Looking back

First of all, the site is mostly back to working, if not exactly back to where I want it. Some stuff I’m going to have to start over from scratch.

Time for the annual looking back on what worked, what didn’t, and where are we going from here.

The Orchard was finally represented as conceived in 2010. Our third try. Mostly just finding the right sticks to use was the problem.

The straw bales worked as planned, encouraging kids to spread pumpkins around staging areas, creating little groups instead of a solid line.

The illusion of pitch black in the corn tunnel was back, missing in 2014.

Father was fabulous.

No one but me would notice the problems Mother had.

The bridge redesign simplified setup tremendously and held up better than the old design.

Overall, just about a perfect year.

However, what didn’t work?

The small fire pits won’t last a whole night. No pics of this, they were lighting the treat table. Note for future, they aren’t going to work for that plan…

Candles remain problematic at times.

Batteries for the pumpkins were a little disappointing this year. They were of a lesser quality.

Yes. It’s a short list…

And there’s the rub. “The Harvest” theme is now in the books as pretty much where I wanted it…Now what? There are two competing ideas in my head…one makes sense…one is off the wall.

Well…that was….fun.

Well…some auto updates have broken just about everything here.

Bare with me while I sort all this out.

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