Waiting for The Great Pumpkin!

[ELIZABETH]

My brother in law is a farmer and owns a Pumpkin Patch, complete with a corn maze, petting zoo, etc. Every year since 2003 he and his daughters have shown up in the middle of the night the week before Halloween and decorated our yard. Here is a small taste of the Great Pumpkin in years past:

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Last year we had over 900 pumpkins and gourds in our yard (look at all the little ones edging our sidewalk and flower beds).
I will post more pics once The Great Pumpkin strikes again!!

 

[FZ1inNH]

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing. Those are awesome!!!

Halloween 2006 - a set on Flickr

Here is my favorite year here!

 

[Motogiro]

Very cool! Halloween was my mom's favorite times of year. We think she was a witch and when we were little could swear we would hear her cackling downstairs and also some of those wooshing sounds.....:Flash:

 

[Wolfman]

Extremely cool....Halloween is celebrated in Oz, but rarely with such zest!

Awesome.

:thumbup:

 

[wrightme43]

My brother in law is a farmer and owns a Pumpkin Patch, complete with a corn maze, petting zoo, etc. Every year since 2003 he and his daughters have shown up in the middle of the night the week before Halloween and decorated our yard. Here is a small taste of the Great Pumpkin in years past:

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Last year we had over 900 pumpkins and gourds in our yard (look at all the little ones edging our sidewalk and flower beds).
I will post more pics once The Great Pumpkin strikes again!!

LOL LOL Rock on :rockon: that is awesome.

 

[Adirondack Jack]

Now THAT is very cool!:thumbup:

 

[lytehouse]

That's really cool Beth....I haven't done a pumpkin for a few years because the deer think it's set out just for them!

 

[CoFZ6]

Extremely cool....Halloween is celebrated in Oz, but rarely with such zest!

Awesome.

:thumbup:

When I was living down there many years ago, I asked one of the guys I was working with if he was going to be giving out treats that night for the little trick-or-treaters. He said it was a 'bloody Yank holiday' and he wasn't going to bother with it as he had plans for the night. I told him he better leave out some candy for the kids or they would soap his windows, as that is the traditional trick if you don't give out candy. Sure enough, the next day he comes in all pissed off because his windows had been soaped. I'm glad it's catching on down there, it's a great excuse for another party. :thumbup:

 

[Nelly]

Great pictures Beth,

We have moved to the Republic of Ireland, here they do it big just like the USA.
We can't wait. Hopefully we are taking the children to a local castle for a feast of goblins and ghouls.

Nelly

 

[trougnouf]

I won a halloween car decoration contest in high school last year. I had a 1992 Suzuki Gs500e at that time, it had purple (luckily my school's color!) leopard fur instead of the paint!

I rode it like that until the pumpkin went bad and disappeared.

I plan to do it again with the FZ6 this year. I will try to cut the bottom and make it go through the windshield.

 

[Humperdinkel]

That is top shelf Beth :thumbup: , i cant wait to see what happens when they "strike" this year

 

[OZXJR]

LOL,good stuff Beth.

A mate of mine was born on halloween ,explains a lot about him actually

 

[ELIZABETH]

By popular demand (OK 3 people asked) I am posting some more pics of pumpkins of past years. We have not gotten any new ones yet for 2009. I hope our bad weather won't prevent the tradition.

Jeff told his brother we were battling the squirrels in the yard, so this is what we got that year. It's made of corn cobs. The squirrels were in HEAVEN:
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These pretty little ones were EVERYWHERE last year, which is how we ended up with over 900 (987 was my count):
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A clever way to use the long gourds: a scary spider:
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They also sell mums, so they made a ghost:
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Next to the ghost it said:
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One of his daughters wanted to build the pyramid in the middle of the driveway. We were glad she was out voted on that one!! It would have taken Jeff and I a long time to move them so we could go to work! It doesn't look like much, but there were over 70 pumpkins in the pyramid:
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It's fun seeing all the clever ways they decorate. I hope you all enjoy!!

 

[Daryldaddy]

WOW... thats the true charlie brown spirit....so girl, when are we invited over for pumkin pie? Will bring the ice cream...Daryl

 

[lytehouse]

Those are great & also very creative! I can't wait to see what they do this year......opcorn:

 

[ELIZABETH]

WOW... thats the true charlie brown spirit....so girl, when are we invited over for pumkin pie? Will bring the ice cream...Daryl

You are welcome anytime!!! We might even send some pumpkins home iwth you!! :thumbup:

 

[psnbye]

You are lucky to have such imaginative people in your family! What do you do with all the pumpkins? Thanks for sharing this, I sent it to my mom because she tries to find inventive ways to get rid of all their squash and pumpkins also. Maybe they will do this to the neighbor!

 

[ELIZABETH]

Well, I tell the trick or treaters that if they want to, they can take any pumpkin in our yard, as long as they can carry it!! Most choose the cute little ones and put them in their candy bags, but occasionally we get a child that picks the biggest one he can wrap his arms around!! It is cute watching him carry it off!
I think your mom's neighbors would enjoy a pumpkin smiley face in their yard, too!!
We had another day/night of torrential rain in St Louis, so we are still pumpkin-less so far this year. Maybe tonight??

 

[lupusobus]

I always wondered why the Great Pumpkin never stop by my house and now I know why. thanks.

 

[ELIZABETH]

The great pumpkin has arrived!!! :d
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I like the pumpkins on top of our solar lights!!
They are very good at little details, so if you have time,
click for larger images and take a close look at everything.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!