Now on to business. Midge and I went to the old pumpkin patch last week out on Sauvie Island and picked up 3 prime pumpkins. We went late, as one of us has a job and everything. But we caught the last hay ride out to the patch, so we got to choose our own out in the field. We selected two with gnarly vines on top, and as we were leaving, we spotted one that was shaped exactly like a skull, so we figured it was a sign that we needed to carve a skull pumpkin, as well.
Ooh... spooky...
2 of the Pumpkins...
Picking out Pumpkins...
The last hayride to pumpkin town.
Then, on Saturday, we had our annual pumpkin carving party. It was much smaller than in years past, mostly because we waited too long to put it together. Still, we had 8 or so people come over to mutilate some pumpkins and eat my homemade chili. It was a lot of fun, and we made some good ones.
These are our jack-o-lanterns in the dark...
These are our jack-o-lanterns in the dark...
And these are with the flash on, so you can see the shape of the pumpkins. Take note of the skull pumpkin on the bottom-right-hand corner.Overall, I give this pumpkin-carving experience ten flaming pumpkins!
2 comments:
I'm sad I missed the carving and your chili this year. Which pumpkin won? My vote would go for your skeleton, the head shape seals it.
We had 2 categories: best mouth and best eyes, because the prizes I bought were "Grillz" (those plastic gangsta teeth) and glow in the dark glasses. The one on the bottom, far left corner won best mouth. The one smack dab in the middle, the only one on the porch itself, won best eyes.
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