I’ve lived on the prairies for many years but I’ve never seen anyone decorating their hay bales before!  The toothy grins greet all passersby and are an effective way of decorating what you have.  Super creative!

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The oddest places end up with Halloween displays in October.  This display in a parking garage is a great example of that.  I’m not sure how many trick or treaters they’d get down there but it sure is a great way to liven up a dreary space.  I love the cobwebs on the skeletons hands.  Nice touch.

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Here is yet another example of a Halloween decoration in an unexpected space.  These are available for purchase at www.allholidaytreasures.com or you could easily make your own with some red paint and a white shower curtain.  You can just hear the psycho music playing in the bathroom…  Shower at your own risk!

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These walls are instantly transformed with hideous zombie heads protruding from the wall paper.  Definitely a little too realistic for me!  I like the cracks drawn onto the fabric “wallpaper”.  I wouldn’t want to be watching scary movies in this room!

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This ghoulish walkway is eerily light with the devil’s horns.  They sure give a creepy red, blood like glow to the walk way.  Imagine this from a toddler’s perspective trick or treating with their parent’s for the first time…  I bet they just don’t know what to think at all!

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This super creative hand made wreath is a great way to greet Halloween visitors.  It’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” theme is easily removed, leaving a pretty green wreath in it’s place.  The shooter of this photo hand made the wreath with greenery and added a paper mache skull to complete the theme.

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Sometimes home made decorations are the way to go.  This house boasts a huge spider web made by string ropes around the entire front of the house.  A small section is left open to the doorway so that people can come and go.  I’ve never seen anything quite like this before.  Some people are soooo creative.  I just love it!

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Sometimes, the devil is in the details.  Sorry, couldn’t help it!  I love the way this skeleton’s torso is still “buried” underground.  It definitely looks like it’s scrambling for freedom and is about to run after you down the street.  I especially like how the headstone is blank.  You can look at it two ways — someone was lazy and forgot or it’s left blank so that the victim’s name can be filled in after the skeleton catches up!

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Sometimes the allure of the decoration is all about placement and lighting.  This ghoulish skeleton looks like it’s about to leap off the balcony and glide down to eat your brains, all while being illuminated in a spot light.  It this was somewhere else and wasn’t lit like it is, it wouldn’t be nearly as creepy.

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In this front yard, a red spotlight is used to spotlight the devil swooping down out of the tree.  The addition of the gravestones, skeleton and cobwebs add to the effect.  I’d think twice before trick or treating here!  I especially like how there are arms trying to claw out of the ground on the headstone to the left.

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I guess whoever set up this jamming decoration is as afraid of dentist’s as I am.  “Hardcore Dentistry” is a spooky name for a band!  Zombie band witha spider for a microphone and giant pointed teeth – meh.  Make them dentists and suddenly they’re terrifying!!!

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Here’s a homeowner who has gone all out.  From the pirate skeleton hung by it’s wrists and ankles to ghosts hanging in the trees to zombies with arms outstretched.  This is the place to be on Halloween, obviously.  My favorite is the “shrunken head” jack o’lantern on a stick.  Super funny and creepy.

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This house has everything you can imagine and lots you’d prefer not to!  Dead men hanging from trees, the devil with wings on the roof, mummies, jack-o-lanterns and lights galore.  I hope they have extra candy because lots of people are going to want to come and check this place out!

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These two pictures show a very erethral yard full of ghosts and spectres in an extremely haunted graveyard.  The lighting is amazing and would make even the bravest kids run screaming.  The mummy glowing in the mists with outstretched arms is especially creepy.  This is far from your average yard decorations for Halloween!  So creative, imaginative and downright skilled.

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Instead of glowing, floating ghosts, this yard goes straight for the gore.  Giant rats gorging themselves on a rotting, decaying body.  Disgustingly realistic, right down to the blood that is covering everything.

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This final display will make kids everywhere even more freaked out to go to the doctor!  It’s unknown what kind of experiments this mad physician is performing on the bloody corpse.  The nurse is even involved in this one with a giant needle in one hand and a shocked face (or maybe blow up doll face!).  My favorite is the shelf filled with all sorts of horrors that is in front of the nurse — a severed head and jars full of all sorts of human (?) parts and oddities.  Gore at it’s finest!

So, get out there and start decorating folks.  Halloween will be here sooner than you think!  Here are some more “Halloween themed” articles I’ve been working on:

• Absolutely Absolutely Bizarre Adult Halloween Costumes
• 15 Incredible Jack-O-Lanterns
• 12 Very Strange Childrens Costumes Not For the Faint of Heart
• 10 Hysterically Funny Cat Halloween Costumes
• 10 Hysterically Funny Dog Halloween Costumes
• Funny Toddler Costumes for Halloween

Take a few minutes breathe. Nice slow deep breaths and enjoy the moment. Concentrate on your breathing. (Close your eyes if it’s easier for you to concentrate). You do not have to OVER- EMPHASIZE your breathing, just be aware of your chest rising up and down.

Feel your body start to unwind. Your shoulders are becoming relaxed and you are no longer tense. Don’t think of anything else apart from your breathing. If you feel that your mind is racing with all that needs to be done, recognize this by looking at “WHAT” your mind is thinking and your thoughts will dissolve. Do this for a several minutes. It will become easier and easier with each practice. You will find positive results over a short period of time.

Once you do this, you will find more time to enjoy this exercise and put it into practice every day. This could enhance the way you view and respond to obstacles and challenges in your life and relieve you of the stresses that push you OVER the TOP.

Enjoy your LIFE to the FULLEST along with the CHALLENGES you face day to day!

This article is written from my experiences and is in not endorsed by any Medical Dr.