Sorry I've been MIA...

 Sooooooo... I left the Dead End.  

I moved in August 2023.  I sold my house, bought a fixer-upper on a lake, gave away all of my Halloween props to a fellow Florida Haunter, got rid of 75% of my other possessions, and moved to the country!

What does this mean for the future of my Halloween obsession?

Wellllllll...  the truth is....

I don't know.  The house is the epitome of an actual haunted house, as in it's a wreck because my renovation has been stalled for over a year.  

The good thing is, the dirt road I live on is a dead end, so no rebranding will be needed, even though I don't live at the end of the street.  I don't have an HOA, so I don't have any restrictions on what I can do in my yard.

The drawback is that I live an hour at the least from everyone else in my circles, so no more parties.  Plus, I live in the country on an out-of-the-way road, with basically no traffic except the people who live here and ZERO trick-or-treaters, so not many people would even see my work.

BUT!

I do feel the need to create again, even though I should be worrying more about getting the house done.  

So, who knows what will happen.  I will be trying to at least post more, probably throwing shout-outs to other haunters that I admire.  

In the meantime, I jumped on the Drawlloween wagon (4 days late, yes)and sketched with an ink pen in one of my notebooks.  It's a horrible sketch, for sure.  Ink pen is not what I would normally use as it's not forgiving at all, but it is what it is.  (Warning: it's bad, like a 5 year old drew it bad.)

Heads-up

And then, for shits 'n giggles, I asked ChatGTP to render it into a cartoon image.  LOVE it!

Basically, it's the headless horseman on the hill in the background, and they're using his head as the volleyball.

Anyway, figured I'd update in case anyone was wondering what happened and why I haven't posted in a couple of years.  It's been a challenging two years, but I'm happy, and I am living my dream of living on a LAKE!  With my own dock! 

 That said, I'm gonna go look through my art supplies.  Happy October, my spooky friends!