Monday, October 29, 2012
Reminder!
Reminder...
Darkrose Manor is NOT running this year in it's former grandeur. We will still be handing out candy to trick-r-treaters, but have only set out afew props this year. Please do NOT drive from long distances to see DRM! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and we hope to be back next year! :-)
To our haunter friends in the northeast, please be safe and our thoughts are with you!
Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Straw Bales and an Orange Lightbulb...
So, in an effort to get into the spirit, despite the lack of true Darkrose Manor glory in our front yard this year, we were outside setting up a few harvesty/halloweeny items on the front porch yesterday afternoon.
We had several bales of wonderfully decomposing straw that had been sitting in the backyard all summer. So, we decided to arrange them around the front porch to house a few jackos and maybe a pumpkin creep or two to keep Virgil company for Halloween. 'Darkrose Hollow' - or rather 'Darkrose Small-o' - for 2012.
So, a few straw bales, tree stumps, and a couple of orange bulbs in the trees later, we are sitting on the porch, happily sipping adult beverages, enjoying the early evening autumn air while admiring the small setup, if not lamenting the true lack of 'overboard' that we have usually accomplished by this time of year... when suddenly, a small gold sedan pulls up to the curb, the window rolls down, and an older woman hollers out the window saying, "if you block the street with people at your house this year, I AM CALLING THE COPS!" She then rolls up the window and speeds off just as quickly as she pulled up to the curb. No time for discussion, no time for retort. Nada.
Nice. The funny part is that we actually had security directing traffic last year. The road wasn't blocked - at all.
This followed an afternoon where most were stopping by to ask us why we hadn't set everything else up this year and that they were terribly disappointed.
Apparently, a 'harvesty' look at DRM is just as scary to some of our neighbors as the real DRM thing.
Whatever. I guess we can't please everyone.
Still looking for pumpkins and corn stalks to complete the tamed down version of Darkrose Small-o, though. :-)
We had several bales of wonderfully decomposing straw that had been sitting in the backyard all summer. So, we decided to arrange them around the front porch to house a few jackos and maybe a pumpkin creep or two to keep Virgil company for Halloween. 'Darkrose Hollow' - or rather 'Darkrose Small-o' - for 2012.
So, a few straw bales, tree stumps, and a couple of orange bulbs in the trees later, we are sitting on the porch, happily sipping adult beverages, enjoying the early evening autumn air while admiring the small setup, if not lamenting the true lack of 'overboard' that we have usually accomplished by this time of year... when suddenly, a small gold sedan pulls up to the curb, the window rolls down, and an older woman hollers out the window saying, "if you block the street with people at your house this year, I AM CALLING THE COPS!" She then rolls up the window and speeds off just as quickly as she pulled up to the curb. No time for discussion, no time for retort. Nada.
Nice. The funny part is that we actually had security directing traffic last year. The road wasn't blocked - at all.
This followed an afternoon where most were stopping by to ask us why we hadn't set everything else up this year and that they were terribly disappointed.
Apparently, a 'harvesty' look at DRM is just as scary to some of our neighbors as the real DRM thing.
Whatever. I guess we can't please everyone.
Still looking for pumpkins and corn stalks to complete the tamed down version of Darkrose Small-o, though. :-)
Monday, October 15, 2012
Darkrose Manor needs donations of pumpkins and cornstalks
Darkrose Manor needs donations of pumpkins and cornstalks -
Ok so... technically, Darkrose Manor will not be running the full yard haunt this year. We just couldn't swing it financially. However, in an effort to keep the spirit alive for our neighborhood kids who look forward to this community event every year, we are asking for donations of pumpkins and corn stalks.
Please help - any donation will be accepted whether it's one pumpkin, one corn stalk bundle, or a truckload of both. We need your help!! Please help us keep the halloween spirit alive for these kids!
Not to mention, hopefully keeping our house from being TP'd by the disappointed kids because we couldn't afford the decorations this year!
Email or Comment for more info and to help. We greatly appreciate you!
Thank you!!!!!! Thank you!!! Thank You!!!!
Darkrose Manor provides a safe and fun trick-or-treating experience for kids of all ages in Southeast Aurora's Carriage Place neighborhood. No blood or guts - and tons of fun. We have been featured on 7News and in The Aurora Sentinel. For more information please visit..
www.darkrosemanor.com
Ok so... technically, Darkrose Manor will not be running the full yard haunt this year. We just couldn't swing it financially. However, in an effort to keep the spirit alive for our neighborhood kids who look forward to this community event every year, we are asking for donations of pumpkins and corn stalks.
Please help - any donation will be accepted whether it's one pumpkin, one corn stalk bundle, or a truckload of both. We need your help!! Please help us keep the halloween spirit alive for these kids!
Not to mention, hopefully keeping our house from being TP'd by the disappointed kids because we couldn't afford the decorations this year!
Email or Comment for more info and to help. We greatly appreciate you!
Thank you!!!!!! Thank you!!! Thank You!!!!
Darkrose Manor provides a safe and fun trick-or-treating experience for kids of all ages in Southeast Aurora's Carriage Place neighborhood. No blood or guts - and tons of fun. We have been featured on 7News and in The Aurora Sentinel. For more information please visit..
www.darkrosemanor.com
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