It was a busy year for 2003. Raven Manor received an additional 8 tombstones, bringing the total to 15. I also added the Axworthy flying ghosts. This gave us 4 small ghosts flying overhead, including over the driveway where the visitors would walk. As we went to all this work, the setup time for the display started taking 2-3 days instead of just 1. This was the first year we decided that Raven Manor would run more than just Halloween night. We ran Tuesday thru Friday, which was Halloween.

The first two nights were pleasant with temps in the mid 40's, and dry. But Thursday it snowed quite a bit, and it continued on through Halloween on Friday. We had lots of snow on Halloween that just kept coming and coming. This seemed funny considering that the name on the last of the new tombstones I finished just before the display was setup, was Elsa May SNOW. Maybe I brought the snow upon myself by doing this? It was an eerie effect with the snow coming down and resting on the tombstones and fence. Everything still and quiet, and the overhead Axworthy ghosts flying through the snowfilled night. I shot some video for the first time that night, please take a look...

View a 2 minute video of our snowy 2003 display
(Windows Media Video, length: 2 min 11 sec, image size: 320x240)

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2003 (61 images)

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