![A leggy ghost cooking up hot dogs and hamburgers on a classic red grill](/assets/gourd-times/hot-dogs.jpg)
![A dimly-lit photo of a duck, suspended from a carousel-like apparatus with some other ducks](/assets/gourd-times/quack.jpg)
![Pumpkins in the foreground, pumpkins in the background](/assets/gourd-times/pumpkins.jpg)
![A wider shot of the ghost with the grill as well as lots of pumpkins. Behind a bush is a faun-like creature considering which of two pumpkins is less suspicious.](/assets/gourd-times/stage-right.jpg)
![A long shot of the yard from the side nearest some ducks. Everything is bathed in purple light and there's a puff of fog.](/assets/gourd-times/pond.jpg)
![A scarecrow reaching for the camera!](/assets/gourd-times/scarecrow.jpg)
Let’s pick a pumpkin!
Trick-or-treaters were able to visit Gourd Times in my front yard in Los Angeles for Halloween 2023. In addition to my now-usual style of graphic flats, this installation also featured an original 15-minute soundtrack and synchronized lighting effects.