Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Scary Pumpkins


Every year at this time, the Desert Botanical Garden has an interactive Pumpkin Patch that is a big hit with kids.  Being a "big kid" at heart, I usually go to take a few pictures.  They start with a "hay ride" that takes you out to the patch and then there is music, games and contests for the kids to enjoy along with a huge selection of pumpkins.  All kids under 12 can take a free pumpkin home with them.  This year they also had a group of expert pumpkin carvers who were at work on these pumpkins.  These guys do a pretty good job of creating some scary faces.

17 comments:

  1. Hahaha, anything to keep from cooking them, huh?!?!?! We don't do Halloween downunder quite so much - but if we DID, I'd be sure not to have these guys hanging around to scare me out of my wits!!!

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  2. The carvers are very good at their job.

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  3. The carvers are real artists. What wonderful scary faces.

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  4. I see they have some excellent carvers there.

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  5. Those are the most creative carved pumpkins I've ever seen! To transfer an idea in your head to a pumpkin takes a special skill, I think.

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  6. I am sure this was a lot of work and not easy. Good job.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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  7. I used to think I was a pretty good pumpkin carver, but my best pumpkins pale beside the big one on the right.

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  8. Artistic carvers, indeed!

    We missed that when we visited the DBG today and, though I looked everywhere, I unfortunately did not see you, Sharon.

    Great place though and Gertrude's is justifiably well-known for it's chef's food.

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  9. These are amazing. I would love to be able to make one like this.

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  10. Pumpkin carving has become such an art these days... love those!

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  11. A bit scary, but very artistic, nice job!

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  12. Oh la la! Too scary for me Sharon :))

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