dark and hope nobody comes to the door, I wanted to do something fun instead. So I drew this picture.

I have an old tripod projector screen I got for free at work, that I like to use in the living room with a projector I picked up on eBay for $65. It looks like this.

Here’s a simulation of what I’m planning to do, weather permitting. Halloween evening on Saturday, I’ll put the screen on the front porch and display the message announcing that we aren’t offering candy.