The list of pictures to be taken:
HF comrades displays here in town;
My Skeleton,
my spiderwebs,
my future curtians.
Pumpkins, pumpkins pumpkins
My pumpkin spice latte I get as I go home
my labcoat
my countdown sign
my mothers house and her sundries
the candy
the food from the party
I cant believe its almost here!

Of lights, graves and a major spider infestation.

Image by Strublay; Northwest Las Vegas

This was the first one I saw, A cute little house that was obvious it was trying to pull off something nice they did a good job I think.

Image by Strublay; Northwest Las Vegas

Here is its  little grave area.

Image by Strublay; Northwest Las Vegas

Spider infestation!

Image by Strublay; Northwest Las Vegas

Heh, VERY las vegas.

Memories of blacklight bulbs, bats, and poseable Skeletons made of paper.

Found on Flickr; Image by: Hey Paul

My Halloweens of memory, they consisted of white sheets over furniture, and bare black light bulbs, of carved pumpkins and paper decorations.

Found on Flickr; Image by: Whimsy Studios

Paper bats fluttered about the house, paper spiders crawled down the hall, there was a ghost made of starched cheese cloth, and a lilliputian grave yard, complete with tiny bats, small flying witch and a grim reaper lined the windows;

Found on Flicker; Image by: Riptheskull

 But the most vivid memory of all was the paper skeleton, an creation of western origin, with rotting skin falling off old bones. My mother put one of my Halloween shirts on him, to hide his gruesome insect infested torso.

The images forever defined my holiday.

I hate how its been commercialized. You cant buy memories as vivid as that.

Of Spiders, Steiner's, and web's aplenty.

Image by Strublay.

Went to Steiner's this evening, before my partner and I went out to take photographs of some of the decorated homes in NW Las Vegas, and, much to my surprise I was greeted by the green "glowing" work of radioactive orange spiders. As I walked inside, spider webs were everywhere and lights were all over the bar. It was a fantastic surprise and I turned around and grabbed my camera, with the complete intention of writing this post.  Above you see my view of the bar and the kitchen area, donned in Halloween display. How lovely.

Image by Strublay

Those are some damned industrious spiders. I mean, woah.

Image by Strublay

And then there was this guy, his eyes faded in and out, which was a nice effect.

I don't typically go for adverts, but I love the few occasions I can go to this place, so I'm plugging them.

If you want to go see this finery for your self, Go visit Steinerspub.com or go to Steiner's Pub at 8410 W. Cheyenne Ave. (And if anyone of the staff come here, Hi! ^_^)

Of candle holders, count down signs, and a Urban Vegas Halloween

Image By: Strublay

...and so it begins, my Halloween decorating has started in earnest, and the first feeble beginnings come out in the form of candles. Pulled out in September, I have reserved the pictures of them for this first, of many, posts of Halloween images taken by yours truly.

Image by Strublay

The sign. It counts down the inevitability of the dark night coming. I made it from foam core, velcro, a blacklight and a reversible hot orange/green card stock.  Total cost of the sign, with out the black light $2.00, with the blacklight $12.00. The entire project was inspired by several posts on HalloweenForum.com, and the font used was Green Fuz from 1001fonts.com.

Image by Strublay

My second story window, pumpkins, sign, and all.

I'm glad it started.

Of blacklights, jacklights, and creepy creatures of fear.

Found on Flickr; Image by DevilsChariot

Devils Chariot is back on my blog, with this creepy little dude with glowing green eyes. *Shutter*

Found on Flickr; Image by Slworking2

Black lights give everything that un-earthly glow, even foam tombstones with plastic skeleton hands. Yesterday I learned the actual atom level workings of the black light effect from some MIT OCW Vids I was watching, so the florecent glow of objects under blacklight holds a whole new meaning.

Found on Flickr; Image by FranieK

First some black light, and now some Jack Light. Orange and black, how charming.

Of spirits, brains, and the allure of green glass.

Found on Flickr; Image by nushuz

Spirits, no the liquid kind. a blood red drink an a skeleton hand glass. How appropriate.

Found on Flickr; Image by tangopango

The Brain Hemorrhage. Shot of choice for Zombies world wide.

Found on Flickr; Image by Macaw-frey

An inviting green bottle, or is it? Oh the allure of green glass.

Of Black Cats, Brooms and being Bee Witched.

Found on Flickr; Image by Cobalt123

He's so handsome! All he needs is an old lady in a funny hat, a broom, and a cauldron and he'd be set!

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Jim Murrell IV

Kitty and broom, wheres the old lady now?

Found on Flickr; Image by Boopsie.daisy

Oh the visual puns. Bee Witched... LOL.

Of Pumpkins, glowing gourds, and the simple pleasure of the pumpkin grin.

Found on Flickr; Image by Jim Murphy

Theres nothing like the smell of burning pumpkin flesh. I love all of the pumpkins in this image.

Found on Flickr; Image by Brother Grimm

  The guy closest to us is what caught my eye, his pointy grin and section of missing teeth make me smile.

Found on Flickr; Image by Seymour Digital Consulting

I used to be a fan of intricate pieces of art such as this. I've started to lean closer and closer to the traditional Jack for my favorites.

Of laboratories, potion bottles and the aesthetic of collections of glass bottles stoppered with cork.

Found on Flickr; Image by Vissago

Erlenmeyer Flasks with dry ice and colored water. I love chemistry laboratories. It's the look really, all the scientific complexity and carefulness, the controlled chaos. Flasks, vials and measuring instruments sitting in such a cleanly cluttered environment. I know its what you do with them that one should respect, but one cannot help but enjoy the aesthetic of a labratory.

Found on Flickr; Image by TW Collins

Potions. Oh what a beautiful sight, hundreds of bottles carefully labeled, all topped with cork stoppers. I would love to have a wall filled with oil and herb bottles for every whim. but for now the small herb cabinet handed down from my grandmother will have to do.

Found on Flickr; Image by Ovendelon

More Potion bottles. It'll never end.

On Zombies Friends, Zombie distant acquaintances and some decently hot zombie chick.

Normally, when dealing with Halloween images, I avoid posting pictures of humans for the obvious complication of identifying who they are. But in this case, I could not help it, seeing that I ran across the image below and an idea was born.

Found on Flickr; Image by Dawn Geary

You ever have those moments of "Hey I know that Zombie?" No? Well I guess I'm a freak then.

This is Joey, I know him because he is the son of my brother in laws girlfriend. He is creepy as HELL as a zombie Clown. So if your in Louisville, give Joey and his mother some love for the awesomeness that is this CRAZY SCARY zombie.

Found on Facebook; Image by Julez Rodionova

Behold, another "Hey! I know that zombie!" moment. One of my fabulous, and very few and far in between friends from high school, Justin, downing a blood spiked blue ribbon and giving us a bloody thumbs up.

(Justin, I could not help it. When one does posts on Zombies, one has to include ones friends.)

Found on Flickr; Image by Ally Baux

Finally for your enjoyment, what a hot chick would look like given an inhuman thirst for brains.

(Why Didn't I title this?) Cauldron Creep

Found on Flickr; Image by Devils Chariot

What an image! That's EPIC. and by epic I mean [EPIC]

Beautiful work.

Found on Flickr; Image by Devils Chariot

Devils has some really beautiful images, and this is one of the creepiest. A Zombie monkey, ALA POTC with no fur... gorgous.

Found on Flickr; Image by Graustark

While we are on the subject of zombie-fied creatures of a non human nature, I present SKELEMINGOS! Plastic Pink Flamingo Zombies!

HA!

Of Pumpkin Pi, broken images and geeky refrences carved in pumpkin flesh.

Found on Flickr; Image by JPStanley

Pi Pumpkin, or is it Pumpkin Pi? A simply hilarious visual pun if you ask me. One of the most commonly used symbols in trigonometry, this little pumpkin reminds one to study, and on Halloween night it says loud and proud, "I am a math/language geek, and I don't care what you think about it!"

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Mike Madsen

Three pumpkins and one geeky reference for your general enjoyment. The Pumpkin King, Mario, and the Disturbed mascot, "The Guy". Kudos to the (I'll assume) young artists who carved these.

Found on Flickr; Image by  vavrajj

Another brilliant visual pun, the broken image link commonly found on old or outdated websites.

Freaking hilarious.

Of Pumpkins in the patch, Luminas and working with what one can get in the deasert.

Found on  Flickr; Image By Rae Hartsock

Lumina Pumpkins, one of my favorite types of pumpkins, The white exterior skin contrasts the deep orange innards nicely, and lend to them a ghostly air. If I could get my hands on a Lumina This year I would be thrilled, but its incredibly unlikely at a decent price, considering my location.

Found On Flickr;  Image By acejr371

This is the kind I generally encounter in Las Vegas, the classic orange. I'll be picking up mine early in the season, so as to avoid the rush during this years pumpkin shortage.

Found on Flickr; Image by Anadelmann

Of Haunted Mansions, Grim Grinning Ghosts, and a Snow Covered Jack.

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Mastery of Maps

The original Haunted Mansion in unusual hues of blue and green, a rare sight to be sure. Can you believe that its been there, up and running at 1500 guests an hour, almost everyday for 40 years? Amazing isn't it?

*Correction*The Haunted Mansion carries 2000-2400 Passengers per hour, which makes it more epic.

I had a 4 day weekend with out internet, and so I have posted today 15 images of The Haunted Mansion, Enjoy!

  

Found on Flickr; Image by Philip Michael Photo

The Florida Haunted Mansion, I've never been to Walt Disney World, but it is my intention to go in the future.

  

 Found on Flickr; Image by Cuellar

Phantom Manor in Disney Land Paris. Apparently the Euro Disney version is much more graphic than here stateside, a lot of corpses running about...

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

This is the first image I have by Joe Penningston, who takes incredible images of the Mansion and makes them available on Flickr.  This image is of the ghost horse in front of the WDW Mansion. This really is an incredible effect.

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

A butler in front of the front of the Haunted Mansion in CA, the composition of this image is epic. Seriously.

  

 Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

The changing portraits, straight laced respectable Victorian paintings by day, but throw some lightning on those suckers and everything changes.

  

 Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

The floating Madam Leota effect. It comes and goes in Disneyland (when I went 4 years ago it was in, but this year it was out.... ) but when its up and running what an effect it is.

  

Found on Flickr; Image by Frogmiller

The Haunted Dueling Portraits, an effect you have to be looking for while your whizzing by the ballroom in your Doom Buggy, the ballroom has so many details its hard to catch in one ride.

  

Found on Flickr; Image By Joe Penniston

'Till death do us part, taken to new heights by the ghost bride in the attic.

Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

The poor shaking grounds keeper, the only "living" thing in the mansion besides the crows and the poor old dog next to him.

Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

The talking singing busts in the grave yard

 

Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston

Hitchhiking ghosts!

Found on Flickr; Image by Mastery of Maps

The next three images are of the Haunted Mansion Holiday that takes place every year from October through the end of December. Above is the external overlay, in all its beautiful daytime Nightmare Before Christmas glory.

  

Found on Flickr; Image by Imperpay

The Pumpkin King Santa.

 

Found on Flickr; Image by SDG-Pictures

Finally my favorite prop, the Pumpkin mountian. I intend to have a fake pumpkin out this year, hopefully it will snow and I can have this at home for a bit... how nice that would be. Notice that this is the area of the singing busts above, and they have just been replaced with pumpkins... pretty neat trick.