Halloween – Beau Gardner Style

I envy those who love Halloween. The candy part aside, even as a kid, I was never really a Halloween enthusiast. Maybe it was my mother’s instance that roaming the neighborhood in my grandfather’s fedora constituted a suitable costume. I think her lack of interest in sewing me up some sort of lavish costume had a lasting effect. I would have made a dandy furry pink bunny, I’m sure of it.  So there it is-at best, I was a plastic mask with a pillow case kind of a Halloween gal.

Fast forward years later, to my first ever brush with an honest to goodness Halloween lover. I’m not talking your garden variety seamstress who can whip up a pink bunny costume on a lazy afternoon. Nor am I eluding to a person who likes to make cakes that look like bugs, and decorates a house with pumpkins and dried-up corn stalks, all of which I myself, still can’t and don’t ever accomplish. I’m talking super-crazy-over-the- top Halloween, as only THE Mr. Beau Gardner, would imagine.

Dracula's Funeral

Dracula's Funeral

Dracula's Funeral

Long time ago, when the photo guy was just A guy, and not yet even MY guy, he brought me to visit the Halloween display of his good friend, Mr. Beau Gardner. Now for someone like me, who never quite got a fix on how to revel in Halloween, seeing a display as well conceived and spectacular as those which frighten and delight Mr. Beau Gardner’s neighbors, was a sight to behold.

King Arthur Vampires

Wedding Guests

That first year, the entire front lawn was fashioned to depict a scene from the movie ET, in which a child flew though the air on a bike, high overhead. Here’s a small retrospective sent to me by my photo guy, who’s quick to remind me, nobody can match Beau Gardner when it comes to Halloween.

E.T.

E.T.

Enjoy, and thanks Beau !!!