Thursday, October 13, 2011

Pumpkin "Festibal"

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
-- Henry David Thoreau




It may seem overly quaint, almost too preciously New England-y for a town on the coast of Maine to hold a Pumpkin Fest every year in October. It is, a bit, but strangely, it's also fun, amusing, and wonderful to have an entire town turn itself upside-down for a field-grown vegetable, er, fruit. (Berry, actually? Really?) I do enjoy seeing the pumpkin turned into art and decoration around town...

















Here's the fun part. It's not just prettily carved and painted pumpkins. It's also giant pumpkins made into boats captained by foolhardy but admirable locals...


(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Or my sweet Blueberry's ultimate favorite event...


(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Yup. Giant pumpkins smashing into old cars. Awesome. Seriously, that is why we go to Pumpkin fest. It's fun to walk around town, admiring the handiwork of our friends and neighbors upon the bulbous berries of late fall, eat unctuous pumpkin donuts and drink cider, perhaps do a little showing off of our own sweet pumpkinhead...



Or play a little Pumpkin Plinko...



... but at the end of the day it's all about giant pumpkins smashing into old cars.

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