RMW Ramblings

  O'Lanterns Hallowe'en Pumpkins Past   As our family was growing up I annually painted, carved, or decorated pumpkins for the Hallowe'en season. I photographed just a few of them. Here's Dracula...         Laurel and Hardy... i    And a Samurai...     We'll be back to Rockford Horrors soon.

 Rockford Horrors Vulture  A domineering vulture looms over the Rockford Tower doorway.  In 2006 I painted a more realistic, but just as menacing,turkey vulture,  Cathartes.  

 Rockford Horrors Kong A hairy monster climbs Rockford Tower while dangling a captured blonde.  The scene is an adaptation of a Christmas party invitation  with myself as Kong, holding Mary, not actress Fay Wray.  The biplanes are from a poster for the 1933 RKO  King Kong  movie.  

 Rockford Horrors The Gargoyle Today's Rockford Horror is The Gargoyle, entangled by a snake.       The lion head gargoyles edge the copper roof of Rockford Tower.  

 Rockford Horrors The Cat  A black cat prowls.   The tower is a rework of a drawing I did years earlier. I have fearlessly recycled it many times.    

 Rockford Horrors The Bat   I sighted several scary things at, on, and around Rockford Tower. I'll share them with you as the days move towards Halloween.