| - Behind the Scenes 2007 - |
| Andy supervising the delivery of the barricades for Opening Night. |
| Click image for hi-res photo |
| Dr. Dave fixing a reindeer. The stethoscope is used to locate the bad bulb (Our magic Blue Box makes the bad bulb buzz). |
| Basset puppy "Dude" helping? Having Dude around helped fill the void. |
| Rudolf wearing Sparky's collar as a tribute to our departed family member. Click on photo for picture of Sparky "helping". |
| Flag II begins in May.... |
| The stars. |
| The Dude conducting an inspection. |
| Back of flag right before lift up to roof. (Brother-in-law Wes) |
| We make our own custom length extension cords with male/female connectors and bulk wire. |
| Last year's after Xmas sale. Each string $0.99 ea. These were used for our color layered bushes and tree trunks. |
| Dave's streelight sensor with last year's tape. Bird poop near sensor. A hole that wasn't there last year at bottom. Bullet hole? |
| Andy's streetlight sensor after securing LED. We have learned to minimize the tape on the sensor as it is just plugged in and can come loose when we "yank" the LED off. |
| All of the digital Solid State Relay controllers that were replaced by Light-o-Rama controllers this year. |
| Building Light-o-Rama controllers. |
| Our Schematic. This is the final version (#6). It shows all display elements along with their power sources, computer cable runs and controllers for both SSR and Light-o-Rama. |
| All of the digital Solid State Relay controllers that were replaced by Light-o-Rama controllers this year. |
| Our 2nd floor back deck. The white bucket is the snow fluid tank. It gravity feeds the snow machine on the garage. Also visible is the mount for the star over the house. |
| Disneyland Scouting Trip - Christmas tree on Main Street after a rain storm. This photo just to show that it happens to the best of them..... |
| Disneyland Scoutiing Trip - Sleeping Beauty's Castle with "Snow Overlay". All lights are white LED's. The turrets shimmer. |
| Disneyland Scouting Trip - Dave in ornament on Disneyland Hotel Christmas Tree. Photo by Sharon. |
| Final Food pickup. We collected 1,800 lbs. A little less than last year which is good because we prefer money over food. |
| Testing for 2008.... Three different strings. Standard white incandescent on the left. LED warm white M6 style in the middle. LED warm white 5mm concave on the right. The Tacky Committee picked the 5mm LEDs. Look for many of these in 2008! |
| The Tear-down Crew. From left: Carrie Levin, Adrian, Eric, and Josh Levin. The boys got community service credit, and Carrie was the "Parental Supervision" (I guess I don't count. Good call.). In a five hour shift, they unwrapped all of the rear tree, got the lights off the mega tree and finished about 80% of Andy's Magnolia tree. Photo at right show all three boys in the same tree. Thanks! |
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