Quite simply, 14IV is the shortened address of where a cool Halloween yard exists.  The ivy around the number is just a play on words IslandView = IV = ivy.  In 2026, I decided to give the haunt a name - Silverwood Cemetery.  Later, I hope to install a FestiHanuKwanzMas (FHKM) display of my own design and planning, and it's not all flashy lights and commercialism.

I have always loved Halloween.  I love horror flicks and I love magic.  I'm also a member of the Academy of Magical Arts in Hollywood, California.  However, I haven't done magic in a while.  All of that aside, after the neighborhood thought that fog-gone-wrong was neat-o, I decided to carve out some work time to build a better Halloween scene.

In 2021, I tried to use a fog machine.  It was a failure, even though many neighbors thought it was cool. Cool was the problem.  Fog comes out hot and hot dissipates. However, I had the Costco dragon making his rumblings, so maybe the fog was supposed to be smoke.

There's always someone nearby.  Look for Madam D and be sure to ask her crystal ball nicely for a large candy bar.  Wait?!  It said, "NO?!"  Well, it is called Trick or Treat!!

For 2026, we have partnered with Albanese and bring you some special treats you cannot find in the area.  We hope you like them.  For the bin, you'll find TrueFruit gummy bears and Sour Worms.

After my first taste of fog gone wrong, I searched the internet to find out how to fix it.  Well, I found lots of good and bad ideas.  From there I decided I wanted to do more...a lot more.  I mean, how about ghosts floating on the lawn?  Or getting fog on the front lawn -- that has taken a lot of work.  I just started to search and Halloween 2022 became my passion.

Most of our ghosts and goblins are more like Casper and Baby Groot, so it's important to shield them from zombies and things that make you scream in the night. But don't be discouraged.  Plans are in the works to do scarier stuff in the back.

First, I wanted to document and share how I created my Halloween yard, much like the YouTube makers I have learned from.  Second, I have friends all over the world who would like to see my creations but cannot make the long journey.  And finally, well, I'm trying out some new templates and tools and it allows me to continue to wear that propeller beanie (geek-dom).

It takes two people a good two weeks to get everything configured and set up. Tear down is about four hours.

Fun video of setting up the fence

Once Madam D closes her big candy fortune-telling shop, we are closed for the night.  We will turn off the entire lawn so that late trick'r treaters don't feel the urge to dodge the hidden wires and become ensnared just trying to get to the front door.  Please respect the effort we have put forth and park down the street, get out and show off your costumes. 

This haunt is really my personal therapy.  It flexes my brain to create and my goal is to "use power tools without losing my thumbs!"  The local news outlets will not visit me unless I accept donations, and that's fine.  You stop by because you want to.  There's no obligation, other than, if you ask for candy, please be wearing a costume.  We reserve the right to not give handouts when the kids all came dressed for fun and sweets.