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Well, I decided to take a cue from Stephen King and his book/movie "Pet Sematary" for my big diorama pot. The main difference, of course, is that *my* version is more like a roach motel; instead of coming back to life, the bugs check in, but they *don't* check out!

Absolutely awesome! Good job and its very creative. Very comical!

That is AWESOME! I seriously laughed out loud

This is easily the most awesomest thing in the history of all awesomeness!

Seriously gorgeous work. I'm adding these photos to my massive, net-wide carnivorous plant photo gallery. I highly recommend you share them on flickr if you haven't already, and be sure to make a video for youtube.

That has got to be the coolest pot of carnivorous plants!!!!

Love it!!

Are you going to keep it like this forever? Or is it a October/halloween thing?

xD!

One of the or the most most beautiful artistic horror themed cp diorama out there.

Excellent, Leo. That should be entered into some sort of contest. Not sure which contest, but whatever one it qualifies for, it would win!

Holy cow, this is the BEST! So cool. I am totally impressed. The close-up shots are great, it's like you're really in there! You pretty much rule for this.

Thanks, everyone! I'm really glad you all enjoyed it so much. I've been trying to get this done for, literally, a whole entire year! I first got the idea for it about this time *last* September just as my plants started going dormant, so the only thing I could do for it back then was to start buying up some of the supplies. (Halloween is the only time of year you can really find very much tombstone and cemetery themed stuff!)

By the way, I had a lot of fun while buying some of the plastic bugs for it at a local novelty shop. As I was chatting with the woman behind the counter about the praying mantis, her daughter was nearby putting away some feather boas and she screamed when one of them touched her arm unexpectedly because she'd been listening to us talk about bugs! I laughed out loud and said, "Yep, that's exactly the type of reaction I was hoping for!"

Anyway, I basically had to forget about the whole thing over the winter until I could get the big pot planted in the spring. But then my summer got really busy with another huge project, and then I got really sick, twice, so I never got a chance to finish it until now. The hardest part of all was the big sign and the rickety picket fence around the perimeter. I had to "age" all of the popsicle sticks and other pieces of wood by soaking them in vinegar and steel wool, then rinse them over and over until the TDS reading dropped to a safe level. After they'd dried and I started gluing them together, I snapped some of them in two to give a few jagged edges here and there so the fence would have more of an aged, dilapidated look.

Once I finally got started assembling everything, it all came together fairly quickly. Well, except for all those darn little ants which had to be placed individually with tweezers. Your all's comments make it well worth all the work it took to finally accomplish this though. Thanks again!

Matt wrote: I seriously laughed out loud

{*gasp!*} At a *funeral*?! Shame on you!

Stratofortress wrote:This is easily the most awesomest thing in the history of all awesomeness!

Wow, thanks! That is easily the most awesomest compliment I have ever received!

happiness wrote:Are you going to keep it like this forever? Or is it a October/halloween thing?

Unfortunately, I had to disassemble it right after taking those pictures yesterday because it wouldn't fit under the lights in my basement *and* because I was afraid something might leach into the soil from all the props that might harm the plants.

sbrooks wrote:That should be entered into some sort of contest. Not sure which contest, but whatever one it qualifies for, it would win!

LOL! Okay, I gladly accept my award for "Most Demented Presentation!"

Leah wrote:You pretty much rule for this.

Aww, shucks! Thanks! Nothing could ever beat the incredible plants you and Matt grow, of course! All I did was add a couple little tombstones!

Uh-oh, I just found out that someone was "eavesdropping" on me yesterday... Gosh, no wonder my legs are so sore today!

Normally I don't really like this kind of creations, but this is awesome! Everything match perfect together!
Love it!

hahaha nice! I like it!

One word, awesome.

Oho, that is hilarious and awesome! I love it!

^-^ This is amazing Leo756! I love how creative and how much hard work you put into this. I showed it to my family because we're all big horror fans and they all said it was awesome. Good work! -Coming from a huge Stephen King fan <3