Scary Potter

 I can't believe it's coming to that time of year already. I'm sure it's still winter. Anyway our local scarecrow competition is coming up. You may recall (see blog), that last year I did Darth Scare. This year's scarecrow is Scary Potter.

For those of you that don't recall last year (I appreciate that things may have actually happened in your life). This was last year's.

I'm quite proud of scary Potter, though if you move him his head falls off - but this is why I make it a bit early - gives me time to work out the flaws. So if you happen to have something rigid and waterproof that's about 5 inches wide and 20 inches long floating around don't hesitate to drop it off here. If I attach that to the back of the head and slide it down inside the jumper this will keep him upright. This year I'm going to put him sitting in a chair, which should at least stop him from being attacked by the wind like Darth Sare was.

We're quite lucky that sons old school uniform was actually identical to Gryffindors (which is where the idea came from). Though I can't find the jumper so attacked one of son's old hoodies with a pair of scissors to create a scarecrow v-neck.

I do recognise that Scary Potter is quite portly - this is, because you understand, that in the scarecrow world you eat lots of hay (or in this case son's too small clothes bundled up in a rubbish bag to keep them dry).

So as well as getting his head to stay up and stay on all I need to find now is a decent stick for a wand. That bit will be easy. I think I'll also make Hedwig out of some carrier bags, watch this space.

Of course we never win - there's too much creativity around here. It's where all the oldies from Brighton move to. It's easy to forget that the wrinklies around here were probably heading up the fun stuff in the sixties. In fact one of them turned down Elvis when he proposed! Gary Moore is buried in the local church - which kinda gives you the level. So my brain is just not as creative as everybody else - I didn't spend vast swathes of my life taking mind altering substances! Even the bowls club did an amazing one last year (I think that came third). All Darth Scare got was a rosette with 'most futuristic scarecrow' - pah - rubbish.

Good to have that essential bit of my life sorted! I'm sure you'll agree - it would have been a DISASTER if that hadn't been completed (I do jest in case you wonder - I'm not that sad,..... or am I???).

On which note, did you know it's only 184 days until Christmas!!!!!!!!