Photos by Folsom Telegraph editor Don Chaddock, who told me this 'crow was considered too scary and too large to be in Folsom's scarecrow contest. Apparently, the small scarecrow by his side is roughly person-size, just to give you a sense of his size. The face is individually welded plates, and yes, that is the back of the pumpkin's head in his mouth!
Storage was not kind to Stewie this year. That and the fact I had to keep kicking back at his fingers and hands to keep him from choking me as I walked by his area in the Garage of Doom. So contrary to common sense and personal safety, I had to do a quick repair job on his hands.
This involved shoring up weak and torn parts with duct tape, then applying shop towels and carpet glue over the repair. A quick paint touch-up, and he was out of the Garage like a kid on the last day of school. I didn't even have a chance to get him dressed before he dashed out into the yard to scare the crap out of people. He does so love his job!My neighbor calls this "Creepy Beauty." I like it. Oh, and you can see why this year, I named the haunt "The Witch of Rose Hill." I have a bunch of roses, live on a hill, and my stirring witch will be out in the yard on Halloween night. Ta-da! (I know. I'm such a freakin' genius!)