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I have shown photos of this house, all decorated up with jack-o-lanterns for Halloween, several times before. Today’s photo is the 2012 version, before the number of pumpkins have become as large as it will as October progresses.
With Halloween less than three weeks away, perhaps these photos will provide you with some costume or makeup ideas should you want to dress up as a zombie. I took these pics at Ashland’s Zombie Walk last week.
Halloween is coming. Have you figured out your costume yet?
Pirates and Nuns at Ashland Halloween Parade
“Jesus Loves You But I’m His Favorite” reads the nun’s t-shirt. The posters in the background are for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) which just wrapped up its 2011 season last week.
Joe DiMaggio & Marilyn Monroe couples Halloween costume
Joe appears to have picked a new number since his was retired by the Yankees.
Ashland Dance Works performs Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
For a number of years now, Ashland Dance Works has been “doing” Thriller during the annual Ashland Halloween Parade. This year, instead of doing it down Main Street, like they usually do, they performed on Pioneer Street which is a hill of sorts. This made for easier viewing, assuming you were at the bottom.
Nora O'Dea on Resophonic Mandolin for Intuitive Compass
Intuitive Compass playing some tunes after the Ashland Halloween Parade
Wyatt Yurth's zombie on banjo for Intuitive Compass
I’m not normally a huge fan of bluegrass music (even though Intuitive Compass’s strand of bluegrass is more than a bit twisted), but after the Ashland Halloween Parade I enjoyed listening to Intuitive Compass, who set up in the middle of the normally busy street on the Ashland Plaza. Perhaps it was the beer, or the costumes, or Wyatt Yurth’s resemblance to Mikael Akerfeldt; all I know is I felt very good at the time.
Zombie Daniel Wyatt playing the stand-up bass for Intuitive Compass
Guy in an outhouse costume
If you want tons of people looking and smiling at you on Halloween, try the ol’ tried-and-true “dude stuck in the outhouse” costume on for size.
Alice in Wonderland's Queen of Hearts costume (or is she the Mad Hatter?)
Couple of SOU volleyball players dressed as robots
Caryn and Renee do the robot down Ashland’s Main Street.
Mitt Romney costume
At the Ashland Halloween Parade this guy was dressed up like a Mormon missionary (sort of) with a “Hello, my name is Mitt” sticker on his white shirt. OK, so he didn’t look much like Romney and costumes poking fun at someone’s religion are probably in poor taste, but it did make a lot of people laugh.
Smoking ghouls (or are they zombies?) at the Ashland Halloween Parade
Here we find the other end of the costume spectrum from the squeaky clean Mormon missionary types in these smoking (although well-dressed) ghouls.
Quasimodo and Esmeralda costumes
Finally, for today anyway, we have the Hunchback of Notre Dame and (I think) Esmeralda.
Sheriff costume
Nice colors in Ashland, Oregon on this autumn day for the parade
Halloween costumes at annual Ashland parade